Career
French Director of Photography
Born in Paris in 1966, Renaud Personnaz studied at the Ecole Nationale Louis Lumière and at the Université Paris VIII, cinema section. Since then, he has worked as a cinematographer in France and Italy, both in documentary and fiction films, with directors such as Jérôme Prieur, Elisabeth Leuvrey, Leïla Férault, Dominique Gros, Sylvaine Dampierre, Jean Lefaux, Laurent Bécue-Renard and Leonardo Di Costanzo, in documentaries; and Mario Martone, Fanny Ardant, Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, Élise Girard, Alessandro Piva and Raùl Ruiz, in fiction.
He has also directed documentaries: Le bœuf sous le toit and Au-delà des notes.
A member of Ateliers Varan since 2000, he has run workshops in Paris, Mauritius, Morocco, Serbia and Guadeloupe.
Selective filmography as Director of Photography
Stalin's couch
Dir. Fanny Ardant, Fiction, France / Portugal, 2017, 92’
Strange birds
Dir. Elise Girard, Fiction, France, 2017, 72’
International film Festival (Saint-Jean-de-Luz)
All the dreams in the world
Dir. Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, fiction, France/Portugal, 2016
Les jeux d’Hitler. Berlin 36
Dir. Jérôme Prieur, documentary, France, 2016, 86’
Le triomphe des images, il y a mille ans
Dir. Jérôme Prieur, documentary, France, 2016, 52’
The price of crime
Dir. Alessandro Piva, fiction, Italy, 2014, 104
Italian film Festival (Villerupt, 2015)
Leopardi
Dir. Mario Martone, fiction, Italy, 2014, 143’
Venice Mostra (2014)
Piazza Mora
Dir. Sylvaine Dampierre, documentary, 2013, 53’
Festival international du Film Insulaire (Groix)
Le fil de la vie
Dir. Dominique Gros, documentary, France, 2013, 90’
Cadenza d’inganno
Dir. Leonardo di Costanzo, documentary, Italy, 2011, 55’
Arca CinemaGiovani prize at the Venice Mostra, First prize at the Filmmaker Doc8 festival (Milan); Egli Prize, Visions du Réel, (Nyon); Special Jury Mention and library prize, Cinema du réel, (Paris)
We Believed
Mario Martone, Fiction, Italy, 2010, 205’
La traverse
Dir. Elisabeth Leuvrey, documentary, France, 2006, 55’
Heritage prize, Cinema du réel (Paris, 2006) ; Hotdocs (Toronto) ; Festival du film de femmes (Créteil) ; Festival 3 continents (Nantes) ; Francophone film Festival (Namur) ; discovery Prize, La SCAM (2008)
Le Pays à l’envers
Dir. Sylvaine Dampierre, documentary, 2005/2008, 90’
Heritage prize, Cinema du reel (Paris, 2008), Best documentary at the Trophy of Afro-Caribbean arts (2009) Vues d’Afrique (Montéral)
The scent of blood
Dir. Mario Martone, fiction, Italy, 2004, 100’
Director’s fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2004
De guerre lasses
Dir. Laurent Bécue-Renard, documentary, France, 2003, 105’
Peace film Grand Prize at the Berlinale ; Certificate of merit Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2001; Best first documentary prize, Hot Docs, Toronto, 2001, Planet Jury Prize, FID, Marseille, 2000
Voyage dans l’irréalité immediate
Dir. Jean Lefaux and Anca Hirte, Documentary, France, 2003, 77’
De la Chute
Dir. Jean Lefaux and Anca Hirte, Documentary, France/ Romania, 1999, 53’
Rehearsals for War,
Mario Martone, fiction, Italy/France, 1998, 113’
The Secret Journey: Lives of Saints and Sinners
Dir. Raùl Ruiz, fiction, Italy, 1994
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