Manuel Dacosse

Manuel "Manu" Dacosse is a Belgian cinematographer. He is known for his work with directors Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani on the films Amer, The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (2013), and Let the Corpses Tan (2017), the last two of which earned him the Magritte Award for Best Cinematography.

He collaborated with director François Ozon on L'Amant double (2017) and By the Grace of God (2019); the latter received five nominations at the 25th Lumière Awards, including Best Cinematography for Dacosse. His film credits also include Torpedo (2012), Mobile Home (2012), Tasher Desh (2012), Alleluia (2014), The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (2015), Evolution (2015), Axolotl Overkill (2017), Adoration (2019), and The Silencing (2020).

Selected filmography Year Title Notes 2009 Amer Nominated—Camerimage Award for Best CinematographyNominated—Magritte Award for Best Cinematography 2012 Torpedo 2012 Mobile Home 2012 The ABCs of Death Segment: "O is for Orgasm" 2012 Tasher Desh 2013 The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears Magritte Award for Best CinematographyNashville Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography 2014 Alleluia Magritte Award for Best Cinematography 2015 The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun 2015 Evolution San Sebastián Film Festival Award for Best CinematographyStockholm Film Festival Award for Best CinematographyNominated—ICS Award for Best CinematographyNominated—Magritte Award for Best CinematographyNominated—UK Horror Award for Best Editing/Visual Style 2016 Odd Job 2017 Let the Corpses Tan Magritte Award for Best Cinematography 2017 Axolotl Overkill Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography 2017 L'Amant double 2018 The Emperor of Paris 2019 By the Grace of God Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Cinematography 2019 Adoration Sitges Film Festival Award for Best CinematographyNominated—Magritte Award for Best Cinematography 2020 The Silencing 2021 Inexorable 2022 Peter von Kant 2023 Vincent Must Die 2024 Maldoror 2025 Reflection in a Dead Diamond