---
name: "Philippe Le Sourd"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philippe-le-sourd"
fi1m_id: "philippe-le-sourd"
imdb_id: "nm0494628"
tmdb_id: 63422
wikidata_id: "Q15838501"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "15 July 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T05:43:11.221102+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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# Philippe Le Sourd

## Identity

Philippe Le Sourd

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philippe-le-sourd
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philippe-le-sourd
- **IMDb ID:** nm0494628
- **TMDB ID:** 63422
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15838501
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Le_Sourd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15838501, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494628/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63422

Cinematographer. Born 15 July 1963 in France.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 15 July 1963, France
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Sofia Coppola](https://film.one/person/sofia-coppola.md), [Youree Henley](https://film.one/person/youree-henley.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $33m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Le_Sourd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15838501, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494628/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63422

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Priscilla*](https://film.one/film/priscilla.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*On the Rocks*](https://film.one/film/on-the-rocks.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Philippe Le Sourd is a French cinematographer. He has collaborated repeatedly with director Sofia Coppola, serving as director of photography on *The Beguiled* (2017), *On the Rocks* (2020) and *Priscilla* (2023).

His other credits include *A Good Year* (2006), *Seven Pounds* (2008) and *The Grandmaster* (2013), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and the Association Française des Cinématographes.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Priscilla* (2023), Fi1m 74, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/priscilla.md)
- *On the Rocks* (2020), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-rocks.md)
- *The City of Lost Children* (1995), Fi1m 78, Second Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/the-city-of-lost-children.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Priscilla* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/priscilla.md)
- *Amen Break* (2021), Cinematography
- *The Rebel Princess* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *On the Rocks* (2020), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-rocks.md)
- *The Beguiled* (2017), Director of Photography
- *La Traviata* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Grandmaster* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Seven Pounds* (2008), Director of Photography
- *A Good Year* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Samàdhi* (2004), Cinematography
- *The Return of James Battle* (2004), Director of Photography
- *La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Peut-être* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Melody for a Hustler* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Masseur* (1996), Director of Photography
- *The City of Lost Children* (1995), Second Assistant Camera — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-city-of-lost-children.md)
- *Arena*, Director of Photography

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2014: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *The Grandmaster*

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

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