Robrecht Heyvaert

Robrecht Heyvaert is a Belgian cinematographer who has worked on films and TV series in Europe, the USA, the UK, Africa and the Middle East.

Career Heyvaert is known for his work on films like Bad Boys for Life, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Revenge and Black and has worked on the pilot episodes of series Ms. Marvel, Snowfall and The Kollective.

He collaborated with director Robin Pront on The Ardennes (2015), for which he received the Best Cinematography Award at the Ensor Awards. They teamed up again on Zillion in 2022.

Heyvaert has collaborated with directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah on 3 Belgian features Gangsta (2018), Black (2015) and Image (2014), before working together on Bad Boys for Life. They have done 6 films and 2 TV series together.

He has collaborated twice with Director Tim Mielants. Their first collaboration was the Belgian war drama Wil. In 2024, Heyvaert and Mielants worked on Steve, which will premiere at the 2025 edition of the Toronto Film Festival.

Heyvaert was nominated seven times for the Best Cinematography Award at the Ensor Awards and won the award twice.

Filmography

Film Year Title Director 2014 Image Adil El ArbiBilall Fallah2015 Black The Ardennes Robin Pront 2016 Everybody Happy Nic Balthazar 2017 Blind Spot Nabil Ben Yadir 2018 Revenge Coralie Fargeat Gangsta Adil El ArbiBilall Fallah The Bouncer Julien Leclercq 2019 Torpedo Sven Huybrechts 2020 Bad Boys for Life Adil El ArbiBilall Fallah 2022 Rebel 2022 ZillionRobin Pront 2023 Wil Tim Mielants 2024 Meanwhile on Earth Jérémy Clapin Bad Boys: Ride or Die Adil El ArbiBilall Fallah 2025 Steve Tim Mielants 2026 7 Dogs Adil El ArbiBilall Fallah 2027 The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One Mel Gibson 2028 The Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two

Television Year Title Director Notes 2011–2012 2 Hollywood Raf RoosensCecilia Verheyden 2012 Bergica Adil El ArbiBilall Fallah 2012–2014 Vermist Jan VerheyenCecilia VerheydenKobe Van Steenberghe 8 episodes 2017 Snowfall Adil El ArbiBilall Fallah Episode: "Pilot" 2021 Lockdown Robin Pront 2022 Ms. Marvel Adil El ArbiBilall Fallah Episodes: "Generation Why" and "No Normal" 2025 The Kollective Assaf Bernstein Episode: "Pilot"