Jean-Yves Escoffier Filmography

Born:: January 1, 1951 in Lyon, France
Occupation:: Cinematographer
Biography:: Over the course of his 30-year career, cinematographer Jean-Yves Escoffier photographed everything from low-key French dramas to high-profile Hollywood action films. Creating seductive imagery from both of those genres, as well as virtually everything in between, Escoffier's solid international...Read More

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The Human Stain

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise, Wentworth Miller

Synopsis: For his first film since 1998's Twilight, acclaimed director Robert Benton helmed this tense drama written by Fatal Attraction co-scribe Nicholas Meyer and based on the novel of the same name by Philip Roth. Set in the late '90s at the height of the Clinton sex-scandal, The Human Stain stars Anthony Hopkins Read More

10/31/03
Johnny Cash: Hurt

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: A standout cut from what proved to be the last studio album Johnny Cash released in his lifetime, "Hurt" was a song originally written and performed by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, but Cash's striking interpretation gave the song's tale of chemically induced woe a greater and more haunting Read More

2003
Possession

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Ehle, Jeremy Northam, Lena Headey

Synopsis: In Neil LaBute's film adaptation of A.S. Byatt's Booker Prize-winning 1990 novel, Aaron Eckhart (who has starred in all of LaBute's films) plays Roland Michell, an American academic researcher, working in London, who discovers some important letters written by a famous Victorian poet, Randolph Read More

8/16/02
Poligono Sur

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Emilio Caracafe, Ramon Quilate, Luis de los Santos, Rafael Amador, Jose Jiminez

2002
15 Minutes

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks, Melina Kanakaredes

Synopsis: An action drama centering on the media circus, 15 Minutes focuses on a New York homicide detective named Eddie Flemming (Robert De Niro), a famous figure known for his heroic on-the-job manner. A tabloid news anchor (Kelsey Grammer) attempts to get the scoop on Flemming's latest beat when a pair Read More

3/9/01
Nurse Betty

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Harriet Sansom Harris, Allison Janney, Aaron Eckhart, Greg Kinnear

Synopsis: After two acclaimed independent films in which he took a troubling look at male/female relations, director Neil LaBute moves on to less controversial ground in this dark comedy. Betty Sizemore (Renee Zellweger) is a woman from Kansas City who waits tables at a diner and is married to an Read More

9/8/00
Agujetas, Cantaor

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: Vocalist Manuel Agujetas is one of the leading lights of Spanish flamenco music; his aggressive, emotional vocal style and his melodramatic songs of love and sorrow have won him a passionate following among fans of traditional Spanish music. The documentary Agujetas, Cantaor offers a close look at Manuel Agujetas Read More

2000
Cradle Will Rock

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Hank Azaria, Rubén Blades, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Cary Elwes, Cherry Jones, Angus MacFadyen

Synopsis: The sometimes rocky relationship between art and politics in America in the 1930s -- as well as the gulf between the wealthy and the struggling -- sets the stage for Tim Robbins' ambitious comedy-drama Cradle Will Rock. Pulling together a variety of threads from actual events, Robbins examines the Read More

12/8/99
Rounders

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, Famke Janssen

Synopsis: John Dahl directed this exploration of New York private clubs devoted to high-stakes poker, with first-person narration from the film's central figure, law student Mike McDermott (Matt Damon), who loses his entire savings to Russian club owner Teddy KGB (John Malkovich). Mike then turns away from Read More

9/11/98
Excess Baggage

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Alicia Silverstone, Benicio Del Toro, Christopher Walken, Jack Thompson, Harry Connick, Jr., Nicholas Turturro

Synopsis: In this combination caper comedy and offbeat romance, Emily (Alicia Silverstone) is a wealthy but petulant young woman desperate to get the attention of her millionaire father, Alexander Hope (Jack Thompson). In fact, she's so desperate that she decides to stage her own kidnapping; she sends a Read More

1997
Gummo

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Jacob Reynolds, Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, Darby Dougherty, Chloë Sevigny

Synopsis: In this elliptical ensemble piece, which marks the directorial debut of indie bad boy Harmony Korine, the teens of tornado-scarred Xenia, OH, kill cats, tape their boobies, arm-wrestle, bathe, cross-dress, huff glue, avoid perverts, pay to have sex with retarded girls, lift makeshift dumbbells to Read More

1997
Good Will Hunting

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgård

Synopsis: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck co-scripted and star in this drama, set in Boston and Cambridge, about rebellious 20-year-old MIT janitor Will Hunting (Damon), gifted with a photographic memory, who hangs out with his South Boston bar buddies, his best friend Chuckie (Affleck), and his affluent British Read More

1997
Grace of My Heart

Crew: Camera Operator

Actors: Illeana Douglas, John Turturro, Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz, Bruce Davison, Patsy Kensit

