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name: "Katell Djian"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/katell-djian"
fi1m_id: "katell-djian"
imdb_id: "nm0229170"
tmdb_id: 41789
wikidata_id: "Q56604812"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-27T08:09:35.826179+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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# Katell Djian

## Identity

Katell Djian

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/katell-djian
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** katell-djian
- **IMDb ID:** nm0229170
- **TMDB ID:** 41789
- **Wikidata ID:** Q56604812
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56604812, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229170/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41789

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56604812, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229170/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41789

## Biography

Katell Djian is a French cinematographer and camera operator. She has worked on numerous documentaries and feature films, often in collaboration with directors including Patricio Guzmán and Nicolas Philibert.

Her credits include cinematography on *Nostalgia for the Light* (2010) and *The Pearl Button* (2015), both directed by Guzmán, as well as *To Be and to Have* (2002) and *Nénette* (2010) for Philibert. She has also contributed camera work to other projects such as *La Maison de la radio* (2013). Djian has received two wins and one nomination for her cinematography.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, archive.pov.org, africultures.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nostalgia for the Light* (2010), Fi1m 83, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/nostalgia-for-the-light.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Inquisitions* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The Inquisition* (2026), series, Director of Photography
- *Il suffit d’écouter les femmes* (2025), Camera Operator
- *A History of the European Rural Life* (2024), series, Director of Photography
- *Letter to Simone* (2023), Thanks
- *Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Edgar Morin, journal d'une vie* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein* (2018), Director of Photography
- *La Ve République vue d'ailleurs : Du général de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron* (2018), Camera Operator
- *François Hollande, le mal-aimé* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Élysée, la solitude du pouvoir* (2017), series, Director of Photography
- *Et les mistrals gagnants* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Pearl Button* (2015), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *Ministre ou rien* (2014), Camera Operator
- *Human Geography* (2013), Consulting Editor
- *François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996* (2011), Camera Operator
- *Nostalgia for the Light* (2010), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/nostalgia-for-the-light.md)
- *José Maza, Sky Traveller* (2010), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *Astronomers From My Neighborhood* (2010), Cinematography
- *Back to Normandy* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Great Journey* (2004), Editor, Director of Photography
- *L'amour au soleil* (2003), Director of Photography
- *To Be and to Have* (2002), Director of Photography
- *For Ever Mozart* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Walk the Walk* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Architectures* (1996), series, Assistant Camera
- *Brothers in Arms* (1992), Cinematography
- *La Cabale des oursins* (1992), Assistant Camera
- *The Seats of the Alcazar* (1989), Assistant Camera

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