Biography

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 25 scripted features and over 30 for TV, movies, commercial, and music videos, Cochet has also served as a mentor to young filmmakers at the Sundance Director's Lab and at Columbia College in Hollywood. He also holds an MFA in cinematography from the American Film Institute. Cochet was noticed for his work on Sundance favorites like Better Luck Tomorrow, The End of Love, The Good Life, and Joshy. 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 mega-million studio production" by Roger Ebert. Sample of Feature Films with Casts: -The Good Life - Zooey Deschanel, and Bill Paxton / Sundance Dramatic Competition -Ask Me Anything - Britt Robertson, Justin Long, Martin Sheen and Christian Slater -Joshy - Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza and Frankie Shaw / Sundance Dramatic Competition -The End of Love - Amanda Seyfried and Michael Cera / Sundance Dramatic Competition -Exlicit Ills - Rosario Dawson and Paul Dano / SXSW - Winner Best Cinematography Award -The Ever After - Teresa Palmer, Melissa Leo, and Mark Webber -Better Luck Tomorrow - John Cho and Sung Kang / Sundance Dramatic Competition