---
name: "Bruno Delbonnel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruno-delbonnel"
fi1m_id: "bruno-delbonnel"
imdb_id: "nm0216632"
tmdb_id: 2423
wikidata_id: "Q993210"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-02T22:30:55.258214+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bruno Delbonnel

## Identity

Bruno Delbonnel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruno-delbonnel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruno-delbonnel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0216632
- **TMDB ID:** 2423
- **Wikidata ID:** Q993210
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Delbonnel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q993210, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0216632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2423

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1957 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1957, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC
- **Frequently works with:** [Joel Coen](https://film.one/person/joel-coen.md), [Audrey Tautou](https://film.one/person/audrey-tautou.md), [Ethan Coen](https://film.one/person/ethan-coen.md), [Guillaume Laurant](https://film.one/person/guillaume-laurant.md), [Jean-Pierre Jeunet](https://film.one/person/jean-pierre-jeunet.md), [Tim Burton](https://film.one/person/tim-burton.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 6 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (2), 2010s 69 (5), 2020s 69 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 68 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 4, Adventure 2, Fantasy 2, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,607m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Delbonnel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q993210, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0216632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2423

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Tragedy of Macbeth*](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md) (80), [*Big Eyes*](https://film.one/film/big-eyes.md) (64), [*Disclaimer*](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md) (56)
- **Netflix:** [*The Ballad of Buster Scruggs*](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs.md) (79)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Phoenician Scheme*](https://film.one/film/the-phoenician-scheme.md) (70)
- **HBO Max:** [*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC is a French cinematographer. He was born in 1957 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and graduated in 1978 from ESEC in Paris.

He has worked as director of photography on films including *Amélie* (2001) and *A Very Long Engagement* (2004) for Jean-Pierre Jeunet, *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* (2009), *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013), *Darkest Hour* (2017), *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018) and *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021). He served as cinematographer on *The Phoenician Scheme* (2025) directed by Wes Anderson.

Delbonnel has received a César Award and a European Film Award, along with six Academy Award nominations and four BAFTA Award nominations. In 2019 he was appointed head of the cinematography department at La Fémis in Paris.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, worldofreel.com, thefilmstage.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *The Phoenician Scheme* (2025), Fi1m 70, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-phoenician-scheme.md)
- *Disclaimer* (2024), Fi1m 56, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md)
- *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography, "A" Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md)
- *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018), Fi1m 79, Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs.md)
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Fi1m 66, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *Big Eyes* (2014), Fi1m 64, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/big-eyes.md)
- *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013), Fi1m 87, Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-llewyn-davis.md)
- *Dark Shadows* (2012), Fi1m 50, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/dark-shadows.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* (2009), Fi1m 66, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince.md)
- *Amélie* (2001), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/amelie.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Phoenician Scheme* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-phoenician-scheme.md)
- *Disclaimer* (2024), series, Director of Photography, Cinematography — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md)
- *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md)
- *The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun* (2021), as François-Marie Charvet — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-dispatch-of-the-liberty-kansas-evening-sun.md)
- *The Woman in the Window* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018), "A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs.md)
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Francofonia* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Big Eyes* (2014), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/big-eyes.md)
- *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013), Director of Photography, Camera Operator — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-llewyn-davis.md)
- *Dark Shadows* (2012), Director of Photography — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/dark-shadows.md)
- *Faust* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* (2009), Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince.md)
- *Across the Universe* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Infamous* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Paris Je T'aime* (2006), Director of Photography
- *A Very Long Engagement* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)* (2003), Director of Photography
- *The Cat's Meow* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Amélie* (2001), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/amelie.md)
- *C'est jamais loin* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Things I Like, Things I Don't Like* (1990), Writer
- *No Rest for Billy Brakko* (1983), Director of Photography
- *The Bunker of the Last Gunshots* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Jack of Spades*, Director of Photography

## Gallery

- ![Bruno Delbonnel](https://film.one/media/person/8457/gallery-7f3869aa2772.jpg) Bruno Delbonnel — B.barbier, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Bruno_Delbonnel_%28cin%C3%A9_club_Louis_Lumi%C3%A8re%29.jpg/1280px-Bruno_Delbonnel_%28cin%C3%A9_club_Louis_Lumi%C3%A8re%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bruno Delbonnel répondant aux questions des étudiants du ciné club Louis Lumière (Cinéma le Grand Action, Paris, juin 2012)](https://film.one/media/person/8457/gallery-5b61b455691e.jpg) Bruno Delbonnel répondant aux questions des étudiants du ciné club Louis Lumière (Cinéma le Grand Action, Paris, juin 2012) — B.barbier, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Bruno_Delbonnel_%28cin%C3%A9_club_Louis_Lumi%C3%A8re%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bruno Delbonnel répondant aux questions des étudiants du ciné club Louis Lumière (Cinéma le Grand Action, Paris, juin 2012)](https://film.one/media/person/8457/gallery-dd1e5a43c7b5.jpg) Bruno Delbonnel répondant aux questions des étudiants du ciné club Louis Lumière (Cinéma le Grand Action, Paris, juin 2012) — B.barbier, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Bruno_Delbonnel_%28cin%C3%A9_club_Louis_Lumi%C3%A8re%29_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/1280px-Bruno_Delbonnel_%28cin%C3%A9_club_Louis_Lumi%C3%A8re%29_%28cropped_2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stär um "Walk of Fame" vun der nordmazedonescher Stad Bitola fir de franséische Cinematograph Bruno Delbonnel. (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/8457/gallery-0189126570db.jpg) Stär um "Walk of Fame" vun der nordmazedonescher Stad Bitola fir de franséische Cinematograph Bruno Delbonnel. (2026) — Bdx, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Bruno_Delbonnel_star_at_Bitola_Walk_of_Fame.jpg/1280px-Bruno_Delbonnel_star_at_Bitola_Walk_of_Fame.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bruno Delbonnel](https://film.one/media/person/8457/gallery-4735f3483f3c.jpg) Bruno Delbonnel — Image via TMDB
- ![Clap du film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain. Exposition "Caro/Jeunet" au musée Minature et Cinéma en 2018-2019.](https://film.one/media/person/8457/gallery-77f530a154c5.jpg) Clap du film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain. Exposition "Caro/Jeunet" au musée Minature et Cinéma en 2018-2019. — TwoWings, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Clap_-_Le_Fabuleux_Destin_d%27Am%C3%A9lie_Poulain.jpg/1280px-Clap_-_Le_Fabuleux_Destin_d%27Am%C3%A9lie_Poulain.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 6 nominated

- 2022: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *The Tragedy of Macbeth*
- 2018: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Darkest Hour*
- 2014: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Inside Llewyn Davis*
- 2010: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*
- 2005: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *A Very Long Engagement*
- 2002: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Amélie*

### Other awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 2012: European Film Award for Best Cinematographer (nominated), for *Faust (2011 film)*
- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 2005: European Film Award for Best Cinematographer (nominated), for *A Very Long Engagement*
- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 2001: European Film Award for Best Cinematographer (won), for *Amélie*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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