From the doc "Miradas múltiples"

 

   


BENOÎT DEBIE   SBC

 

Born: ?, Liège/Luik, Belgium.

Education: Institut des Arts de Diffusion [IAD], Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium [198?-87].

Career: Started as c.asst with ph Manu Bonmariage. Went to work for television [RTL-TVi].

The success of 'Irréversible' made him a serious candidate for the job of doph of 'Collateral' [2003, Michael Mann], but the film was ph by Dion Beebe & Paul Cameron.

Ph commercials and music videos.

Appeared in the doc 'Miradas múltiples (La máquina loca)' [2012, Emilio Maillé].

Awards: Stockholm FF 'Best Cinematography' [2004] for 'Innocence'; Sundance FF 'Cinematography Award' [2007] for 'Joshua'; Sitges - Catalonian IFF 'Best Cinematography' [2009] for 'Enter the Void'; Film Independent Spirit Award 'Best Cinematography' nom [2014] for 'Spring Breakers'.

Website: Benoît Debie


 FILMS

1991

Les sept péchés capitaux/The Seven Deadly Sins [seg #5 'Le courage' dir by Geneviève Mersch] b&w-c; 7 seg; other ph: Yves Cape, Stijn Van der Veken, Denis Dufays, a.o.

1998

Le bouton rouge [Marc-Olivier Picron] b&w; short/9m

1999

Quand on est amoureux c'est merveilleux/A Wonderful Love [Fabrice Du Welz] c; short/23m

2000

La télévision [Marc-Olivier Picron] c; short/11m

2001

Irréversible/Irreversible [Gaspar Noé] s16+s35-to-35mm scope/c; c.op: G. Noé

2003

Il cartaio/The Card Player [Dario Argento] c

2003

Innocence/L'école [Lucile Hadzihalilovic] s16-35bu/c

2003

Calvaire/The Ordeal [Fabrice Du Welz] s16-35bu/c

2004

Enfermés dehors/Locked Out [Albert Dupontel] scope/c; filmed 2004-05

2005

Day Night Day Night [Julia Loktev] HD (Sony F900R & HDR-FX1)-to-35mm/c

2006

Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll [Marilyn Manson] announced; status unknown

2006

Joshua/Devil's Child [George Ratliff] c

2006

Carriers [David & Àlex Pastor] s35/c; 2uc: Michael Chavez; reshoots ph: David A. Armstrong; released in 2009

2007

Vinyan/Vinyan: Lost Souls [Fabrice Du Welz] s35/c

2007

Enter the Void [Gaspar Noé] s16+s35-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; filmed 2007 & 2008

2008

New York, I Love You [seg dir by Shekhar Kapur & Yvan Attal] HD (Genesis)+35mm-to-35mm/c; 10 (originally 12) seg + transitions; other ph: Pawel Edelman, Declan Quinn, a.o.; 2nd film in 'Cities of Love'-series

2008

Passage [Shekhar Kapur] ?+HD (Weisscam)-to-?/c; short/16m; prod for Swarovski Crystal Worlds, Austria

2009

The Runaways [Floria Sigismondi] s16-35bu/c; uwph: Michael Ferris

2009

More [Fabrice Du Welz] announced for spring 2010 start

2010

Salvation Boulevard [George Ratliff] asked to ph the film, but was unavailable; ph by Tim Orr

2010

Get the Gringo/How I Spent My Summer Vacation [Adrian Grünberg] RED/Hawk Scope-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; aph: Greg Baldi

2011

Alleluja [Fabrice Du Welz] announced

2012

Spring Breakers [Harmony Korine] Lomoscope+ts-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Erik Curtis; uwph: Peter Zuccarini

2012

Colt 45 [Fabrice Du Welz] Hawk Scope/c

2013

Lost River/How to Catch a Monster [Ryan Gosling] ts+RED Epic-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c

2013

Every Thing Will Be Fine [Wim Wenders] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c

2013

Paani/Water [Shekhar Kapur] pre-production (announced in 2006)

2014

Love [Gaspar Noé] RED Epic Dragon (scope)-to-D-Cinema (also 3-D version)/c; filmed 2014-15

2015

Les beaux jours d'Aranjuez/The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez [Wim Wenders] RED Epic Dragon/c

2016

One More Time with Feeling [Andrew Dominik] RED Epic Dragon/b&w-c/2-D & 3-D; mus doc/113m; cph: Alwin Küchler

2017

The Beach Bum [Harmony Korine] Lomoscope-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c 

 

 MISCELLANEOUS

1987

Il court, il court, le monde/The World's Racing [Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne; short] c.asst; ph: Alain Marcoen

1989

Babylone [Manu Bonmariage] c.asst; ph: M. Bonmariage & Eric Cayla

1991

Je pense à vous/I Think of You [Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne] ?; ph: Yorgos Arvanitis