THIERRY ARBOGAST

#1: From interview [2017]

#3: [Right] with Brian De Palma [left] - "Femme Fatale" [2001]

THIERRY ARBOGAST AFC

Born: 1957, France.

Career: Ph commercials dir by Luc Besson, Emir Kusturica ['Magic Bus', 1997, for Glaxo Wellcome], Patricia Murphy, Xavier Mairesse [for Siemens], Jaco Van Dormael [for Spa], a.o.

Appeared in the tv-doc [9m] 'Un Américain à Paris' [2000, Christine Haas & Mark Edwards].

Awards: 'César' Award nom [1991] for 'Nikita'; 'César' Award nom [1995] for 'Léon'; 'César' Award [1996] for 'Le hussard sur le toit'; 'César' Award nom [1997] for 'Ridicule'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1997] & Cannes FF 'Technical Grand Prix' [1997] for 'She's So Lovely'; 'César' Award [1998] & Cannes IFF 'Grand Prix Technique' from the CST [1997] for 'The Fifth Element'; European Film Award nom [1998] for 'Crna macka, beli macor'; 'César' Award nom [2000] for 'The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'; 'César' Award nom [2001] for 'Les rivières pourpres'; 'César' Award [2004] for 'Bon Voyage'; Brothers Manaki IFF 'Audience Award' & 'Special Mention' [2006] for 'Tajnata kniga'.

Website: Thierry Arbogast

FILMS
1976	1978	1981	Les Jocondes [Jean-Daniel
1982	Nuit blanche [Françoise Le Plouhinec] c; short/15m;
1982	1984	1984	Casting à Hérisson [Jean-Pierre
1985	La voie des airs
1985	Appelez-moi Bronco Bill [Williams Crépin] 16mm/c; short/20m
1985	Les mains [Costa Kékémenis] c; short/19m;
1985	1985	1985	Le retour du marin [Sylvie Chauvet & Charlotte
1985	Un homme faible [Emilie
1986	Gardien de la nuit/Guardian
1986	La forêt noire [Béatrice Jalbert] c; short/15m
1986	Le petit peintre et la
1986	Le beauf [Yves Amoureux] c
1987	Le vampire et le lapin [Boris Bergman] c; short/12m
1987	Une histoire de vent/A Ivens & Marceline Jacques Loiseleux
1988	Les sept péchés capitaux [Philippe Gautier] c; short/2m;
1988	Edén miseria [Christine Laurent] c
1989	Nikita/La Femme Nikita [Luc
1989	Le brasier [Eric Barbier] c;
1990	Oostende [Eric Woreth] c
1990	Génial, mes parents divorcent! [Patrick Braoudé] c
1990	1991	1991	J'embrasse pas/I Don't Kiss [André Téchiné] c
1991	Les derniers morts
1991	Clin d'oeil [Olias
1992	Basse tension [Yves
1992	Les joies de la ferme
1992	La fille de l'air
1992	Ma saison préférée/My Favorite Season [André Téchiné] p/c
1993	Tombés du ciel/Lost in Transit
1993	Léon/The Professional [Luc
1993	1994	1994	Le hussard sur le toit
1994	3000 scénarios contre 'La sirène (ou (3m) dir by Richard Berry & 'Discussion (3m) dir by Jean-Daniel Gérard de Battista, Patrick Blossier, a.o.
1995	1995	1996	Le cinquième élément/The Neil
1996	She's So Lovely/Call It Love [Nick Cassavetes] scope/c;
1997	Ah, les femmes! [Nicolas Hourès] c; short/13m
1997	Chat noir, chat blanc/Crna Kusturica] c; addph: Michel Amathieu (finished the prod)
1997	Toreros/La capitale du monde
1997	1998	Wing Commander [: Space [Chris Roberts] s35/c;
1998	The Messenger: The Story [Luc Besson] s35/c;
1999	Les rushes [Jean Reno] c; short/6m
1999	The Dancer [Frederic Garson] c
1999	Woman on Top [Fina Torres] p/c; 2nd cinematographer: uwph: Pete Romano
1999	Les rivières pourpres/The

