[Right] with Brian De Palma [left] - "Femme Fatale" [2001]

               

 THIERRY ARBOGAST   AFC

Born: 1957, France.

Career: Ph commercials dir by Luc Besson, Emir Kusturica ['Magic Bus', 1997, for Glaxo Wellcome], a.o.

Appeared in the tv-doc [9m] 'Un Américain à Paris' [2000, Christine Haas & Mark Edwards].

Awards: 'César' Award nom [1991] for 'Nikita'; 'César' Award nom [1995] for 'Léon'; 'César' Award [1996] for 'Le hussard sur le toit'; 'César' Award nom [1997] for 'Ridicule'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1997] & Cannes FF 'Technical Grand Prix' [1997] for 'She's So Lovely'; 'César' Award [1998] & Cannes IFF ' Grand Prix Technique' from the CST [1997] for 'The Fifth Element'; European Film Award nom [1998] for 'Crna macka, beli macor'; 'César' Award nom [2000] for 'The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'; 'César' Award nom [2001] for 'Les rivières pourpres'; 'César' Award [2004] for 'Bon Voyage'; Brothers Manaki IFF 'Audience Award' & 'Special Mention' [2006] for 'Tajnata kniga'.



 FILMS

1976

Johan [, carnet intime homosexuel] [Philippe Vallois] 16mm/b&w-c

1978

Flammes [Adolfo Arrieta] c

1978

Jouissances perverses [- Les jours et nuits de Eva Blue] [Francis Leroi] c; cph: François About

1981

Les Jocondes [Jean-Daniel Pillault] c

1982

Nuit blanche [Françoise Le Plouhinec] c; short/15m; prod IDHEC

1982

Rock'n Torah/Le préféré [Marc-André Grynbaum] c

1984

Expulsion [Nicolas Jouvin] 16mm/c; short/23m

1984

Casting à Hérisson [Jean-Pierre Limosin] ?; short/22m

1985

Appelez-moi Bronco Bill [Williams Crépin] 16mm/c; short/20m

1985

Les mains [Costa Kékémenis] c; short/19m; prod IDHEC

1985

Bébé! [Christophe Jean-Elie] c; short/24m

1985

Gratte-ciel [Christophe Jacrot] c; short/5m

1985

Le retour du marin [Sylvie Chauvet & Charlotte de Turckheim] c; short/6m

1986

Gardien de la nuit/Guardian of the Night [Jean-Pierre Limosin] c

1986

La forêt noire [Béatrice Jalbert] c; short/15m

1986

Le petit peintre et la grande dame [Messaoud Hattou] c; short/7m

1986

Un homme faible [Emilie Deleuze] 16mm/c; short/14m

1986

Le beauf [Yves Amoureux] c

1987

Le vampire et le lapin [Boris Bergman] c; short/12m

1987

Une histoire de vent/A Tale of the Wind [Joris Ivens & Marceline Loridan] c; dram doc/78m; cph: Jacques Loiseleux

1988

Les sept péchés capitaux [Philippe Gautier] c; short/2m

1988

Edén miseria [Christine Laurent] c

1989

Nikita/La Femme Nikita [Luc Besson] tvi/c

1989

Le brasier [Eric Barbier] c; 2uc: Darius Khondji

1990

Oostende [Eric Woreth] c

1990

Génial, mes parents divorcent! [Patrick Braoudé] c

1990

Miaou [Christophe Jean-Elie] c; short/12m

1991

Mathilde [Olivier Panchot] c; short/11m

1991

J'embrasse pas/I Don't Kiss [André Téchiné] c

1991

Les derniers morts [Yves Buclet] c; short/15m

1991

Clin d'oeil [Olias Barco] b&w; short/5m

1992

Basse tension [Yves Buclet] b&w; short/6m

1992

Les joies de la ferme [Pierre Roda] c; short/3m

1992

La fille de l'air [Maroun Bagdadi] c; aph: Charlet Recors

1992

Ma saison préférée/My Favorite Season [André Téchiné] p/c

1993

Tombés du ciel/Lost in Transit [Philippe Lioret] c

1993

Léon/The Professional [Luc Besson] tvi/c

1993

Toilettes [Olias Barco] b&w; short/4m

1994

Poubelles [Olias Barco] c; short/14m

1994

Le hussard sur le toit [Jean-Paul Rappeneau] c; 2uc: Pascal Rabaud

1994

3000 scénarios contre un virus/3,000 Scenarios to Combat a Virus [seg (4m) 'La sirène (ou 'Les vieux')' dir by Philippe Lioret, 'Préservatif, une preuve d'amour' (3m) dir by Richard Berry & 'Discussion sur le préservatif entre un père et son fils' (3m) dir by Jean-Daniel Pillault] c; 30seg/109m; other ph: Caroline Champetier, Gérard de Battista, Patrick Blossier, a.o.

