“As DOPs, we do not make images so much to be seen as we make them to be felt ” 

This is what Henri Alekan, DoP of “Beauty and the Beast” (by Jean Cocteau) and one of my early teachers in cinematography used to say.

I feel cinematography is a direct language to the heart of the audience of a film. I always strive to find the best approach to make people experience the story through the visuals. I look for ways to enhance the emotional impact of a scene using light, shadows, color, composition, lenses and camera movement...

I tend to stay away from merely decorative imagery and chose mostly to devise the look that is best suited to tell a story, however bold it has to be. In short, I try to carve and shape the visuals in such a way that they become as powerful a narrative element as possible.

To achieve this, one of my great pleasures is to collaborate with a director who is willing to make use of the full scope of the narrative potential of the film image and find with them the right language and look for a story. 

Through the years, my approach has evolved into a more instinctual one. After a thorough initial preparation period, I use my knowledge to personally "interpret" the story alongside the actors under the directions of a director.

A few words about me…

I am a French cinematographer, member of the AFC, based in Paris. I am active for some 30+ years shooting fiction, commercials, docs, pop promos… on all five continents. Over the last decade I have been working mostly on international projects. It is a great pleasure for me to collaborate with crews from around the world and create together a film object using the common universal language of cinema.