0">Johan [, carnet intime homosexuel] [Philippe Vallois] 16mm/b&w-c 0">Flammes [Adolfo Arrieta] c Pillault] c prod IDHEC 0">Rock 'n Torah/Rock and Torah/Le préféré [Marc-André Grynbaum] c 0">Expulsion [Nicolas Jouvin] 16mm/c; short/23m Limosin] b&w; short/22m [Ghislain Cravatte] 16mm/c; short/26m prod IDHEC 0">Bébé! [Christophe Jean-Elie] c; short/24m 0">Gratte-ciel [Christophe Jacrot] c; short/5m de Turckheim] c; short/6m Deleuze] 16mm/c; short/14m of the Night [Jean-Pierre Limosin] c grande dame [Messaoud Hattou] c; short/7m Tale of the Wind [Joris Loridan] c; dram doc/78m; cph: also ep tv-series 'Méliès 88' Besson] tvi/c 2uc: Darius Khondji 0">Miaou [Christophe Jean-Elie] c; short/12m 0">Mathilde [Olivier Panchot] c; short/11m [Yves Buclet] c; short/15m Barco] b&w; short/5m Buclet] b&w; short/6m [Pierre Roda] c; short/3m [Maroun Bagdadi] c; aph: Charlet Recors [Philippe Lioret] c Besson] tvi/c 0">Toilettes [Olias Barco] b&w; short/4m 0">Poubelles [Olias Barco] c; short/14m [Jean-Paul Rappeneau] c; 2uc: Pascal Rabaud un virus/3,000 Scenarios to Combat a Virus [seg (4m) 'Les vieux')' dir by Philippe Lioret, 'Préservatif, une preuve d'amour' sur le préservatif entre un père et son fils' Pillault] c; 30seg/109m; other ph: Caroline Champetier, 0">L'appartement [Gilles Mimouni] c 0">Ridicule [Patrice Leconte] p/c; uwph: Pascal Morisset, Michel Revest & Roland Savoye Fifth Element [Luc Besson] s35/c; 2uc: Nick Tebbet; miniature ph: Paul Gentry; vfx ph: Bill 2uc: Josh Bleibtreu macka, beli macor/Black Cat, White Cat [Emir [Eric Barbier] c 0">Chapacan [Olias Barco] c; short/8m Will Never Be the Same] 2uc: Roger Simonsz; vfx ph: Ethan Phillips of Joan of Arc/Jeanne d'Arc/Joan of Arc 2uc: Jean-Pierre Sauvaire & Gérard Sterin Christopher Duskin; 2uc: Jacques Cheuiche; Crimson Rivers [Mathieu Kassovitz] c

[Left] with dir Chris Nahon - "Kiss of the Dragon"

2000	Kiss of the Dragon/Le baiser mortel du dragon [Chris Nahon] tvi/c; 2uc: Stéphane Azouze (+ video scenes superv), Nicolas Herdt & Bruno Privat
2001	Femme Fatale [Brian De Palma] c
2001	The Glow [Marcus Dillistone] c; cph: John de Borman & Tony Pierce-Roberts; demo film for Fuji Reala 500D film stock
2002	Tajnata kniga/The Secret Book/Le livre secret [Vlado Cvetanovski] c; filmed April 2002 & May 2003; released 2006
2002	Bon voyage [Jean-Paul Rappeneau] p/c
2003	Elle fait fondre la glace/She Melts the Ice [Ron Padova] c; short/10m
2003	Incautos/Swindled/Taken In [Miguel Bardem] p/c

[Top/Left] with dir Pitof and actress Halle Berry - "Catwoman"

