Patrice Lucien Cochet

Director

Paris, France

October 28, 1968

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. 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.