Personal Info
Known For
Camera
Known Credits
35
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-07-12
Day of Death
2003-04-01 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Lyon, France
Also Known As
Jean Yves Escoffier
Jean-Yves Excoffier
J Y Escoffier
Jean-Yves Escoffier
Biography
Jean-Yves Escoffier (July 12, 1950 – April 1, 2003) was a French cinematographer. Escoffier worked as director of photography on a number of films of Leos Carax including Boy Meets Girl, Mauvais sang, and Les Amants du Pont-Neuf, on a number of European and American feature films including The Human Stain, Possession, Nurse Betty, The Cradle Will Rock, Rounders, and Good Will Hunting, as well as Harmony Korine's Gummo. He also worked with Mehdi Norowzian, Jeanne Moreau for Air France, David Lynch for Nissan Motors, and on music videos, "Hurt" (2002) for Johnny Cash and Mark Romanek. On April 1, 2003, Escoffier died from a heart attackin his home in Los Angeles, California during production of The Human Stain, a film since dedicated to his memory. Source: Article "Jean-Yves Escoffier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