2003	Catwoman [Pitof (= Jean-Christophe Comar)] s35/c; 2uc: Mark Vargo; virtual ph: Ken Faiman & Bryan Poon
2004	Bandidas [Joachim Roenning & Espen Sandberg] tvi/b&w-c; 2uc: Rodrigo Marina; aph: Ralph Mendoza
2005	Arthur et les Minimoys/Arthur and the Minimoys/Arthur and the Invisibles [Luc Besson] s35/c; anim (digital) + live action (film); live action ph; addph: Dominique Delguste & Christophe Offenstein; model ph: Pierre Morel & Alex Lamarque; originally scheduled to start filming in January 2003
2005	Angel-A [Luc Besson] s35/b&w; uwph: Richard Savoye
2005	Lila (ou ce jour là, c'est maintenant) [Laetitia Lambert] scope/c; short/16m
2005	Cherche fiancé tous frais payés [Aline Issermann] b&w-c
*2006*	Toyer [Brian De Palma] pre-production; status unknown
*2006*	Aux fenêtres de l'âme/Windows of the Soul [Ron Padova] pre-production; status unknown
2006	Astérix aux jeux olympiques/Astérix and the Olympic Games [Frédéric Forestier & Thomas Langmann] HD (Genesis)-to-35mm scope/c; 2uc: Vincent Muller
2006	Babylon A.D. [Mathieu Kassovitz] s35/c; ph Paris: Robert Fraisse; 2uc: Martin Kenzie & Tim Wooster; aph: Adam Dale; filmed 2006-07
2007	Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard/Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard [Luc Besson] s35/c; anim + live action
2007	Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes/Arthur 3 - La guerre des deux mondes/Arthur and the War of Two Worlds [Luc Besson] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; anim + live action
2007	Human Zoo/Romance in the Dark [Rie Rasmussen] scope/c; filmed 2007-08
2008	Le missionnaire/Hallelujah! [Roger Delattre] c
2008	Les derniers jours du monde/Happy End [Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu] p/c
2009	Mon cher/My Dear [Aya Yabuuchi] dv/c; short/5m
2009	L'arnacoeur/Heartbreaker [Pascal Chaumeil] tvi/c; 2uc: Roger Simonsz
2009	Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec [Luc Besson] s35/c; 2uc: Roger Simonsz
*2009*	Cool Water/Pretty Cool [Emir Kusturica] announced in November as doph, but film will be ph by Michel Amathieu
2010	Inseparable/Xing ying bu li [Dayyan Eng] scope/c
2010	Toutes les nuits/L'homme de l'ombre/Le danseur [Clémentine Célarié] HD-to-digital/c; short/15m
2010	The Lady/Into the Light [Luc Besson] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; filmed 2010-11
2011	Welcome to Hoxford [Julien Mokrani] RED (scope)/b&w-c; short/21m; 2uc: Alexis Guérineau-Rieutord; released on the internet in 2011
2011	La vie d'une autre/Another Woman's Life [Sylvie Testud] HD (Hawk Scope)-to-D-Cinema/c; addph: Pierre-Hugues Galien

With Show-Chun Lee - "Shanghai-Belleville"

