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name: "Yves Cape"
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imdb_id: "nm0134992"
tmdb_id: 1025264
wikidata_id: "Q4212809"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 November 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T14:09:35.578134+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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# Yves Cape

## Identity

Yves Cape

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yves-cape
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yves-cape
- **IMDb ID:** nm0134992
- **TMDB ID:** 1025264
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4212809
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Cape, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4212809, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134992/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1025264

Cinematographer. Born 1 November 1960 in Belgio.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 November 1960, Belgio
- **Active:** 2012–2015
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Cape, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4212809, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134992/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1025264

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Holy Motors*](https://film.one/film/holy-motors.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*Call My Agent!*](https://film.one/tv/call-my-agent.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Yves Cape is a Belgian cinematographer. He was born on 1 November 1960 in Belgium and studied at the INSAS film school in Brussels.

He began as a camera assistant before working as director of photography on short films in the 1990s. His first feature credit was *Ma vie en rose* (1997). Cape has collaborated with directors including Bruno Dumont on *L'Humanité* (1999) and *Flandres* (2006), Claire Denis on *White Material* (2009), and Leos Carax on *Holy Motors* (2012). He is a member of the Association Française des directeurs de la photographie Cinématographique and the Belgian Society of Cinematographers.

Later credits include *New Order* (2020), *Sundown* (2021) and *Memory* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, detailedpedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Call My Agent!* (2015), Fi1m 82, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-my-agent.md)
- *Holy Motors* (2012), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/holy-motors.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *Dreams* (2025), Director of Photography
- *The Divine Sarah Bernhardt* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Memory* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The Baby* (2023), Director of Photography
- *More Than Ever* (2022), Director of Photography
- *An Alibi* (2022), Director of Photography, Lighting Director
- *Sundown* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Peaceful* (2021), Director of Photography
- *New Order* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Happy Birthday* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Twice Upon a Time* (2019), series, as Cinematography
- *Zombi Child* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Ad Vitam* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *The Prayer* (2018), Director of Photography
- *April's Daughters* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Orphan* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Midwife* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Wounded Angel* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Chronic* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Call My Agent!* (2015), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-my-agent.md)
- *Wild Life* (2014), Cinematography
- *Two Men in Town* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Violette* (2013), Director of Photography
- *The Nun* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Holy Motors* (2012), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/holy-motors.md)
- *Love Lasts Three Years* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Outside Satan* (2011), Director of Photography
- *The First Man* (2011), Director of Photography
- *White Material* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Just The Three of Us* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Persecution* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Park Benches* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Seule* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Vent mauvais* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Flanders* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Buffalo Boy* (2004), Cinematography
- *3 Guys, 1 Girl, 2 Weddings* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Lovely Rita* (2003), Director of Photography
- *The Warriors of Beauty* (2003), Cinematography
- *Made in France* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Deuxième quinzaine de juillet* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Humanité* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Love, Math and Sex* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Keo* (1997), Director of Photography
- *My Life in Pink* (1997), Director of Photography
- *A Summer in La Goulette* (1996), First Assistant Camera
- *Tell Me Yes...* (1995), First Assistant Camera
- *Rose* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Dilemma* (1990), Camera Operator
- *Blueberry Hill* (1989), Camera Operator
- *Hector* (1987), Camera Operator
- *The Prude* (1986), Lighting Manager

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 1999: European Film Award for Best Cinematographer (nominated), for *Humanité*

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

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