Jeanne Lapoire
Director of photography

Jeanne Lapoirie made her start as a camera assistant to the Thierry Arbogast and worked on a few short films, including Gisèle Kérosène by Jan Kounen (award for best short film, Festival d'Avoriaz, 1989). She then embarked on what would become a long collaboration with André Téchiné. She began working as a camera operator for Ma saison préférée which was selected for official competition at Cannes in 1993. The following year she was director of photography for Les Roseaux sauvages which was nominated at Cannes in 1994 and won four Césars in 1995. As director of photography, she also collaborated with Téchiné on Les Voleurs, starring Catherine Deneuve and Daniel Auteuil, which earned Laurence Côté the César for best young actress in 1997, and was selected for official competition at Cannes in 1998.

Jeanne Lapoirie has also worked in television. In 1996, she was frame adjuster for Lou Jeunet's Tout ce qui brille, featuring Annie Girardot and Isabelle Carré. At the same time she collaborated on a number of medium-length films including Abracadabra by Phippe Découflé, directing cinematography for several choreographs, and Ismael Fellouki's L'Inconnu, starring Catherine Deneuve and Miki Manojlovic.