Marc Koninckx
出生 : , Bruxelles, Belgium
略歴
Marc Koninckx is a Belgian cinematographer, member of the A.F.C. (French Society of Cinematographers), member of the S.B.C. (Society of Belgian Cinematographers).
Koninckx was born in Brussels. After having studied cinema at the R.I.T.C.S. (Brussels), he graduated in 1983. He began his life's work as an assistant, then quickly emerged as a camera & steadicam operator. He collaborated with Louis Malle on Au revoir les enfants, Lewis Teague on The Jewel of the Nile, Cyril Collard sur Les Nuits Fauves, Bertrand Blier on Merci la vie, Roman Polansky on Frantic, Patrice Chéreau on Queen Margot, Claude Berri on Lucie Aubrac.
In 1993, he became 2nd unit director of photography for such films as Stealing Beauty directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, A Far Off Place directed by Mikael Salomon, French Kiss directed by Lawrence Kasdan and The Ninth Gate directed by Roman Polansky
Since 1998 Marc Koninckx moved up to 1st unit DOP. In 2008, with the film Johnny Mad Dog, Prize of Hope at Cannes Film Festival, he participated successfully to make photographic aesthetics an element of the filming process.
The film «The day god walked away» shot in Rwanda, won the Kutxa Prize for the best first film at the San Sebastian International Film Festival 2009. In 2012, Marc was nominated for the Best Light – Prix Lumière CST for «Rebellion» a film by Matthieu Kasovitz. «Zabana» shot in Algeria was a Foreign Film Nominee for the Academy Awards 2012.
Koninckx's work in Tamil film Maryan, released in 2013, earned him critical accolades for capturing contrasting backdrops such as the deserts in Africa and underwater sea in South India. He was nominated for best cinematographer – Vijay Awards.
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1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than 80 films and series, making him now, the most adapted author still alive in the world.
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Victoire, the first female lasw student admitted to the Sorbonne, is accused of murder. Helped by her professor, she's in a race against time to prove her innocence.
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The musical drama is a sequel to the 2008 blockbuster 'Rock On' that tells the story of four friends and their passion for music. This time around, the film centers around the regional conflict prevailing in the North Eastern states of India.
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The film is an emotional journey of a common man to an unknown place with the hope to come home and lead a better life. The film revolves around a story of human survival adapted from a newspaper article of a real-life crisis event, when three oil workers from India were kidnapped and taken hostage in Sudan.
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April 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak freedom fighters. 300 soldiers are sent from France to re-establish order. 2 men confront each other: Philippe Legorjus, chief of the terrorist squad, and Alphonse Dianou, head of the kidnappers. Through their shared values, they will attempt to make discussion triumph. But, in the middle of a presidential election, when the stakes are political, order isn't always dictated by morality. A violent and troubling epic that marks the return of Mathieu Kassovitz in front and behind the camera.
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35-year-old Jean still lives with his mother in a small village in Corsica and works as a cook in the family's restaurant. His future, to his great despair, is all mapped out: he'll take over the restaurant. But one day Nora, a young and forceful woman, is thrown into the sea from a racing yacht. She washes up on the beach at Jean's feet - adventure has at last knocked at his door.
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Film offers a new take on the Rwandan genocide, through the first person experience of one woman as the horror descends.
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On the day that his son fails his baccalaureate, Michel loses his job. He has been employed at the same factory for twenty years and now he has no job, no qualifications, no prospects. Michel soon realises that the only way he is going to get another job is by first passing his baccalaureate. So, he goes back to school, with his friend Gérard, who is in the same position. Naturally, Michel’s son is not at all pleased to find himself in the same class as his dad...
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Mehdi is an algérien writer that fundamentalist violence has transformed into a potential target. How to live with fear when everything is fear. But also life. Facing Mehdi is Ania, an algerian-born Frenchwoman, the woman next door. She often appears at her window on the court. A disturbing vis-à-vis. Ania will unceasingly try to convert this man to the culture of life, to burning passion. By bringing him tea regularly, risking to often find the door closed...
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The film is about a dreamy girl who belongs to a middle class family. She is dominated by her father who is characterized by severe authority, goodness and tenderness, by conservatism and liberalism. The family lives in a heterogeneous quarter with contradictions among its inhabitants.
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近未来の半ば朽ちかけたような港町に子供の失踪事件が続発。実は町に横行する一つ目教団が、沖合に浮かぶ奇妙な実験室に住む天才クローン人間クランク（ダニエル・エミルフォルク）に夢を見させるため、誘拐していたのだ。サーカスの怪力男ワン（ロン・パールマン）の幼い弟ダンレー（ジョゼフ・ルシアン）も誘拐される。ワンは9歳のミエット（ジュディット・ビッテ）率いる孤児の泥棒団に出会う。彼女たちは孤児院を経営するシャム双生児の姉妹の命令下にあり、ワンも腕力を買われて一味に入らされる。ミエットはワンの弟探しに同情して、二人は一つ目教団の本拠に潜入するが捕まり、処刑されることに。
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近未来の半ば朽ちかけたような港町に子供の失踪事件が続発。実は町に横行する一つ目教団が、沖合に浮かぶ奇妙な実験室に住む天才クローン人間クランク（ダニエル・エミルフォルク）に夢を見させるため、誘拐していたのだ。サーカスの怪力男ワン（ロン・パールマン）の幼い弟ダンレー（ジョゼフ・ルシアン）も誘拐される。ワンは9歳のミエット（ジュディット・ビッテ）率いる孤児の泥棒団に出会う。彼女たちは孤児院を経営するシャム双生児の姉妹の命令下にあり、ワンも腕力を買われて一味に入らされる。ミエットはワンの弟探しに同情して、二人は一つ目教団の本拠に潜入するが捕まり、処刑されることに。
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It is 1654, in the South of France. When horsemen follow a runaway slave into the convent where he's taken sanctuary and kill both the fugitive and the Mother Superior, they little realise that one of the novices is the spirited daughter of retired musketeer D'Artagnan.
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16世紀フランス、摂政のカトリーヌは対立するカトリックとプロテスタントを和解させるため、娘マルゴを政略結婚させる。文豪デュマ原作の小説をパトリス・シェローが監督した歴史大作。
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Short film on Raoul Servais' Servaisgrafie process/invention.
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Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.
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ルイ・マル監督自身の自伝的作品。1944年、ナチス占領下のフランスで、12歳の少年ジュリアンは転入生ジャンと友達になる。しかし彼がユダヤ人であることが知られゲシュタポに連れ去られてしまい……。
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A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
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A building contractor and his spouse are driven apart by financial worries. Tony is an energetic personality well on in his 30s, presuming upon having everything under control. He's married to Nora, and they have two kids. Tony frequents tough assertiveness training sessions, owing to which he boosts up his self-confidence and considers himself to be the never-failing businessman and the perfect husband. As a result of his excessive investments and his haughty attitude, his company gets under a heavy cloud. When bankruptcy has become inevitable, his problems also affect family life. He starts taking his problems out on his wife who seems to be able to cope with the new situation more easily. She makes him see how vulnerable he really is.
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When Anna, a twenty-eight-year-old photographer, is put in charge of a report on the restoration works at The Ostend Museum of Modern Art, she discovers by chance five paintings signed Constant Permeke, whose power and mystery move and fascinate her.She decides to embark on a quest to find out about who Permeke actually was, the places where he lived, how he worked, what experiences he went through.