2011	Shanghai-Belleville [Show-Chun Lee] HD (Canon EOS/scope)/c
2011	Syngué sabour - Pierre de patience/The Patience Stone [Atiq Rahimi] HD (ARRI ALEXA/Hawk Scope + Canon EOS 5D [Afghanistan seq])-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c
2012	The Family/Malavita [Luc Besson] p+HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus 4:3/p)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/b&w-c
*2012*	Bugs [Julius Berg] feature film project; a trailer exists (2m); J. Berg: 'I directed this faux trailer in hope of attracting the attention of a foreign producer who might be interested in developing the film in English and in Paris. So, it's kind of a communication tool to promote the project.' (From the 'Undead Backbrain' website.)
2012	3 Days to Kill [McG] HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus 4:3/tvi & Studio/tvi)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; reshoot ph: Robert Reed Altman, Frank Perl & David Richert; filmed 2012-13
*2013*	The Game of the Cheetah [Dan Pero Manescu] announced; AVAnti Productions is now inviting film studios, film production companies, investors and sponsors to become shareholders of 'The Game of the Cheetah' and bring this script to screen
*2013*	La Déesse du Crépuscule [Dan Pero Manescu] announced
*2013*	Precious Vengeance/Hearts of Cold Stone [?] announced; AVAnti Productions & Management Ltd. is now inviting film studios, film production companies, investors and sponsors to become shareholders in this venture and bring this exceedingly well-written script to screen
2013	Lucy [Luc Besson] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT + Sony F65)+RED Epic+IMAX 65mm-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; aph: Mark Gerasimenko; vfx ph: Robert Bock
2014	Caesar [Tiago Mesquita] pre-production
2014	Belles familles [Jean-Paul Rappeneau] HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus 4:3/p & Kowa Scope)-to-digital/c; aph: James Swanson
2014	Lolo [Julie Delpy] HD-to-digital/b&w-c
2015	Bing he zhui xiong/Lost in White [Wei Xu] c
2015	Polina [Olias Barco] HD/c; 2uc: Frédéric Noirhomme
2016	Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets [Luc Besson] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/scope)/c
2016	Fan zhuan ren sheng/Wished [Dayyan Eng] HD (scope)/c
2017	Love Addict [Frank Bellocq] HD (scope)/c
2017	Anna [Luc Besson] HD/c

FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR
1976	Pourquoi? [Anouk Bernard] c.asst; ph: François About
1976	Monique/Flashing Lights/New York After Midnight [Jacques Scandelari] co-c.op; ph: François About
1977	Lamento [Philippe Vallois] c.op; ph: François About
1977	Homologues ou La soif du mâle/Man's Country [Marvin Merkins (= Jacques Scandelari)] ?; ph: François About
1977	Je suis à prendre/Take Me/I'm Yours to Take [Francis Leroi] c.asst; ph: François About
1978	Brigade mondaine/Vice Squad/Victims of Vice [Jacques Scandelari] co-c.asst; ph: François About
1978	Nous étions un seul homme/We Were One Man [Philippe Vallois] c.asst; ph: François About
1978	Jouissances perverses [- Les jours et nuits de Eva Blue]/ Perversions secrètes/Les vices cachés d'Eva Blue/The Hidden Vices of Eva Blue [Francis Leroi] c; ?; ph: François About
1979	Équation à un inconnu [Dietrich de Velsa] c.asst; ph: François About
1979	Let There Be Rock - AC/DC [Eric Dionysius & Eric Mistler; concert film/doc] co-c.asst; ph: Jean Fis (= Francis) Gondre; filmed 9 December 1979 at the Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France
1980	Histoires de cul [Michel Ricaud] c.op; ph: François About
1980	Dodo petites filles au bordel/Open Nightly/Pussy Baby [Francis Leroi] c.op; ph: François About
1980	Brigade mondaine: Vaudou aux Caraïbes/Super Witch of Love Island [Philippe Monnier] c.op; ph: François About
1980	Un escargot dans la tête [Jean-Étienne Siry] 1st c.asst; ph: François About
1980	Les petites écolières [Frédéric Lansac (= Claude Mulot)] 2nd cinematographer; ph: François About
1980	Top Man [Nano Cecchini (= François About)] c.asst; ph: F. About
1980	La femme-objet/Programmed for Pleasure [Frédéric Lansac (= Claude Mulot)] c.asst; ph: François About
1981	Le professeur Raspoutine [Andrei Feher & Gérard Grégory] c.asst; ph: Étienne Rosenfeld
1982	Mon curé chez les nudistes [Robert Thomas] co-c.asst; ph: Claude Bécognée
1983	Haltéroflic/Rainbow Serpent [Philippe Vallois] co-c.asst; ph: François About