---
name: "Paul Bonis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-bonis"
fi1m_id: "paul-bonis"
imdb_id: "nm0094706"
tmdb_id: 1307056
wikidata_id: "Q20902388"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1940"
died: "2 July 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:27:20.955950+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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# Paul Bonis

## Identity

Paul Bonis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-bonis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-bonis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0094706
- **TMDB ID:** 1307056
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20902388
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20902388, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094706/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1307056

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1940. Died 2 July 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1940
- **Died:** 2 July 2015
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20902388, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094706/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1307056

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cléo from 5 to 7*](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md) (88)

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## Biography

Paul Bonis (1940–2015) was a French cinematographer. He trained at the École Louis-Lumière in Paris, graduating in 1960, and began working in the camera department on Agnès Varda’s *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962).

His career as director of photography began in earnest in the early 1970s. He shot several comedies directed by Claude Zidi, including *Les Bidasses en folie* (1971), *Stadium Nuts* (1972), *The Big Store* (1973), *Rookies Go to War* (1974) and *The Under-Gifted* (1980). He also collaborated with Pierre Zucca on *Vincent mit l’âne dans un pré* (1975), *Roberte* (1979), *Rouge-gorge* (1985) and *Alouette, je te plumerai* (1988). Earlier he had assisted Jean Rabier on Varda’s *Happiness* (1965) and worked with Claude Chabrol.

From the 1990s he photographed television films, with his final credit on the 2003 TV movie *La Maîtresse du corroyeur*. He died on 2 July 2015 in Bono, Morbihan.

*Sources: afcinema.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962), Fi1m 88, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Mauvaises affaires* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Robin* (1985), Director of Photography
- *The Secret of Mister L* (1983), Director of Photography
- *The Under-Gifted* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Subversion* (1979), Director of Photography
- *La Maison qui pleure* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Roberte* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Nature morte* (1978), Assistant Camera
- *Rookies Go to War* (1974), Director of Photography
- *The Big Store* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Stadium Nuts* (1972), Director of Photography
- *This Man Must Die* (1969), First Assistant Camera
- *Les Biches* (1968), First Assistant Camera
- *The Road to Corinth* (1967), Assistant Camera
- *The Champagne Murders* (1967), Assistant Camera
- *Idiot in Paris* (1967), Assistant Camera
- *The Blue Panther* (1965), Assistant Camera
- *Happiness* (1965), Assistant Camera
- *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md)

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