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name: "Denis Lenoir"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/denis-lenoir"
fi1m_id: "denis-lenoir"
imdb_id: "nm0003631"
tmdb_id: 23464
wikidata_id: "Q539136"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T23:10:24.886820+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."
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# Denis Lenoir

## Identity

Denis Lenoir

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/denis-lenoir
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** denis-lenoir
- **IMDb ID:** nm0003631
- **TMDB ID:** 23464
- **Wikidata ID:** Q539136
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Lenoir, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003631/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23464

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1949 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1949, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (1), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $46m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Lenoir, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003631/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23464

## Coming up

- *Badinter* (2027-03-03), Director of Photography

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Irma Vep*](https://film.one/tv/irma-vep-2022.md) (74)

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## Biography

Denis Lenoir is a French cinematographer born in 1949 in Paris. He trained at École Vaugirard in Paris and studied art history at École du Louvre before working as a camera assistant and becoming a lighting cameraman at the age of 27.

He is known for his long collaborations with directors including Olivier Assayas, with whom he has worked on multiple films and the 2022 miniseries *Irma Vep*, and Mia Hansen-Løve on *Things to Come* (2016), *Bergman Island* (2021) and *One Fine Morning* (2022). His other credits include *Paris, je t'aime* (2006), *Righteous Kill* (2008), *Still Alice* (2014) and *The Tale* (2018). Lenoir is a co-founder of the Association Française des Directeurs de la Photographie Cinématographique and a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

*Sources: imdb.com, denislenoir.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Irma Vep* (2022), Fi1m 74, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/irma-vep-2022.md)
- *One Fine Morning* (2022), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/one-fine-morning.md)
- *Still Alice* (2014), Fi1m 77, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/still-alice.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

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

- *Badinter* (2027), Director of Photography
- *The Last Rodeo* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Mariana's Room* (2025), Director of Photography
- *La Fille d'un grand amour* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Headwind* (2024), Director of Photography
- *One Fine Morning* (2022), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/one-fine-morning.md)
- *Irma Vep* (2022), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/irma-vep-2022.md)
- *Bergman Island* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Wasp Network* (2020), Director of Photography
- *The Tale* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Three Christs* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Things to Come* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Still Alice* (2014), Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/still-alice.md)
- *Eden* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The Ultimate Accessory* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Before the Winter Chill* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Mary* (2012), Director of Photography
- *So Undercover* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Blue Lagoon: The Awakening* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Have a Little Faith* (2011), Director of Photography
- *The Sleeping Beauty* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Carlos* (2010), Director of Photography
- *The Vintner's Luck* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Righteous Kill* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Angel* (2007), Director of Photography
- *88 Minutes* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Paris Je T'aime* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Time Bomb* (2006), Director of Photography
- *In His Hands* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Control* (2004), Director of Photography
- *The Clearing* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Demonlover* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Uprising* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Uprising* (2001), series, Director of Photography
- *The Old Man Who Read Love Stories* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Steal This Movie* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Mean Streak* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Late August, Early September* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Thursday* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Since You've Been Gone* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Food of Love* (1997), Director of Photography
- *An Air So Pure* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Secret Agent* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Clubbed to Death* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Carrington* (1995), Director of Photography
- *The Chess Game* (1994), Director of Photography
- *La Séparation* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Cold Water* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Decadence* (1994), Director of Photography
- *A New Life* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Shuttlecock* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Beau fixe* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Paris Awakens* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Dingo* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Daddy Nostalgia* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The Governor's Party* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Winter's Child* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Monsieur Hire* (1989), Director of Photography
- *La lumière du lac* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Dog's Dialogue* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Tandem* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Professor Taranne* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Disorder* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Le Rescapé* (1986), Director of Photography
- *L'amour propre ne le reste jamais très longtemps* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Winston Tong In Studio* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Laissé inachevé à Tokyo* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Emanuelle and Lolita* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Le jardin des planches* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Sotelo* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Deux sœurs qui ne sont pas sœurs* (1975), Director, Writer
- *The Insolent* (1973), Second Assistant Camera
- *Farewell Caracas*, Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Officer of the National Order of Merit 2012: Officer of the National Order of Merit (won)
- Bronze Frog 2002: Bronze Frog (won), for *Demonlover*
- Knight of the National Order of Merit 1999: Knight of the National Order of Merit (won)

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

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