
Person
Patrice Lucien Cochet
Camera · Born 1968-10-28 · Paris, France
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.
Known for

Scales
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Gunslingers
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Live Nude Girls
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Joshy
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Ask Me Anything
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Doing Hard Time
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Better Luck Tomorrow
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Sunrise in Heaven
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Wiener Dog Internationals
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A Woman's Nightmare
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Filmography
- 2025GunslingersDirector of Photography
- 2023Out of HandDirector of Photography
- 2023Hot Girl WinterDirector of Photography
- 2023A Wesley Christmas WeddingDirector of Photography
- 2023Deadly EntanglementDirector of Photography
- 2023Daughter of the BrideDirector of Photography
- 2022Christmas with My ExDirector of Photography
- 2019His Deadly AffairDirector of Photography
- 2019My Adventures with SantaDirector of Photography
- 2019Stressed to DeathDirector of Photography
- 2019A Woman's NightmareDirector of Photography
- 2019The Place of No WordsDirector of Photography
- 2019Sunrise in HeavenDirector of Photography
- 2019Deadly ExcursionDirector of Photography
- 2018A Stone Cold ChristmasDirector of Photography
- 2018Left for DeadDirector of Photography
- 2018RottentailDirector of Photography
- 2018Evil DoctorDirector of Photography
- 2017The Trouble with MistletoeDirector of Photography
- 2017Flesh and BloodDirector of Photography
- 2017ScalesDirector of Photography
- 2017Running AwayDirector of Photography
- 2017The Tiger HunterDirector of Photography
- 2016JoshyDirector of Photography
- 2016A Father's SecretDirector of Photography
- 2015Wiener Dog InternationalsDirector of Photography
- 2014Live Nude GirlsDirector of Photography
- 2014Ask Me AnythingDirector of Photography
- 2013Wiener Dog NationalsDirector of Photography
- 2013The End of LoveDirector of Photography
- 2012Excavating the 2000 Year Old ManCinematography
- 2010Radio Free AlbemuthDirector of Photography
- 2008Explicit IllsDirector of Photography
- 2008Player 5150Director of Photography
- 2007The Good LifeDirector of Photography
- 2004Doing Hard TimeDirector of Photography
- 2004The First Year's a BitchDirector of Photography
- 2004L.A. TwisterDirector of Photography
- 2003Art of RevengeDirector of Photography
- 2003Better Luck TomorrowDirector of Photography
- 2002ChanceDirector of Photography
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