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Celebrated French cinematographer Pierre Lhomme has passed away aged 89.
The veteran DoP was well known for a string of French classics including Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army Of Shadows (1969), Jean Eustache’s The Mother And The Whore (1973), Bruno Nuytten’s Camille Claudelle (1988) and Gerard Depardieu pic Cyrano De Bergerac (1990).
Lhomme’s career as a cinematographer spanned five decades, beginning in 1953. He was nominated for seven Cesar Awards, winning two for Cyrano De Bergerac and Camille Claudelle. The former also saw him garner a BAFTA win and a technical grand prize at Cannes.
Lhomme also worked with directors Chris Marker, Robert Bresson, Patrice Chéreauon and on several Merchant-Ivory features, including the James Ivory-directed Quartet, Maurice, Jefferson In Paris and Le Divorce, which was his last credit in 2003.
According to the Lumiere Institute in France, Lhomme died yesterday.
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Grande tristesse. Pierre Lhomme s’est éteint hier à 89 ans. Il était le cinema français (Cavalier, Melville, Marker, Eustache, etc.). Formé à Louis Lumière, engagé dans les combats de son temps et de son métier, il a été aussi aux côtés du @festlumiere dès 2009. @afcinema_com pic.twitter.com/5lULCMmIzi
— Institut Lumière (@InstitutLumiere) July 5, 2019