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name: "Dominique Chapuis"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "16 January 1948"
died: "4 November 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:54:01.890478+00:00"
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# Dominique Chapuis

Cinematographer. Born 16 January 1948 in 9th arrondissement of Paris. Died 4 November 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 16 January 1948, 9th arrondissement of Paris
- **Died:** 4 November 2001
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11322807, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152683/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35921

## Biography

Dominique Chapuis (1948–2001) was a French cinematographer. He began his career in the early 1970s as an assistant camera operator, working on films including *Day for Night* (1973).

He served as director of photography on *Shoah* (1985), directed by Claude Lanzmann, as well as on *An Impudent Girl* (1985), *The Little Thief* (1988), *My Life Is Hell* (1991) and *Beautiful Memories* (2001). He maintained a long collaboration with Lanzmann on several documentaries.

Chapuis was born in Paris and died in Paris.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shoah* (1985), Fi1m 93, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/shoah.md)

## Also known for

- *Day for Night* (1973), Assistant Camera
- *An Impudent Girl* (1985), Director of Photography
- *The Little Thief* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Beautiful Memories* (2001), Director of Photography
- *My Life Is Hell* (1991), Director of Photography

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