Benoît Debie


Benoît Debie is a Belgian cinematographer, known for his collaborations with Gaspar Noé.
WWW benoitdebie.com

Career

Debie attended the Institut des Arts de Diffusion, a Belgian film school. After graduating, he worked as a camera assistant before taking up cinematography jobs on various television series. He worked in television for ten years while also shooting short films and advertisements. The first feature film he was involved with as a director of photography was Irréversible, a controversial 2002 film directed by Gaspar Noé. Noé contacted him to shoot the film after seeing Debie's previous work, specifically a short film titled A Wonderful Love directed by Fabrice Du Welz. Debie's next project was Lucile Hadžihalilović's Innocence, followed by The Card Player, an Italian film directed by Dario Argento, and The Ordeal, another collaboration with Fabrice du Welz. In 2006 he photographed the French feature Locked Out.
Debie went on to film Day Night Day Night, Julia Loktev's first film, released in 2006, before returning to work with his previous collaborators: Vinyan with Fabrice du Welz and Enter the Void with Gaspar Noé. In 2010 he was cinematographer on The Runaways, a biopic about Joan Jett's first band, and by 2011 he had finished shooting Adrian Grunberg's action film Get the Gringo. The same year, he was named one of Variety magazine's "10 Cinematographers to Watch". He photographed Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers in 2012—which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography—and Wim Wenders' Every Thing Will Be Fine the following year. In 2013 he was hired by American actor Ryan Gosling to shoot Gosling's first film, Lost River, which was filmed in 2013 and premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Debie is a member of the Belgian Society of Cinematographers.

Filmography

Short film
YearTitleDirectorNotes
1992La PuretéYvan Le MoineSegment of Les sept péchés capitaux
2008Love YouYvan Attal
Shekhar Kapur		2 segments
2009PassageShekhar Kapur
2015Heineken's the ChaseTom Kuntz
2023Modern JamGaspar NoéSegment of Circus Maximus

Feature film
YearTitleDirectorNotes
2002IrréversibleGaspar NoéShared credit with Gaspar Noé
2004The Card PlayerDario Argento
2004The OrdealFabrice Du Welz
2004InnocenceLucile Hadžihalilović
2006Locked OutAlbert Dupontel
2006Day Night Day NightJulia Loktev
2007JoshuaGeorge Ratliff
2008VinyanFabrice Du Welz
2009Enter the VoidGaspar Noé
2009CarriersÀlex Pastor
David Pastor
2010The RunawaysFloria Sigismondi
2012Get the GringoAdrian Grunberg
2012Spring BreakersHarmony Korine
2014Lost RiverRyan Gosling
2014Colt 45Fabrice du Welz
2015Every Thing Will Be FineWim Wenders
2015LoveGaspar NoéAlso made a cameo as "Yuyo"
2016The DancerStéphanie Di Giusto
2016The Beautiful Days of AranjuezWim Wenders
2017SubmergenceWim Wenders
2018ClimaxGaspar Noé
2018The Sisters BrothersJacques Audiard
2019The Beach BumHarmony Korine
2019Lux ÆternaGaspar Noé
2021VortexGaspar Noé
2023Seneca – On the Creation of EarthquakesRobert Schwentke
2026OutcomeJonah HillPost-production
2026KarmaGuillaume CanetPost-production

Documentary film
YearTitleDirectorNote
2016One More Time with FeelingAndrew DominikShared credit with Alwin H. Küchler
2025Something BeautifulMiley Cyrus
Jacob Bixenman
Brendan Walter		Concert film

Music video
YearTitleDirectorArtist
2013"Who Do We Think We Are"Paul GoreJohn Legend
2015"Bitch Better Have My Money"Megaforce
Rihanna
Leo Berne		Rihanna
2018"Apeshit"Ricky SaizBeyoncé
Jay-Z
2025"Big Sleep"Gaspar NoéThe Weeknd

Awards and nominations

Lumière Awards
YearCategoryTitleResult
2016Best CinematographyThe DancerNomitated
2018Best CinematographyClimaxNomitated
2018Best CinematographyThe Sisters BrothersNomitated

Magritte Awards
YearCategoryTitleResult
2016Best CinematographyThe DancerNomitated
2018Best CinematographyThe Sisters BrothersNomitated

Other awards
YearAwardCategoryTitleResult
2012Independent Spirit AwardsBest CinematographySpring BreakersNomitated
2018César AwardsBest CinematographyThe Sisters BrothersWon