Patrice Lucien Cochet

With an MFA in Cinematography from the American Film Institute, Patrice Cochet is a 4 time Sundance Alumni award winning French cinematographer. His work spans between dramatic, comedic, mystery, thrillers, and family feature films. All with close attention to finding unique visual true lines. Beyond having shot over 30 scripted features and over 30 for TV, movies, commercial, and music videos, Cochet has also served as a mentor to many young filmmakers at the Sundance Director’s Lab and at Columbia College in Hollywood. Cochet was noticed for his work on Sundance favorites Better Luck Tomorrow, The End of Love, The Good Life, and Joshy. His work on Explicit Ills won him a special jury award for Best Cinematography at SXSW. Cochet has been called “a gifted Cinematographer” by The Los Angeles Times, “technically scorchingly good" and "great at capturing emotional rawness” by The Hollywood Reporter and “making a small indie film look as glossy as a megamillion studio production” by Roger Ebert.

Crew

The End of Love
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Stressed to Death
Director of Photography
Chance
Director of Photography, Color Timer, Camera Operator
L.A. Twister
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Evil Doctor
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Running Away
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The Trouble with Mistletoe
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His Deadly Affair
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Ask Me Anything
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Christmas with My Ex
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Hot Girl Winter
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Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
Cinematography
Joshy
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Radio Free Albemuth
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The Good Life
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Daughter of the Bride
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Live Nude Girls
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Flesh and Blood
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The Tiger Hunter
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A Father's Secret
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Out of Hand
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A Wesley Christmas Wedding
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Deadly Entanglement
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A Woman's Nightmare
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Sunrise in Heaven
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Explicit Ills
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Better Luck Tomorrow
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Art of Revenge
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Scales
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Rottentail
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Left for Dead
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A Stone Cold Christmas
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Deadly Excursion
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Wiener Dog Internationals
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The Place of No Words
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Doing Hard Time
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Gunslingers
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Wiener Dog Nationals
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