---
name: "Hélène Louvart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/helene-louvart"
fi1m_id: "helene-louvart"
imdb_id: "nm0522173"
tmdb_id: 56289
wikidata_id: "Q3896144"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-03T02:25:49.883132+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."
---

# Hélène Louvart

## Identity

Hélène Louvart

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/helene-louvart
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** helene-louvart
- **IMDb ID:** nm0522173
- **TMDB ID:** 56289
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3896144
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Louvart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3896144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522173/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56289

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1964 in Pontarlier, Doubs, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1964, Pontarlier, Doubs, France
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 81 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 78 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 1, Documentary 1, Fantasy 1, History 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $21m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Louvart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3896144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522173/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56289

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Never Rarely Sometimes Always*](https://film.one/film/never-rarely-sometimes-always.md) (84), [*Palestine 36*](https://film.one/film/palestine-36.md) (73)
- **Netflix:** [*The Lost Daughter*](https://film.one/film/the-lost-daughter.md) (84)
- **AMC+:** [*Pina*](https://film.one/film/pina.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Hélène Louvart is a French cinematographer. She was born on 2 September 1964 in Pontarlier, Doubs, and graduated in 1985 from the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière in Paris. She is a member of the Association Française des directeurs de la photographie Cinématographique (AFC).

Louvart has worked with directors including Wim Wenders, Agnès Varda, Claire Denis and Alice Rohrwacher. Her collaborations with Rohrwacher include *Corpo Celeste* (2011), *The Wonders* (2014), *Happy as Lazzaro* (2018) and *La Chimera* (2023). Other credits include *Pina* (2011), *Beach Rats* (2017), *Never Rarely Sometimes Always* (2020), *The Lost Daughter* (2021) and *Firebrand* (2024).

She has received awards for her work, including a Silver Hugo for Best Cinematography for *La Chimera* at the Chicago International Film Festival.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Palestine 36* (2025), Fi1m 73, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/palestine-36.md)
- *La Chimera* (2023), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/la-chimera.md)
- *The Lost Daughter* (2021), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-daughter.md)
- *Never Rarely Sometimes Always* (2020), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/never-rarely-sometimes-always.md)
- *Pina* (2011), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/pina.md)

## Complete filmography (100)

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

- *Call Me Queen* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Rosebush Pruning* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Palestine 36* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/palestine-36.md)
- *Romería* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Eleanor the Great* (2025), Director of Photography
- *The Salt Path* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Reading Lolita in Tehran* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Motel Destino* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Firebrand* (2024), Director of Photography
- *La Chimera* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/la-chimera.md)
- *Puan* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Disco Boy* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Love & Crashes* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Nezouh* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Mother and Son* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Wild Flowers* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Le Pupille* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Murina* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Nobody's Hero* (2022), Director of Photography
- *The Lost Daughter* (2021), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-daughter.md)
- *Skies of Lebanon* (2021), Director of Photography
- *All the Dead Ones* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Rocks* (2020), "A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *Never Rarely Sometimes Always* (2020), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/never-rarely-sometimes-always.md)
- *Looking for Gilles Caron* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Invisible Life* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Maya* (2018), Director of Photography
- *My Brilliant Friend* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Petra* (2018), Director of Photography
- *A Family Submerged* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Happy as Lazzaro* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Beach Rats* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Barrage* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Intruder* (2017), Director of Photography
- *L'Histoire d'une mère* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Dark Night* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Framing Mom* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Nest* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Violettina* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Parisienne* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Miracle of Tekir* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Spectrographies* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Arianna* (2015), Director of Photography
- *De Djess* (2015), Director of Photography
- *A Perfect Day to Fly* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Smell of Us* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Xenia* (2014), Director of Photography
- *When I Saw You* (2014), Director of Photography
- *La vie à l'envers* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The Wonders* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Shattering Shadow* (2014), Assistant Director of Photography
- *L'Habit ne fait pas le moine* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Les Apaches* (2013), Director of Photography
- *A Thousand Suns* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Horizon* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Goodbye Morocco* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Atomic Age* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Low Life* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Bye Bye Blondie* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Val d'or* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Mademoiselle Julie* (2011), Director of Photography, Editor
- *Corpo Celeste* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Pina* (2011), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/pina.md)
- *L'Énergumène* (2011), Director of Photography
- *At Ellen’s Age* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Copacabana* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Little Indi* (2009), Director of Photography
- *The Beaches of Agnès* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Salamander* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Just Anybody* (2008), Director of Photography
- *A Parting Shot* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Ambitious* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Quatre étoiles* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Towards Mathilde* (2005), Director of Photography
- *The Children* (2005), Director of Photography
- *The Wound* (2005), Director of Photography
- *In the Battlefields* (2004), Director of Photography
- *The Last Day* (2004), Director of Photography
- *A Wonderful Spell* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Ma mère* (2004), Director of Photography
- *History of a Secret* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Raja* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Where Is Madame Catherine?* (2003), Director of Photography
- *A Piece of Sky* (2002), Director of Photography
- *La voleuse de Saint-Lubin* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Pau and His Brother* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Save Me* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Paria* (2000), Director of Photography
- *The Harem of Madame Osmane* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Paris, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big World* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Nadia and the Hippos* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Raddem* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Victor...* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Other Shore* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Will It Snow for Christmas?* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Le Beau Pavel* (1994), Director of Photography
- *The Peony Pavilion* (1988), Director of Photography, Camera Supervisor
- *The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands*, Director of Photography
- *Three Incestuous Sisters*, Director of Photography
- *To Make Ends Meat*, Director of Photography

## Gallery

- ![Hélène Louvart](https://film.one/media/person/11560/gallery-4a3eadba9d35.jpg) Hélène Louvart — Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Louvart_-_IFFR_2023.jpg/1280px-H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Louvart_-_IFFR_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hélène Louvart being presented with the Robby Müller Award at the 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam](https://film.one/media/person/11560/gallery-a992551fda65.jpg) Hélène Louvart being presented with the Robby Müller Award at the 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam — Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Louvart_-_Robby_M%C3%BCller_Award_-_IFFR_2023.jpg/1280px-H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Louvart_-_Robby_M%C3%BCller_Award_-_IFFR_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hélène Louvart, Winner of Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Constribution at Berlinale 2023](https://film.one/media/person/11560/gallery-00b21dda5b44.jpg) Hélène Louvart, Winner of Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Constribution at Berlinale 2023 — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Louvart_with_Silver_Bear_for_Cinematography%2C_Berlinale_2023.jpg/1280px-H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Louvart_with_Silver_Bear_for_Cinematography%2C_Berlinale_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Robby Müller Award 2023: Robby Müller Award (won)
- Marburg Camera Award 2018: Marburg Camera Award (won)
- Gaudí Award for Best Cinematography 2010: Gaudí Award for Best Cinematography (nominated)

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

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