Thierry Arbogast

Thierry Arbogast
Born	(1956-01-24) 24 January 1956 Paris, France
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1976–present

Thierry Arbogast (born 24 January 1956) is a French cinematographer. He is best known for his collaborations with director Luc Besson on the films La Femme Nikita (1990), Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), Angel-A (2005), Arthur and the Invisibles (2006), Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009), The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010), The Lady (2011), The Family (2013), Lucy (2014), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), and Anna (2019).

At the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Arbogast was given the Technical Grand Prize for The Fifth Element and She's So Lovely. He has been nominated for eight César Awards, winning three for The Horseman on the Roof (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), and Bon Voyage (2003).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director
1978	Flammes	Adolfo Arrieta
1982	Les jocondes	Jean-Daniel Pillault
1983	Rock and Torah	Marc-André Grynbaum
1986	Gardien de la nuit	Jean-Pierre Limosin
1987	Le beauf	Yves Amoureux
1988	Eden miseria	Christine Laurent
1990	Nikita	Luc Besson
1991	Le Brasier	Éric Barbier
	Génial, mes parents divorcent!	Patrick Braoudé
	Oostende	Eric Woreth
	I Don't Kiss	André Téchiné
1992	La Fille de l'air	Maroun Bagdadi
1993	My Favorite Season	André Téchiné
	Lost in Transit	Philippe Lioret
1994	Léon: The Professional	Luc Besson
1995	The Horseman on the Roof	Jean-Paul Rappeneau
1996	Ridicule	Patrice Leconte
	The Apartment	Gilles Mimouni
1997	The Fifth Element	Luc Besson
	She's So Lovely	Nick Cassavetes
1998	Black Cat, White Cat	Emir Kusturica
1999	Wing Commander	Chris Roberts
	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Luc Besson
2000	Toreros	Eric Barbier
	The Dancer	Frédéric Garson
	Woman on Top	Fina Torres
	The Crimson Rivers	Mathieu Kassovitz
	Kiss of the Dragon	Chris Nahon
2002	Femme Fatale	Brian De Palma
2003	Bon Voyage	Jean-Paul Rappeneau
2004	Swindled	Miguel Bardem
	Catwoman	Pitof
2005	Angel-A	Luc Besson
2006	Bandidas	Joachim Rønning Espen Sandberg
	Tajnata kniga	Vlado Cvetanovski
	Arthur and the Minimoys	Luc Besson
2008	Asterix at the Olympic Games	Frédéric Forestier Thomas Langmann
	Babylon A.D.	Mathieu Kassovitz
2009	Human Zoo	Rie Rasmussen
	Le missionnaire	Roger Delattre
	Happy End	Arnaud Larrieu Jean-Marie Larrieu
	Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard	Luc Besson
2010	Heartbreaker	Pascal Chaumeil
	The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec	Luc Besson
	Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
2011	The Lady
	Inseparable	Dayyan Eng
2012	Another Woman's Life	Sylvie Testud
	The Patience Stone	Atiq Rahimi
2013	The Family	Luc Besson
2014	3 Days to Kill	McG
	Lucy	Luc Besson
2015	Belles familles	Jean-Paul Rappeneau
	Lolo	Julie Delpy
	Shanghai Belleville	Show-Chun Lee
2016	Bing he zhui xiong	Wei Xu
2017	Wished	Dayyan Eng
	Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets	Luc Besson
2018	Love Addict	Frank Bellocq
2019	Cold Blood Legacy	Frédéric Petitjean
	Anna	Luc Besson
	Polina i tayemnyzia kinostudiyi	Olias Barco
	Our Lady of the Nile	Atiq Rahimi
2021	Déflagrations	Vanya Peirani-Vignes
	The Last Mercenary	David Charhon
	Al Kameen	Pierre Morel
2023	Zodi et Téhu, frères du désert	Eric Barbier
	Freelance	Pierre Morel
2024	Canary Black

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1988	A Tale of the Wind	Joris Ivens	With Jacques Loiseleux

Short film

Year	Title	Director
1985	Gratte-ciel	Christophe Jacrot
1986	Un homme faible	Émilie Deleuze
1987	Le vampire et le lapin	Boris Bergman
1991	Miaou	Christophe Jean-Elie
	Mathilde	Olivier Panchot
	Les derniers morts	Yves Buclet
1992	Clin d'oeil	Olias Barco
	Basse tension	Yves Buclet
	Les joies de la ferme	Pierre Roda
1994	Toilettes	Olias Barco
1995	Ah les femmes	Nicolas Hourès
1996	Magic Bus	Emir Kusturica
1998	Chapacan	Olias Barco
2001	The Glow	Marcus Dillistone
2004	Elle fait fondre la glace	Ron Padova
2006	Lila ou Ce jour là, c'est maintenant	Laetitia Lambert
2011	Welcome to Hoxford: The Fan Film	Julien Mokrani
2012	Toutes les nuits	Clémentine Célarié
2014	Le Milanesi	Michel Haddi

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1994	3000 scénarios contre un virus	Philippe Lioret	Episode "La sirène"

Awards and nominations

César Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
1990	Nikita	Best Cinematography	Nominated
1994	Léon: The Professional		Won
1995	The Horseman on the Roof		Won
1996	Ridicule		Nominated
1997	The Fifth Element		Won
1999	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc		Nominated
2000	The Crimson Rivers		Nominated
2003	Bon Voyage		Nominated

Vulcan Award

Year	Title	Category	Result
1997	The Fifth Element	Technical Grand Prize	Won
	She's So Lovely		Won

Camerimage

Year	Title	Category	Result
1997	She's So Lovely	Golden Frog	Nominated

European Film Award

Year	Title	Category	Result
1998	Black Cat, White Cat	Best Cinematographer	Nominated

Los Angeles Film Award

Year	Title	Category	Result
2017	Wished	Best Cinematography	Won

External links

• Thierry Arbogast at IMDb