Philippe Rousselot

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Philippe Rousselot is a French director of photography, born in 1945 in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

After having studied cinema at l'Ecole Louis Lumière, he graduated in 1966 with, among others, François About, Eduardo Serra, Noël Very, and Jean-François Robin (to whom he will entrust, thirty years later, the photography of Baiser du Serpent [Serpent's Kiss]). He began his life's work as an assistant to Nestor Almendros, then quickly emerged as chief operator, leading to a dazzling career. He collaborated, in particular, with Jean-Jacques Beineix (Diva), Alain Cavalier (Thérèse, earning him his first "Caesar" award, or "César de la meilleure photographie"), Jean-Jacques Annaud (L'Ours [The Bear]), Robert Redford (the Oscar-winning Et au milieu coule une rivière [A River Runs Through It]), Stephen Frears (Les Liaisons dangereuses [Dangerous Liaisons]), Patrice Chéreau (La Reine Margot [Queen Margot], through which he earned a second "Caesar" award), Bertrand Blier (Merci la vie [Thanks Life]), and Tim Burton (La Planète des singes [Planet of the Apes], Big Fish, and Charlie et la Chocolaterie [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]).

With Beineix and Diva, he worked successfully to make photographic aesthetics a central element of the filming process, developing a photographic light "effect" and creating a timeless, almost unreal atmosphere, which would become his trademark as in the films of Bertrand Blier.

He tried to achieve this effect in 1997 with Baiser du Serpent.

[edit] Filmography

1970 : Le Clair de terre [The Clarity of the Earth]
1970 : Un couple d'artistes [A Couple of Artists]
1971 : Côté cour, côté champs [The Side Courtyard, by the Fields]
1972 : Absences répétées [Repeated Absences]
1973 : La Raison du plus fou est toujours la meilleure [The Craziest Reason is Always the Best]
1974 : Histoires d'A [The Stories of A]
1975 : Cyrus le violoncelliste [Cyrus the Cellist]
1975 : Il pleut toujours où c'est mouillé [It Always Rains When It's Wet]
1976 : L'Affiche rouge [The Red Poster] - Frank Cassenti
1977 : Je veux mourir dans la patrie de Jean-Paul Sartre [I want to Die in the Land of Jean-Paul Sartre]
1977 : Pour Clémence {For Clemency]
1977 : Adam ou Le sang d'Abel [Adam, or the Blood of Abel]
1977 : Le Couple [The Witness Couple] - William Klein
1977 : Paradiso [Paradise]
1977 : Diabolo menthe [The Diabolo Mint] - Diane Kurys
1978 : Pauline et l'ordinateur [Pauline and the Computer]
1979 : La Drôlesse [Hussy] - Jacques Doillon
1980 : Vive la mariée [Long Live the Bride]
1980 : Cocktail Molotov [Molotov Cocktail]
1981 : La Provinciale [The Provincial One]
1981 : Diva [Diva] - Jean-Jacques Beineix
1981 : La Gueule du loup [The Mouth of the Wolf] - Michel Leviant
1982 : Guy de Maupassant - Michel Drach
1983 : La Lune dans le caniveau [The Moon in the Gutter] - Jean-Jacques Beineix
1984 : Les Voleurs de la nuit [Robbers of the Night] - Samuel Fuller
1984 : End of the Rainbow
1984 : Nemo
1985 : Night Magic - Lewis Furey
1985 : Des terroristes à la retraite [Terrorists in Retirement]
1985 : La Forêt d'émeraude (The Emerald Forest) - John Boorman
1986 : Thérèse [Teresa]- Alain Cavalier
1987 : La Guerre à sept ans (Hope and Glory) - John Boorman
1988 : L'Ours [The Bear} - Jean-Jacques Annaud
1989 : Les Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) - Stephen Frears
1989 : Trop belle pour toi [Too Beautiful for You] - Bertrand Blier
1989 : We're No Angels
1990 : Henry et June (Henry & June)
1991 : Merci la vie [Thanks Life] - Bertrand Blier
1991 : L'Étrangère (The Miracle)
1992 : Et au milieu coule une rivière (A River Runs Through It) - Robert Redford
1993 : Sommersby
1993 : Flesh and Bone
1994 : La Reine Margot [Queen Margot] - Patrice Chéreau
1994 : Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
1996 : Mary Reilly
1996 : The People vs. Larry Flynt
1999 : Instinct
1999 : Random Hearts
2000 : Remember the Titans
2001 : The Tailor of Panama
2001 : Planet of the Apes
2002 : Antwone Fisher (film)
2003 : Big fish
2005 : Constantine
2005 : Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2007 : The Brave One
2007 : Lions for Lambs
2007 : The Great Debaters

[edit] Awards

Caesar for best photography in 1987, Thérèse - Alain Cavalier
Oscar for best picture in 1992, A River Runs Through It - Robert Redford
Caesar for best photography in 1995, La Reine Margot - Patrice Chéreau.