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name: "Thomas Favel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-favel"
fi1m_id: "thomas-favel"
tmdb_id: 1410826
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "11 February 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:31:55.682673+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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# Thomas Favel

## Identity

Thomas Favel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomas-favel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thomas-favel
- **TMDB ID:** 1410826
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1410826

Cinematographer. Born 11 February 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 11 February 1977
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1410826

## Biography

Thomas Favel is a French cinematographer. He trained in the cinematography department at La Fémis, graduating in the 18th promotion around 2007. He is a member of the Association Française des Cinématographes (AFC).

Favel has collaborated repeatedly with director Davy Chou, serving as cinematographer on *Diamond Island* (2016) and *Return to Seoul* (2022), the latter selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes. His other feature credits include *Gaz de France* (2015) and *All About Yves* (2019). He has also worked on documentaries and shorts.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Return to Seoul* (2022), Fi1m 83, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/return-to-seoul.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *The Vanished Girl* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Rodeo Girls* (2025), Camera Operator
- *Le jour où un zèbre devint tigre* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Félix contre le reste du monde* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Anamocot* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Fario* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Like an Actress* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Return to Seoul* (2022), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/return-to-seoul.md)
- *Hot Spot* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Our Quiet Place* (2021), Cinematography
- *La Lévitation de la princesse Karnak* (2021), Director of Photography
- *My Heart Invents Memories* (2020), Cinematography
- *The Return of Tragedy* (2020), Director of Photography
- *NA China* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Smoky Mountain* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Common Birds* (2019), Director of Photography
- *All About Yves* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Prince Of Sihanoukville* (2019), Cinematography
- *The Way We Love* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Sleeping Beauty* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Diamond Island* (2016), Director of Photography
- *A City Under A City* (2016), Cinematography
- *France Is a Gas* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Girl and the River* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Stony Paths* (2015), Cinematography
- *If the Photo Is Good* (2015), Cinematography
- *Cambodia 2099* (2014), Cinematography
- *Their New House Is Covered With Cork* (2013), Cinematography
- *The Sadness of Androids* (2011), Cinematography
- *Et ils gravirent la montagne* (2011), Cinematography
- *The Idiot* (2008), Director of Photography

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