Hélène Louvart

French cinematographer Helene Louvart graduated in 1985 from the prestigious Louis-Lumiere Collège in Paris. She is a member of The French Society of Cinematographers (AFC), the French equivalent of American Society of Cinematographers. 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, Dorothée Smith or Léos Carax.

Louis-Lumiere Collège 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, Helene 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.^[1]

In 2008, Helene was cinematographer on Petit indi (Little Indi), which was an official selection at the 2009 BFI London Film Festival. Helene Louvart's work on the film, which was shot entirely in 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).^[2]

As Director of Photography on the 3D documentary film Pina (2011), about the contemporary dance choreographer Pina Bausch, Helene Louvart worked with renowned German director Wim Wenders, who also wrote the screenplay.^[3] 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.^[4]

For her extensive body of work and artistic excellence, Helene Louvart received TheWIFTS Foundation 2012 Cinematographer Award.^[5]

Filmography

Features (selected credits)

• Printemps perdu ? by Alain Mazard (1990)
• Y aura-t-il de la neige à Noël ? 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 Dominique Cabrera (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)
• 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)
• Folle embellie by Dominique Cabrera (2004)
• A Piece of Sky by Bénédicte Liénard (2002)
• Ma mère by Christophe Honoré (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)
• Heavenly Body (film) by Alice Rohrwacher (2011)
• Pina 3D by Wim Wenders (2011)
• When I Saw You (film) by Annemarie Jacir (2012)
• Atomic Age by Helena Klotz (2012)
• Apaches by Thierry de Peretti (2013)
• Good bye 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)
• Peur de rien by Danielle Arbid (2015)
• Dark Night by Tim Sutton (2015)

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

References

External links

• Personal website
• Hélène Louvart at the Internet Movie Database