Hélène Louvart

Hélène Louvart (born September 2, 1964) is a French cinematographer. She graduated in 1985 from the prestigious École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière in Paris. She is a member of French Society of Cinematographers (AFC). She has worked with many French and international directors, such as Wim Wenders, Agnès Varda, Claire Denis, Christophe Honoré, Jacques Doillon, Nicolas Klotz, Sandrine Veysset, Marc Recha, Alice Rohrwacher, and Léos Carax.

Life and career

École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière graduates, who are actively sought by film producers, consistently rank in the top echelon of French cinema professionals. In keeping with this College's reputation for producing masters of their craft, Hélène Louvart's first hire on a feature film came immediately after graduation with the post of cinematographer in 1986. In only 22 years since that time Helene has served as cinematographer on more than 59 feature films, 49 short feature films and documentaries (less than 60 minutes), 10 television projects and a few experimental and video projects. She has also directed 4 short films.

In 2008, Louvart was cinematographer on ''Petit indi'', which was an official selection at the 2009 BFI London Film Festival. Louvart's work on the film, which was shot entirely on 35 mm 35mm, was nominated in the Best Cinematography (Millor Fotografia) category for the 2010 Gaudí Awards. Known in Catalan as Premis Gaudí, the Gaudi Awards are Catalonia's main national film awards, established in 2009 by Acadèmia del Cinema Català (Catalan Academy of Cinema).

As Director of Photography on the 3D documentary film ''Pina'', about the late dance choreographer Pina Bausch, Hélène Louvart worked with renowned German director Wim Wenders, who also wrote the screenplay. Hailed internationally as the "best use of 3D technology since Avatar", Pina premiered out of competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and went on to gather numerous international accolades and major awards and nominations. Pina was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards and was nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Documentary Feature. The film was also awarded Best Documentary by the European Film Awards, the German Film Awards, and the German Film Critics Association Awards.

For her extensive body of work and artistic excellence, Hélène Louvart received TheWIFTS Foundation 2012 Cinematographer Award.

Selected filmography

* ''Printemps perdu?'' by Alain Mazard (1990)
* '' Will It Snow for Christmas?'' by Sandrine Veysset (1996)
* ''Je ne vois pas ce que l'on me trouve'' by Christian Vincent (1996)
* ''De l'autre côté de la mer'' by Dominique Cabrera (1998)
* ''Martha-Martha'' by Sandrine Veysset (1998)
* '' Nadia and the Hippos'' by Dominique Cabrera (1999)
* '' Pau and His Brother'' by Marc Recha (2001)
* '' The Milk of Human Kindness'' by Dominique Cabrera (2001)
* '' A Piece of Sky'' by Bénédicte Liénard (2002)
* '' Where Is Madame Catherine?'' by Marc Recha (2003)
* ''Raja'' by Jacques Doillon (2003)
* ''Histoire d'un secret'' by Marianna Otero (2003)
* ''La blessure'' by Nicolas Klotz (2004)
* ''In the Battlefields'' by Danielle Arbid (2004)
* '' A Wonderful Spell'' by Dominique Cabrera (2004)
* '' Ma Mère'' by Christophe Honoré (2004)
* '' The Last Day'' by Rodolphe Marconi (2004)
* ''Quatre étoiles'' by Christian Vincent (2006)
* ''Dies d'agost'' by Marc Recha (2006)
* ''Les enfants'' by Christian Vincent (2005)
* ''Le premier venu'' by Jacques Doillon (2005)
* '' The Beaches of Agnès'' by Agnès Varda (2007)
* ''Salamandra'' by Pablo Agüero (2007)
* ''Petit Indi'' by Marc Recha (2007)
* ''At Ellen's Age'' by Pia Marais (2009)
* '' Bye Bye Blondie'' by Virginie Despentes (2009)
* '' Corpo celeste'' by Alice Rohrwacher (2011)
* ''Pina'' by Wim Wenders (2011)
* '' When I Saw You'' by Annemarie Jacir (2012)
* ''Atomic Age'' by Helena Klotz (2012)
* ''Spectrographies'' by Smith (2013)
* ''Apaches'' by Thierry de Peretti (2013)
* ''Goodbye Morocco'' by Nadir Moknèche (2013)
* ''Xenia'' by Panos H. Koutras (2014)
* '' The Smell of Us'' by Larry Clark (2014)
* '' The Wonders'' by Alice Rohrwacher (2014)
* ''Histoire d'une mère'' by Sandrine Veysset (2015)
* '' Arianna'' by Carlo Lavagna (2015)
* ''A Perfect Day to Fly'' by Marc Recha (2015)
* '' Parisienne'' by Danielle Arbid (2015)
* '' Dark Night'' by Tim Sutton (2016)
* '' Beach Rats'' by Eliza Hittman (2017)
* ''Happy as Lazzaro'' by Alice Rohrwacher (2018)
* ''Petra'' by Jaime Rosales (2018)
* ''Rocks'' by Sarah Gavron (2019)
* ''Never Rarely Sometimes Always'' by Eliza Hittman (2020)
* '' The Lost Daughter'' by Maggie Gyllenhaal (2021)
* '' Wild Flowers'' by Jaime Rosales (2022)
* '' Nezouh'' by Soudade Kaadan (2022)
* '' Disco Boy'' by Giacomo Abbruzzese (2023)
* '' Firebrand'' by Karim Aïnouz (2023)
* ''La chimera'' by Alice Rohrwacher (2023)
* '' The Salt Path'' by Marianne Elliott (2024)
* '' Motel Destino'' by Karim Aïnouz (2024)
* ''Romería'' by Carla Simón (2025)
* '' Eleanor the Great'' by Scarlett Johansson (2025)
* '' Palestine 36'' by Annemarie Jacir (TBA)
* '' Rosebush Pruning'' by Karim Aïnouz (TBA)

Awards

* Cinematographer Award 2012, Fondation WIFTS (Women’s International Film & Television Showcase)
* Gaudí Awards : Best Cinematography 2010 for "C'est ici que je vis (Petit Indi)", Marc Recha
* Marburger Kamerapreis 2018
* Robby Müller Award 2023
* Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Cinematography), Berlinale 2023

References

External links

Personal website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Louvart, Helene
French cinematographers
Living people
French women cinematographers
1964 births
École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière alumni