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Bruno Delbonnel

Bruno Delbonnel

Cinematographer · Born January 1, 1957 (69) · Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Oscar nominee · Primetime Emmy nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 3 other major award bodies

Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC (born 1957) is a French cinematographer, known for works from a number of high-profile directors, including Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Tim Burton, the Coen brothers, Joe Wright and Wes Anderson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruno Delbonnel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1957 (69)
From
Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 16% in 30 days

What are Bruno Delbonnel's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
26%
Bonds
20%
Morality
18%
Survival
12%
Ideas
11%
Society
7%
Power
6%
Purpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFate3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 7 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 9

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 12 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 8 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Melancholic
12
Contemplative
4
Warm
4
Dread
3
Other
14

How their films linger

Bittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous4
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bruno Delbonnel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Bruno Delbonnel's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

27 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Phoenician Scheme(2025)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Disclaimer(2024)

    Show 7 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Tragedy of Macbeth(2021)

    "A" Camera Operator · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The French Dispatch(2021)

    as François-Marie Charvet

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Woman in the Window(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs(2018)

    "A" Camera Operator · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Darkest Hour(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Francofonia(2015)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Big Eyes(2014)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Inside Llewyn Davis(2013)

    Camera Operator · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Dark Shadows(2012)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Faust(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Across the Universe(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Infamous(2006)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Paris, Je T'aime(2006)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • A Very Long Engagement(2004)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary)(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Cat's Meow(2001)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Amélie(2001)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • C'est jamais loin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Cinematographer

  • Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Cinematographer

  • Things I Like, Things I Don't Like (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Writer

  • No Rest for Billy Brakko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Cinematographer

  • The Bunker of the Last Gunshots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Cinematographer

  • Jack of Spades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 27 titles, 26 of them dated from 1982 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

$941M worldwide

Highest rated

Amélie (2001)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 27: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleWriting1 of 27: 1 only writing, 0 with another roleCinematography25 of 27: 22 only cinematography, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score79thOther crew3 of 27: 0 only other crew, 3 with another role

27 titles, 3 with more than one role — cinematography and other crew overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1980s2 · crew1990s3 · crew2000s8 · crew2010s8 · crew2020s5 · 1 acting · 4 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 major awards from 16 major nominations, 2002–2025.

WinNomination
  1. 2025
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
  2. 2022
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Cinematography
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Cinematography
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Cinematography
  3. 2019
    • Cannes award, won · Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography Award
    • Cannes award, won
  4. 2018
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Cinematography
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Cinematography
  5. 2014
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Cinematography
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Cinematography
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Cinematography
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Cinematography
  6. 2010
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Cinematography
  7. 2005
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Cinematography
  8. 2002
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Cinematography
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Cinematography

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Bruno Delbonnel's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 20; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

97thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 21 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed2

Most divisive · cinematographer

Faust (2011)

51st percentile spread · 16% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Amélie (2001)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 82/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 87, detractors 67. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Bruno Delbonnel's work okay for kids?

Across up to 14 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore13 titles26–78 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity14 titles10–64 · median 20 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity13 titles13–56 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs13 titles29–61 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense13 titles23–66 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Bruno Delbonnel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bruno Delbonnel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joel Coen shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles