Bruno Nuytten is a French cinematographer turned director.

Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel (film)

Camille Claudel is a 1988 French film about the life of the 19th century female sculptor Camille Claudel. The movie was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's brother, the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel. It was directed by Bruno Nuytten, co-produced by Isabelle Adjani,...

which was Nuytten's first directorial and screenwriting effort, won the César Award

César Award

The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....

 for Best film in 1989. The film starred and was co-produced by Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Yasmine Adjani is a French film actress and singer. Adjani has appeared in 30 films since 1970. She holds the record for most César Awards for Best Actress with five, for Possession , One Deadly Summer , Camille Claudel , Queen Margot and Skirt Day...

, with whom he had a son, Barnabé. Adjani won the Silver Bear for Best Actress

Silver Bear for Best Actress

The Silver Bear for Best Actress is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actress.-Awards:- External links :*...

 at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival

39th Berlin International Film Festival

The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10 to 21, 1989.-Jury:* Rolf Liebermann * Leslie Caron* Chen Kaige* Vadim Glowna* Randa Haines* Vladimir Ignatovski* Adrian Kutter* Francisco Rabal...

 for her role in the film.

His sophomore directorial effort, Albert Souffre, though also a heavily emotional movie, was set in contemporary times.

His 2000 film, Passionnément, starred Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released two albums as an adult to commercial and critical success...

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His films as cinematographer include Les Valseuses, Barocco

Barocco

Barocco is a 1976 French romantic thriller film, directed by André Téchiné. The film stars Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu and Marie-France Pisier. Identity, redemption and resurrection are the themes of the film. The plot follows a young woman who convinces her boxer boyfriend to accept a bribe...

, La Meilleure façon de marcher

La Meilleure façon de marcher

La meilleure façon de marcher is a 1976 French film directed by Claude Miller, his directorial debut. It stars Patrick Dewaere, Patrick Bouchitey, Christine Pascal, Claude Piéplu and Michel Blanc.- Plot :...

, The Bronte Sisters

The Bronte Sisters

The Bronte Sisters is a 1979 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier and Isabelle Huppert. The film tells the story of the famous Brontë sisters: Charlotte, Emily and Anne and their brother Branwell...

, Brubaker

Brubaker

Brubaker is an American 1980 film about a prison in distress and the Warden Henry Brubaker who attempts to reform the system....

, Garde à vue

Garde à vue

Garde à vue is a 1981 French film directed by Claude Miller and starring Romy Schneider, Michel Serrault, Lino Ventura and Guy Marchand. It was based on the British novel Brainwash, by John Wainwright....

, Possession

Possession (1981 film)

Possession is a 1981 cult horror film directed by Andrzej Żuławski.-Plot:Mark returns home to Berlin to find his wife Anna is leaving him for unclear reasons. He initially suspects an affair and hires detectives to track her, but gradually discovers clues that something far stranger is afoot...

, Fort Saganne

Fort Saganne

Fort Saganne is a 1984 French war film directed by Alain Corneau, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Louis Gardel. It was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival...

, So Long, Stooge

So Long, Stooge

So Long, Stooge is a 1983 film directed by Claude Berri. It is based on a novel by Alain Page.Coluche, the main actor, won the "Best Actor" award in 1984 César Award.-Plot:...

(Tchao Pantin), Jean de Florette

Jean de Florette

Jean de Florette is a 1986 French historical drama film directed by Claude Berri, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol. It is part of a duology, and is followed by Manon des Sources. The film takes place in rural Provence, where two local farmers scheme to trick a newcomer out of his newly inherited...

and Manon des Sources

Manon des Sources (film)

Manon des Sources is a critically acclaimed and commercially successful 1986 French language film. Based upon the 1966 two-part novel by Marcel Pagnol, itself an adaptation of an earlier film of the same title by Pagnol, it is the sequel to Jean de Florette.-Plot:Following the events of Jean de...

(US title: Manon of the Spring). He won the César Award for Best Cinematography

César Award for Best Cinematography

The following are the winners of the annual César Award for Best Cinematography .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...

 in 1977 and 1984, and was nominated in 1980, 1982, 1985 and 1987.

He is currently a professor at France's national film school La Fémis

La Femis

La Fémis , is the French state film school. FEMIS is an acronym for Fondation Européenne pour les Métiers de l’Image et du Son. Based in Paris, it offers courses balanced between artistic research, professional development and technical training...

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