Rousselot, Philippe

(September 4, 1945, Briey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France - )

   Having trained at the Vaugirard film school, he started as an assistant cameraman to cinematographer Nestor Almendros (1969 Ma Nuit chez Maud / UK: My Night with Maud / USA: My Night at Maud's, Eric Rohmer; 1970 Le Genou de Claire / USA: Claire's Knee, Eric Rohmer; 1972 L'Amour l'Après-Midi / UK: Love in the Afternoon / USA: Chloe in the Afternoon, Eric Rohmer). From 1969 (Le Clair de Terre, Guy Gilles) to 2008 (Peacock, Michael Lander, USA), he worked as a cinematographer on about sixty films, including Diabolo Menthe / USA: Peppermint Soda (Diane Kurys, 1977), La Drôlesse / USA: The Hussy (Jacques Doillon, 1979), Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981), La Lune dans le Caniveau / Lo specchio del desiderio / USA: The Moon in the Gutter (Jean-Jacques Beineix, France / Italy), Les Voleurs de la Nuit / Thieves After Dark (Samuel Fuller, France / USA), The Emerald Forest (John Boorman, USA, 1985), Hope and Glory (John Boorman, USA, 1987), L'Ours / USA: The Bear (Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1988), Dangerous Liaisons (Stephen Frears, USA, 1988), A River Runs Through It (Robert Redford, USA, 1992), Interview with the Vampire:The Vampire Chronicles (Neil Jordan, USA, 1994), Big Fish (Tim Burton, USA, 2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, USA, 2005), and Lions for Lambs (Robert Redford, USA). He directed only one film.

 Filmography

1997 ◘ Le Baiser du Serpent / The Serpent's Kiss / Der Schlangenkuss (France / UK / Germany)