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Jean-Hugues Oppel

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Writer
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Jean-Hugues Oppel is known for The City of Lost Children (1995), Death and the Maiden (1994) and Six-Pack (2000).
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    Known for

    The City of Lost Children (1995)
    The City of Lost Children
    7.4
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1995
    Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley in Death and the Maiden (1994)
    Death and the Maiden
    7.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1994
    Six-Pack (2000)
    Six-Pack
    5.4
    • Writer
    • 2000
    Afraid of the Dark (1991)
    Afraid of the Dark
    5.8
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1991

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    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Fantôme avec chauffeur (1996)
      Fantôme avec chauffeur
      5.0
      • assistant camera
      • 1996
    • The City of Lost Children (1995)
      The City of Lost Children
      7.4
      • assistant camera
      • 1995
    • Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley in Death and the Maiden (1994)
      Death and the Maiden
      7.2
      • focus puller
      • 1994
    • Thirst for Gold (1993)
      Thirst for Gold
      4.7
      • assistant camera
      • 1993
    • Afraid of the Dark (1991)
      Afraid of the Dark
      5.8
      • focus puller
      • 1991
    • Hugh Grant, Judy Davis, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, and Julian Sands in Impromptu (1991)
      Impromptu
      6.8
      • assistant camera
      • 1991
    • Daniel Auteuil in L'Élégant Criminel (1990)
      L'Élégant Criminel
      6.1
      • second assistant camera
      • 1990
    • Navarro (1989)
      Navarro
      6.3
      TV Series
      • assistant camera
      • 1989–1990
    • Fantômes sur l'oreiller (1989)
      Fantômes sur l'oreiller
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • assistant camera
      • 1989
    • Jason Robards, Christien Anholt, and Samuel West in Reunion (1989)
      Reunion
      6.9
      • clapper loader
      • 1989
    • Big Man (1988)
      Big Man
      6.3
      TV Series
      • camera operator (as Jean Hugues Oppel)
      • 1988
    • Une étoile pour l'exemple (1988)
      Une étoile pour l'exemple
      • camera operator
      • 1988

    Cinematographer



    • Panne de pointeuse
      TV Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 1995
    • Télé-carton (1993)
      Télé-carton
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 1993
    • Jean-Claude Dreyfus in Piège à sons (1993)
      Piège à sons
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 1993
    • Les Faux-Jetons (1991)
      Les Faux-Jetons
      Video
      • Cinematographer (as J.H. Oppel)
      • 1991
    • Lagaf' au Théâtre du Gymnase (1991)
      Lagaf' au Théâtre du Gymnase
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 1991
    • Adrénaline (1990)
      Adrénaline
      6.3
      • Cinematographer (segment "Le cimetière des éléphants")
      • 1990
    • Catherine Carrée, Luc-Antoine Diquéro, Yves Robin, Marie Cuvelier, Anne Artigau, Christian Termis, Anne Affendikov, and Jean Debouverie in Coup d'éclat (1988)
      Coup d'éclat
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 1988
    • Le séducteur
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 1984

    Writer



    • John Steinbeck in Un siècle d'écrivains (1995)
      Un siècle d'écrivains
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2000
    • Six-Pack (2000)
      Six-Pack
      5.4
      • novel
      • 2000
    • La colère d'une mère
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1997

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      • J.H. Oppel

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