| Stéphane Fontaine | |
| Occupation: | Cinematographer |
| Years Active: | 1985–present |
Stéphane Fontaine is a French cinematographer. He graduated from the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière in 1985,[1] and began his career as first assistant camera on films directed by Arnaud Desplechin, Jim Jarmusch, Leos Carax and Olivier Assayas, among others.[2] He won the César Award for Best Cinematography in 2006 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet.
| Year | Title | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | À Venise | Emmanuel Bourdieu | |
| 1999 | Rien à dire | Vincent Perez | |
| C'était là depuis l'après-midi | Stéphane Metge | ||
| 2001 | Le mal du pays | ||
| 2002 | Juste au-dessus des trains | Jean-François Fontanel |
| Year | Title | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument | Arnaud Desplechin | |
| 2000 | Bronx-Barbès | Éliane de Latour | |
| 2002 | La Vie nouvelle | Philippe Grandrieux | |
| 2003 | Playing 'In the Company of Men' | Arnaud Desplechin | |
| 2004 | Look at Me | Agnès Jaoui | |
| 2005 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Jacques Audiard | |
| 2006 | Charlie Says | Nicole Garcia | |
| Call Me Elisabeth | Jean-Pierre Améris | ||
| 2007 | Talk to Me | Kasi Lemmons | |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Barry Levinson | |
| 2009 | Espion(s) | Nicolas Saada | |
| A Prophet | Jacques Audiard | ||
| 2010 | L'Autre Dumas | Safy Nebbou | |
| The Next Three Days | Paul Haggis | ||
| 2011 | Goodbye First Love | Mia Hansen-Løve | |
| 2012 | Rust and Bone | Jacques Audiard | |
| 2013 | Arnaud Desplechin | ||
| 2014 | Samba | Éric Toledano Olivier Nakache | |
| 2016 | Captain Fantastic | Matt Ross | |
| Elle | Paul Verhoeven | ||
| Jackie | Pablo Larraín | ||
| 2019 | The Kill Team | Dan Krauss | |
| My Zoe | Julie Delpy | ||
| 2020 | Ammonite | Francis Lee | |
| 2022 | Paris Memories | Alice Winocour | |
| 2024 | Conclave | Edward Berger |
Short film
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Patrice Chéreau, le corps au travail | Stéphane Metge | TV movie | |
| 2021 | Exterminate All the Brutes | Raoul Peck | Miniseries; With Kolja Brandt |
César Awards
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Best Cinematography | |
| 2009 | A Prophet | ||
| 2012 | Rust and Bone | ||
| 2016 | Elle |