Bruno Delbonnel


Bruno Delbonnel is a French cinematographer. He worked on the films Amélie, A Very Long Engagement, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Inside Llewyn Davis and Darkest Hour.
Delbonnel's accolades include a César Award and a European Film Award, as well as nominations for five Academy Awards and three BAFTA Awards.

Life and career

Delbonnel was born in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France and graduated in 1978 from the ESEC.
He has collaborated twice with fellow French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Amélie and A Very Long Engagement.
He then started collaborating with many other directors, such as Tim Burton, the Coen brothers and Joe Wright.
Delbonnel has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography five times, for the films Amélie, A Very Long Engagement, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Inside Llewyn Davis, and Darkest Hour.

Style

His work tends to feature very stylized color palettes, often very warm and featuring yellows and greens as prominent and ubiquitous colors which often tint the whole image. Also often in his work, the film stock used has a very apparent, well-defined grain structure.

Filmography

As cinematographer

As director/screenwriter

Awards and Nominations

Academy Awards

BAFTA Awards

American Society of Cinematographers

César Awards

Satellite Awards

European Film Award

Other Awards