1995

L'appartement [Gilles Mimouni] c

1995

Ridicule [Patrice Leconte] p/c; uwph: Pascal Morisset, Michel Revest & Roland Savoye

1996

Le cinquième élément/The Fifth Element [Luc Besson] s35/c; 2uc: Nick Tebbet; miniature ph: Paul Gentry; vfx ph: Bill Neil

1996

She's So Lovely/Call It Love [Nick Cassavetes] scope/c; 2uc: Josh Bleibtreu

1997

Ah, les femmes! [Nicolas Hourès] c; short/13m

1997

Chat noir, chat blanc/Crna macka, beli macor/Black Cat, White Cat [Emir Kusturica] c; addph: Michel Amathieu (finished the prod)

1997

Toreros/La capitale du monde [Eric Barbier] c

1997

Chapacan [Olias Barco] c; short/8m

1998

Wing Commander [: Space Will Never Be the Same] [Chris Roberts] s35/c; 2uc: Roger Simonsz; vfx ph: Ethan Phillips

1998

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc/Jeanne d'Arc/Joan of Arc [Luc Besson] s35/c; 2uc: Jean-Pierre Sauvaire & Gérard Sterin

1999

Les rushes [Jean Reno] c; short/6m

1999

The Dancer [Frederic Garson] c

1999

Woman on Top [Fina Torres] p/c; 2nd cinematographer: Christopher Duskin; 2uc: Jacques Cheuiche; uwph: Pete Romano

1999

Les rivières pourpres/The Crimson Rivers [Mathieu Kassovitz] c

[Left] with dir Chris Nahon - "Kiss of the Dragon"

2000

Kiss of the Dragon/Le baiser mortel du dragon [Chris Nahon] c; cph: Sébastien Pencuteau

2001

Femme Fatale [Brian De Palma] c

2001

The Glow [Marcus Dillistone] c; cph: John de Borman & Tony Pierce-Roberts; demo film for Fuji Reala 500D film stock

2002

Tajnata kniga/The Secret Book/Le livre secret [Vlado Cvetanovski] c; filmed April 2002 & May 2003; released 2006

2002

Bon voyage [Jean-Paul Rappeneau] p/c

2003

Elle fait fondre la glace/She Melts the Ice [Ron Padova] c; short/10m

2003

Incautos/Swindled/Taken In [Miguel Bardem] p/c

[Top/Left] with dir Pitof and actress Halle Berry - "Catwoman"

2003

Catwoman [Pitof (= Jean-Christophe Comar)] s35/c; 2uc: Mark Vargo; virtual ph: Ken Faiman & Bryan Poon

2004

Bandidas [Joachim Roenning & Espen Sandberg] b&w-c; 2uc: Rodrigo Marina; aph: Ralph Mendoza

2005

Arthur et les Minimoys/Arthur and the Minimoys/Arthur and the Invisibles [Luc Besson] s35/c; anim (digital) + live action (film); live action ph; addph: Dominique Delguste & Christophe Offenstein; model ph: Pierre Morel & Alex Lamarque; originally scheduled to start filming in January 2003

2005

Angel-A [Luc Besson] s35/b&w; uwph: Richard Savoye

2005

Lila (ou ce jour là, c'est maintenant) [Laetitia Lambert] scope/c; short/16m

2005

Cherche fiancé tous frais payés [Aline Issermann] b&w-c

2006

Toyer [Brian De Palma] pre-production; status unknown

2006

Aux fenêtres de l'âme/Windows of the Soul [Ron Padova] pre-production; status unknown

2006

Astérix aux jeux olympiques/Astérix and the Olympic Games [Frédéric Forestier & Thomas Langmann] HD-to-35mm scope/c; 2uc: Vincent Muller

2006

Babylon A.D. [Mathieu Kassovitz] s35/c; ph Paris: Robert Fraisse; 2uc: Martin Kenzie & Tim Wooster; aph: Adam Dale; filmed 2006-07

2007

Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard/Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard [Luc Besson] s35/c; anim + live action

2007

Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes/Arthur 3 - La guerre des deux mondes/Arthur and the War of Two Worlds [Luc Besson] s35/c; anim + live action

With c.asst Andriana Dejanovic - "Human Zoo"

Photo by Besfort Imami

2007

Human Zoo/Romance in the Dark [Rie Rasmussen] scope/c

2008

Le missionnaire/Hallelujah! [Roger Delattre] c

2008

Les derniers jours du monde/Happy End [Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu] p/c

2009

L'arnacoeur/Heartbreaker [Pascal Chaumeil] tvi/c; 2uc: Roger Simonsz

2009

Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec [Luc Besson] s35/c; 2uc: Roger Simonsz

2009

Cool Water/Pretty Cool [Emir Kusturica] announced in November as doph, but film will be ph by Michel Amathieu

2010

Inseparable/Xing ying bu li [Dayyan Eng] scope/c

2010

The Lady/Into the Light [Luc Besson] c; filmed 2010-11


 FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR

1976

Pourquoi? [Anouk Bernard] c.asst; ph: François About

1976

Monique/Flashing Lights/New York After Midnight [Jacques Scandelari] co-c.op; ph: François About

1977

Lamento [Philippe Vallois] c.op; ph: François About

1977

Homologues ou La soif du mâle/Man's Country [Marvin Merkins (= Jacques Scandelari)] ?; ph: François About

1977

Je suis à prendre/Take Me/I'm Yours to Take [Francis Leroi] c.asst; ph: François About

1978

Brigade mondain/Vice Squad [Jacques Scandelari] co-c.asst; ph: François About

1978

Nous étions un seul homme/We Were One Man [Philippe Vallois] c.asst; ph: François About

1979

Équation à un inconnu [Dietrich de Velsa] c.asst; ph: François About

1979

AC/DC: Let There Be Rock [Eric Dionysius & Eric Mistler; doc] co-c.asst; ph: Jean-Francis Gondre

1980

Un escargot dans la tête [Jean-Étienne Siry] 1st c.asst; ph: François About

1980

Les petites écolières [Frédéric Lansac (= Claude Mulot)] 2nd cinematographer; ph: François About

1982

Mon curé chez les nudistes [Robert Thomas] co-c.asst; ph: Claude Bécognée

1983

Haltéroflic/Rainbow Serpent [Philippe Vallois] co-c.asst; ph: François About