Synopsis: Illeana Douglas delivers a superb performance as Denise Waverly, a fictional singer and songwriter whose life bears more than a passing resemblance to that of real-life pop star Carole King. Edna Buxton, the daughter of a Philadelphia steel tycoon, aspires to a career as a singer, and when against Read More

1996
The Crow: City of Angels

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks, Iggy Pop, Thomas Jane

Synopsis: It is said that when a man dies wrongfully, a crow may bring him back to life to seek vengeance upon his killer. Like the first Crow, this revenge saga is set in a fantastical urban nightmare and is based upon the dark comic book stories of artist James O. Barr. The first film was set in a Read More

1996
Jack and Sarah

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Eileen Atkins

Synopsis: A temperamental London lawyer adapts to the challenges of fatherhood when he is left with sole responsibility for his infant daughter in this well-performed British comedy-drama. Richard E. Grant stars as Jack, a high-pressure attorney who believes his life is on the right track: a successful Read More

1995
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: In 1994, the British Film Institute commissioned a set of films to mark the centenary of the movies. They would trace the history of several national cinemas, and the BFI's choice for interpreting the history of American film fell to director Martin Scorsese, a longtime champion of film history Read More

1995
Witch Hunt

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Dennis Hopper, Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Bogosian, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Julian Sands

Synopsis: While investigating an infidelity case, an unconventional private detective discovers a far-reaching conspiracy in the magical world of 1950s Hollywood -- and in this film, the word "magical" is meant literally. Director Paul Schrader's comic mystery, originally made for cable, is set in an Read More

1994
Dream Lover

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: James Spader, Mädchen Amick, Bess Armstrong, Fredric Lehne, Larry Miller

Synopsis: A man discovers that what he doesn't know can hurt him, especially when it comes to his wife, in this suspense drama. Ray Reardon (James Spader) is an architect who has just gone through a messy divorce; while his friends sing the praises of the single life, Ray would prefer to settle into a life Read More

1994
Lovers on the Bridge

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant

Synopsis: Paris has its share of homeless people, and some of them live in little communities near the oldest bridge in the city, the Pont-Neuf. In the story, street-person Alex (Denis Lavant) has passed out along a much-traveled road, and a taxi has slightly injured his leg, which was in the way of Read More

10/16/91
Jaune Revolver

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Sandrine Bonnaire, François Cluzet, Laura Favali

1989
Three Men and a Cradle

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, André Dussollier, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Dominique Lavanant

Synopsis: A trio of inept bachelors receives an unexpected lesson in the challenges of fatherhood when a young infant turns up on their doorstep in this popular, appealing French comedy. The child was unknowingly fathered by one of the roommates, but the mother, who had relationships with each man, leaves Read More

4/25/86
Mauvais Sang

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Denis Lavant, Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche, Hans Meyer, Julie Delpy

Synopsis: This critically acclaimed French drama blends film noir and science fiction elements in a story about a strange and deadly plague. A sexually transmitted disease called STBO is sweeping the country; it's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who Read More

1986
Boy Meets Girl

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Denis Lavant, Mireille Perrier, Elie Poicard, Carroll Brooks, Christian Cloarec

Synopsis: A depressed aspiring filmmaker falls in love with a suicidal young woman in this off-beat French drama, the second feature from director Leos Carax. Both have been recently dumped by their lovers and neither is coping very well. They meet via an apartment intercom system. Later the filmmaker sees Read More

1984
Les Yeux Des Oiseaux

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Roland Amstutz, Philippe Clevenot, Jean-Claude Leguay, Bernard Waver

Synopsis: Although this film about prison life in the sterile, antiseptic jail at Libertad in Uruguay is technically not a documentary, it is closer to a docudrama than complete fiction. In the story, a Red Cross inspection team visits the prison and holds interviews with a range of inmates there. Once the Read More

1983
Ulysse

Crew: Cinematographer

1982
Simone Barbes ou la Vertu

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Ingrid Bourgoin, Martine Simonet, Michel Delahaye

Synopsis: Featured in this evocative though still uneven first-time film by Marie-Claude Treilhou is the spunky Simone Barbes (Ingrid Bourgoin, a non-actress but an actual usher) who works as an usher in a porno cinema. She and a friend exchange witticisms while at work as the theater-goers sneak by looking Read More

1980
Passe Montagne

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Jacques Villeret, Jean-François Stévenin, Texandre Barberat

Synopsis: This film marks the directorial debut of actor Jean-François Stevenin. Serge (Stevenin) is a dweller in the French provinces who happens upon Georges (Jacques Villeret), a Parisian motorist in distress. Serge arranges for the car to be taken to a nearby garage. Georges' friends, who were with him Read More

1978