Jean-Yves Escoffier

Jean-Yves Escoffier
Born	(1950-07-12)12 July 1950 Lyon, France
Died	1 April 2003(2003-04-01) (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Cinematographer

Jean-Yves Escoffier (12 July 1950 – 1 April 2003) was a French cinematographer. For his work on films by Leos Carax, Escoffier received the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer and was nominated for the César Award for Best Cinematography.

Career

Escoffier worked as director of photography on a number of films of Leos Carax including Boy Meets Girl, Mauvais sang, and Les Amants du Pont-Neuf,[1] on a number of European and American feature films including The Human Stain, Possession, Nurse Betty, Cradle Will Rock, Rounders, and Good Will Hunting,[1] as well as Harmony Korine's Gummo.[1]

He also worked with Mehdi Norowzian, Jeanne Moreau for Air France,^[not verified in body] David Lynch for Nissan Motors,[2] and on music videos, "Hurt" (2002) for Johnny Cash and Mark Romanek.^[not verified in body]

On 1 April 2003, Escoffier died from a heart attack in his home in Los Angeles, California[3] during post-production of The Human Stain, a film since dedicated to his memory.[4]

Filmography

As cinematographer

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
1973	L'amour c'est du papier	Michel Leeb	Short film
1977	The Sand Castle	Co Hoedeman	Short film
1978	Passe montagne	Jean-François Stévenin
1980	Simone Barbès ou la vertu	Marie-Claude Treilhou		[1]
1981	Lourdes l'hiver	Marie-Claude Treilhou	Short film
1982	La fonte de Barlaeus	Pierre-Henry Salfati	Short film
1983	Archipel des amours	Marie-Claude Treilhou	Segment: "Lourdes, l'hiver"
	Ulysse	Agnès Varda	Short film
	Ballade à blanc	Bertrand Gauthier		[1]
	Les Yeux des oiseaux	Gabriel Auer		[1]
	Habibi	Françoise Prenant	Short film
	Coup de feu	Magali Clément	Short film
1984	Boy Meets Girl	Leos Carax		[1]
1985	Une fille nommée banlieue	Georges Senechal	Documentary short film
	Trois Hommes et un couffin	Coline Serreau		[1]
1986	Mauvais sang	Leos Carax	Nominated—César Award for Best Cinematography	[1][5]
1988	Jaune revolver	Olivier Langlois
1991	Les Amants du Pont-Neuf	Leos Carax	European Film Award for Best Cinematographer	[1][6]
1993	Charlie and the Doctor	Ralph C. Parsons		[1]
	Dream Lover	Nicholas Kazan
1994	Witch Hunt	Paul Schrader	TV movie	[1][7]
1995	A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies	Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson	TV documentary	[1][8]
	Jack & Sarah	Tim Sullivan		[1]
1996	The Crow: City of Angels	Tim Pope		[1]
	Grace of My Heart	Allison Anders		[1]
1997	Gummo	Harmony Korine		[1]
	Excess Baggage	Marco Brambilla		[1]
	Good Will Hunting	Gus Van Sant		[1]
1998	Rounders	John Dahl		[1]
1999	The Cradle Will Rock	Tim Robbins		[1]
	Agujetas cantaor	Dominique Abel	Documentary
2000	Nurse Betty	Neil LaBute		[1]
2001	15 Minutes	John Herzfeld		[1]
2002	Possession	Neil LaBute		[9]
	No claudicar	Dominique Abel	Documentary short
2003	Poligono Sur/Seville, Southside	Dominique Abel	Documentary	[1]
	The Human Stain	Robert Benton	Dedicated to Escoffier	[1][4]
2004	Cinévardaphoto	Agnès Varda	Documentary; Segment: "Ulysse"

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
1996	"Love Don't Live Here Anymore"	Madonna	Jean-Baptiste Mondino
2002	"Cochise"	Audioslave	Mark Romanek
2003	"Hurt"	Johnny Cash	Mark Romanek	MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography	[10]

Other credits

Year	Title	Director	DoP	Role	Ref(s)
1973	La famille heureuse (Famille Gazul)	Patrice Leconte	Jean Gonnet	Camera operator
1975	C'est dur pour tout le monde	Christian Gion	Lionel Legros	Second assistant camera
	Hu-Man	Jérôme Laperrousaz	Jimmy Glasberg	Assistant camera
1976	Lumière	Jeanne Moreau	Ricardo Aronovich	Second assistant camera
1978	Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears	Charles Nemes	Étienne Fauduet	Assistant camera
	The Pawn	Christian Gion	Lionel Legros	Camera operator
	Passe montagne	Jean-François Stévenin	Jean-Yves Escoffier Lionel Legros	Camera operator
1980	Third World	Jérôme Laperrousaz	Étienne Fauduet	Assistant camera: additional live concert crew Le Palace, Paris: assisted by
1983	Gramps Is in the Resistance	Jean-Marie Poiré	Robert Alazraki	Camera operator: Second unit
1985	Shoah	Claude Lanzmann	Dominique Chapuis Jimmy Glasberg Phil Gries William Lubtchansky	Assistant camera	[11]
1995	A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies	Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson	Jean-Yves Escoffier Frances Reid Nancy Schreiber	Camera operator
2002	One Hour Photo	Mark Romanek	Jeff Cronenweth	Photographer: additional inserts

References

1. Ballinger 2004, p. 39.
2. Davies, Hugh (4 January 2003). "Motoring's little and large get the star treatment". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
3. "Cinematographer Escoffier dies at 52". The Guardian. 17 April 2003. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
4. French, Philip (24 January 2004). "It's not simply black and white". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
5. "César Ceremony 1987". Académie des César. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
6. "The Lovers on the Bridge / Les amants du Pont-Neuf". European Film Awards. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
7. Loynd, Ray (10 December 1994). "TV Reviews : 'Witch Hunt' a Burning Hollywood Satire : HBO's 'Witch Hunt' Is a Burning Satire on Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
8. "Scosese [sic] Film Held Over At Gotham Theater". IndieWire. 12 March 1998. Retrieved 6 July 2007.
9. Clinton, Paul (15 August 2002). "Review: 'Possession' a rich romantic tale". CNN. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
10. "2003 MTV Video Music Awards Winners". Billboard. 28 August 2003. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
11. Vice, Sue (25 July 2019). Shoah. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83871-816-9. OCLC 1203760673.

Sources

• Ballinger, Alexander (2004). New Cinematographers (annotated ed.). Harper Design. pp. 38–67. ISBN 1856693341. See also this book URL

External links

• Jean-Yves Escoffier at IMDb