Hélène Louvart

Cinematographer

Website
helenelouvart.free.fr
Copyright: Vera de Kok

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
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