1. Bruno Nuytten was born on 28 August 1945 and is a French cinematographer turned director.
14 Facts About Bruno Nuytten
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Bruno Nuytten won the Cesar Award for Best Cinematography in 1977 and 1984, and was nominated in 1980,1982,1985 and 1987.
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Bruno Nuytten is a professor at France's national film school La Femis.
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Bruno Nuytten wanted to be a cartoonist and prepared for the competitive entrance examination to the Ecole nationale superieure des arts decoratifs, but he failed it.
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Bruno Nuytten prepared to study at France's most prominent film school, the Institut des hautes etudes cinematographiques, but failed the entrance examination.
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Bruno Nuytten instead gained admission to the Institut national superieur des arts du spectacle et des techniques de diffusion.
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Bruno Nuytten left early without finishing his degree so that he could instead obtain a BTS to be able to work in France.
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Bruno Nuytten began by being assistant to Ghislain Cloquet, then to Claude Lecomte and to Ricardo Aronovitch.
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Bruno Nuytten first worked on short films, then launched himself into the roles of cinematographer and director of photography.
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Bruno Nuytten seeks contrasting images, a moving camera, an active relationship with space.
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Bruno Nuytten went into directing for Camille Claudel, at the express request of actress Isabelle Adjani, who co-produced the film and took the leading role.
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Bruno Nuytten had told me that he would never go into directing.
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Bruno Nuytten wrote articles for the technical review Le cinema pratique, animated conferences at the Cine-club de Melun, and lectures at the Universite de Paris III.
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Bruno Nuytten was the companion of Isabelle Adjani with whom he had a son, Barnabe, in 1979.