# Jean-Yves Escoffier

Jean-Yves Escoffier (12 July 1950 – 1 April 2003) was a French cinematographer. For his work on films by Leos Carax, Escoffier received the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer and was nominated for the César Award for Best Cinematography.

## Career

Escoffier worked as director of photography on a number of films of Leos Carax including Boy Meets Girl, Mauvais sang, and Les Amants du Pont-Neuf, on a number of European and American feature films including The Human Stain, Possession, Nurse Betty, Cradle Will Rock, Rounders, and Good Will Hunting, as well as Harmony Korine's Gummo.
He also worked with Mehdi Norowzian, Jeanne Moreau for Air France, David Lynch for Nissan Motors, and on music videos, "Hurt" (2002) for Johnny Cash and Mark Romanek.
On 1 April 2003, Escoffier died from a heart attack in his home in Los Angeles, California during post-production of The Human Stain, a film since dedicated to his memory.

## Filmography
### As cinematographer
#### Film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1973 | L'amour c'est du papier | Michel Leeb | Short film |
| 1977 | The Sand Castle | Co Hoedeman | Short film |
| 1978 | Passe montagne | Jean-François Stévenin | |
| 1980 | Simone Barbès ou la vertu | Marie-Claude Treilhou | |
| 1981 | Lourdes l'hiver | Marie-Claude Treilhou | Short film |
| 1982 | La fonte de Barlaeus | Pierre-Henry Salfati | Short film |
| 1983 | Archipel des amours | Marie-Claude Treilhou | Segment: "Lourdes, l'hiver" |
| 1983 | Ulysse | Agnès Varda | Short film |
| 1983 | Ballade à blanc | Bertrand Gauthier | |
| 1983 | Les Yeux des oiseaux | Gabriel Auer | |
| 1983 | Habibi | Françoise Prenant | Short film |
| 1983 | Coup de feu | Magali Clément | Short film |
| 1984 | Boy Meets Girl | Leos Carax | |
| 1985 | Une fille nommée banlieue | Georges Senechal | Documentary short film |
| 1985 | Trois Hommes et un couffin | Coline Serreau | |
| 1986 | Mauvais sang | Leos Carax | Nominated—César Award for Best Cinematography |
| 1988 | Jaune revolver | Olivier Langlois | |
| 1991 | Les Amants du Pont-Neuf | Leos Carax | European Film Award for Best Cinematographer |
| 1993 | Charlie and the Doctor | Ralph C. Parsons | |
| 1993 | Dream Lover | Nicholas Kazan | |
| 1994 | Witch Hunt | Paul Schrader | TV movie |
| 1995 | A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson | TV documentary |
| 1995 | Jack & Sarah | Tim Sullivan | |
| 1996 | The Crow: City of Angels | Tim Pope | |
| 1996 | Grace of My Heart | Allison Anders | |
| 1997 | Gummo | Harmony Korine | |
| 1997 | Excess Baggage | Marco Brambilla | |
| 1997 | Good Will Hunting | Gus Van Sant | |
| 1998 | Rounders | John Dahl | |
| 1999 | The Cradle Will Rock | Tim Robbins | |
| 1999 | Agujetas cantaor | Dominique Abel | Documentary |
| 2000 | Nurse Betty | Neil LaBute | |
| 2001 | 15 Minutes | John Herzfeld | |
| 2002 | Possession | Neil LaBute | |
| 2002 | No claudicar | Dominique Abel | Documentary short |
| 2003 | Poligono Sur/Seville, Southside | Dominique Abel | Documentary |
| 2003 | The Human Stain | Robert Benton | Dedicated to Escoffier |
| 2004 | Cinévardaphoto | Agnès Varda | Documentary; Segment: "Ulysse" |

#### Music videos

| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Director | Notes |
| 1996 | "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" | Madonna | Jean-Baptiste Mondino | |
| 2002 | "Cochise" | Audioslave | Mark Romanek | |
| 2003 | "Hurt" | Johnny Cash | Mark Romanek | MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography |

### Other credits

| Year | Title | Director | DoP | Role |
| 1973 | La famille heureuse (Famille Gazul) | Patrice Leconte | Jean Gonnet | Camera operator |
| 1975 | C'est dur pour tout le monde | Christian Gion | Lionel Legros | Second assistant camera |
| 1975 | Hu-Man | Jérôme Laperrousaz | Jimmy Glasberg | Assistant camera |
| 1976 | Lumière | Jeanne Moreau | Ricardo Aronovich | Second assistant camera |
| 1978 | Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears | Charles Nemes | Étienne Fauduet | Assistant camera |
| 1978 | The Pawn | Christian Gion | Lionel Legros | Camera operator |
| 1978 | Passe montagne | Jean-François Stévenin | Jean-Yves Escoffier Lionel Legros | Camera operator |
| 1980 | Third World | Jérôme Laperrousaz | Étienne Fauduet | Assistant camera: additional live concert crew Le Palace, Paris: assisted by |
| 1983 | Gramps Is in the Resistance | Jean-Marie Poiré | Robert Alazraki | Camera operator: Second unit |
| 1985 | Shoah | Claude Lanzmann | Dominique Chapuis Jimmy Glasberg Phil Gries William Lubtchansky | Assistant camera |
| 1995 | A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson | Jean-Yves Escoffier Frances Reid Nancy Schreiber | Camera operator |
| 2002 | One Hour Photo | Mark Romanek | Jeff Cronenweth | Photographer: additional inserts |