BIOGRAPHY: ———————-

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. Beyond having shot over 50 scripted features and over 30 TV movies, 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.

FEATURE FILM SAMPLE: ——————————————--
THE GOOD LIFE – FARFALLA FILMS- Starring Zooey Deschanel, Bill Paxton, and Chris Klein  SUNDANCE Film Festival - Dramatic Competition

THE END OF LOVE - POOR RICH KIDS - Starring Mark Webber and Shannyn Sossamon SUNDANCE Film Festival - Dramatic Competition

JOSHY – AMERICAN ZOETROPE - Starring Nick Kroll, Jenny Slate, Aubrey Plaza and Thomas Middleditch SUNDANCE Film Festival - Dramatic Competition

BETTER LUCK TOMORROW – MTV FILMS - Starring John Cho and Sung Kang SUNDANCE Film Festival - Dramatic Competition

FLESH AND BLOOD - POOR RICH KIDS - Starring Mark Webber SXSW Film Festival - Dramatic Competition

EXPLICIT ILLS – POOR RICH KIDS - Starring Paul Dano and Rosario Dawson
SXSW Film Festival - Dramatic Competition – Winner Best Cinematography

THE PLACE OF NO WORDS – MYTHICAL FILMS - Starring Mark Webber, Teresa Palmer and Eric Olsen
TRIBECA Film Festival - Dramatic Competition

THE EVER AFTER - POOR RICH KIDS - Starring Mark Webber, Teresa Palmer, Melissa Leo, Phoebe Tonkin LOS ANGELES  Film Festival - Dramatic Competition