Hélène Louvart
Cinematographer
- Website
- helenelouvart.free.fr
French cinematographer. Hélène worked also with French director Agnès Varda THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS. Agnès won the César Award for Best Documentary Film in 2009. As Director of Photography on the 3D documentary film PINA (2011), Hélène worked with renown German director Wim Wenders. 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. Hélène Louvart was nominated in the Best Cinematography (Millor Fotografia) category for the 2010 Gaudí Awards (Spain) for the film PETIT INDI from Marc Recha.
For her extensive body of work and artistic excellence, Hélène Louvart received The WIFTS Foundation Cinematographer Award in 2012, as well as the best 3D documentary award at Camerimage in 2013 for the movie PINA. She received the Kamerapreis in Marburger (Germany) in 2018.
Also, she worked with Alice Rohrwacher, and shot the italian drama THE WONDERS. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded with the Grand Prix. As well HAPPY AS LAZZARO won the best screenplay in Cannes in 2018.
With MURINA by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic she won the Golden Camera Cannes in 2021.
Filmography
(a selection)
Cinematographer
- 2023
- La Chimera by Alice Rohrwacher
- 2018
- Lazzaro Felice by Alice Rohrwacher
- 2017
- L'intrusa by Leonardo Di Costanzo
- 2016
- Il nido by Klaudia Reynicke
- 2015
- Le miracle de Tekir by Ruxandra Zenide
- 2014
- Le meraviglie by Alice Rohrwacher
- 2012
- Bye Bye Blondie by Virginie Despentes
- 2011
- Corpo celeste by Alice Rohrwacher
- 2007
- Pas douce by Jeanne Waltz
Awards
(a selection)
- 2019
- Roma, 64. David di Donatello 2019, David di Donatello - Migliore Autore Della Fotografia (Nomination) in Lazzaro Felice
- 2023
- Chicago, Chicago International Film Festival, Silver Hugo: Best Cinematography (Winner) in La Chimera