Caroline Champetier

Caroline Champetier (born 16 July 1954) is a French cinematographer. She has contributed to more than one hundred films since 1979. She won the César Award for Best Cinematography for her work on Of Gods and Men in 2011.

She was the president of the French Society of Cinematographers (AFC) between 2009 and 2012. In 2023, she was awarded Berlinale Camera award for lifetime achievement at 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.

She won the César Award for Best Cinematography in 2011 for the film Of Gods and Men directed by Xavier Beauvois.

She considers herself the "patron saint" (marraine) of the film magazine La Septième Obsession, to which she regularly gives extensive interviews on filmmaking, including in May 2018 and November 2019.

She was awarded the Berlinale Camera on 23 February 2023 at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival for her special contribution to cinema.

She has a daughter with Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Alice de Lencquesaing, who is an actress.

Selected filmography

As cinematographer

As director/screenwriter