Stéphane Fontaine

Talk To Me is the first American feature for French cinematographer Stéphane Fontaine, who won a French César Award [France's equivalent of the Oscars] for his cinematography of Jacques Audiard's De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped). His other films as director of photography include Agnès Jaoui's award-winning Comme une image (a.k.a. Look at Me); Nicole Garcia's Selon Charlie; Philippe Grandrieux' La vie nouvelle (A New Life); and Arnaud Desplechin's En jouant 'Dans la compagnie des hommes' (Playing "In the Company of Men").
Earlier in his career, Mr. Fontaine was first assistant camera on such features as Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth (for the Paris portion of the shoot); Nicole Garcia's Le fils prèfèrè (The Favorite Son); Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep; and Arnaud Desplechin's Comment je me suis disputè...(ma vie sexuelle) [a.k.a. My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument].

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