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name: "Éric Gautier"
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wikidata_id: "Q288187"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "2 April 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:10:35.588605+00:00"
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# Éric Gautier

## Identity

Éric Gautier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eric-gautier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eric-gautier
- **IMDb ID:** nm0310341
- **TMDB ID:** 18494
- **Wikidata ID:** Q288187
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_Gautier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288187, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18494

Cinematographer. Born 2 April 1961 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 2 April 1961, Paris, France
- **Active:** 2004–2007
- **Also known as:** 에릭 고티에, Eric Gautier
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_Gautier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288187, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18494

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Motorcycle Diaries*](https://film.one/film/the-motorcycle-diaries.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Éric Gautier is a French cinematographer. He was born on 2 April 1961 in Paris and trained at the Louis Lumière film school, graduating in 1982.

Gautier began his career as an assistant camera operator before shooting short films and his first feature, *La Vie des morts* (1991), directed by Arnaud Desplechin. He has collaborated frequently with directors including Alain Resnais, Olivier Assayas and Desplechin. He won a César Award for *Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train* (1998).

His international work includes *The Motorcycle Diaries* (2004), for which he received an Independent Spirit Award, *Into the Wild* (2007), *On the Road* (2012) and *Ash Is Purest White* (2018).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Into the Wild* (2007), Fi1m 78, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/into-the-wild.md)
- *The Motorcycle Diaries* (2004), Fi1m 77, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-motorcycle-diaries.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

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

- *Avec Kim* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The Fence* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Why War* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Caught by the Tides* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Suspended Time* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Like a Son* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Shikun* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Stars at Noon* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Both Sides of the Blade* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Laila in Haifa* (2021), Director of Photography
- *A Folk Horror Tale* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Eddy* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *The Truth* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Ash Is Purest White* (2018), Director of Photography
- *A Tramway in Jerusalem* (2018), Director of Photography
- *The Apparition* (2018), Director of Photography
- *The Mercy* (2018), Director of Photography
- *The Elephant and the Butterfly* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Rabin, the Last Day* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Hitchcock/Truffaut* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Aloha* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Grace of Monaco* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Incident Urbain* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Capital* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Something in the Air* (2012), Director of Photography
- *You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet* (2012), Director of Photography
- *On the Road* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Miral* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Roses on Credit* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Wild Grass* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Taking Woodstock* (2009), Director of Photography
- *A Christmas Tale* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Summer Hours* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Into the Wild* (2007), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/into-the-wild.md)
- *Private Fears in Public Places* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Some Widows of Noirmoutier* (2006), Director of Photography
- *A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Paris Je T'aime* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Noise* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Gabrielle* (2005), Director of Photography
- *One Stays, the Other Leaves* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Kings & Queen* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Clean* (2004), Director of Photography
- *The Motorcycle Diaries* (2004), Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-motorcycle-diaries.md)
- *His Brother* (2003), Director of Photography
- *The Housekeeper* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Pierre or, The Ambiguities* (2001), series, Cinematography
- *Savage Souls* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Brief Crossing* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Intimacy* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Esther Kahn* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Sentimental Destinies* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Passionnément* (2000), Director of Photography
- *HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Pola X* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Sans Titre* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Tykho Moon* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Love, etc.* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Irma Vep* (1996), Director of Photography
- *My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument* (1996), Director of Photography
- *One Hundred and One Nights* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Le fils préféré* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Nobody Loves Me* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Le Nombril du monde* (1993), Cinematography
- *Travolta and Me* (1993), Director of Photography
- *La femme à abattre* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Albert souffre* (1992), Director of Photography
- *The Life of the Dead* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Le scorpion* (1987), Cinematography
- *Knife Under the Throat* (1986), Camera Operator

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 2001: European Film Award for Best Cinematographer (nominated), for *Intimacy*

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

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