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Sofian El Fani

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Sofian El Fani is known for Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), Timbuktu (2014) and Kokuho (2025).
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos in Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
    Blue Is the Warmest Colour
    7.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 2013
    Timbuktu (2014)
    Timbuktu
    7.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 2014
    Kokuho (2025)
    Kokuho
    7.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 2025
    Maybe (1999)
    Maybe
    5.8
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1999

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Kokuho (2025)
      Kokuho
      7.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Youn Yuh-jung, Kwon Eun-sung, Lee Min-ho, Anna Sawai, Jin Ha, Kim Kang-hoon, and Kim Min-ha in Pachinko (2022)
      Pachinko
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Yellow Bus (2023)
      Yellow Bus
      7.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Brando el Sharq (2023)
      Brando el Sharq
      8.2
      TV Series
      • cinematography
      • 2023
    • Perfect Strangers (2022)
      Perfect Strangers
      5.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Cendres (2021)
      Cendres
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Adriana Matoshi and Rozafa Celaj in Aga's House (2019)
      Aga's House
      7.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Mashrou' Leila: Cavalry
      Music Video
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • It Must Be Heaven (2019)
      It Must Be Heaven
      6.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Al Zubarah
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Life in Al Barr
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Élodie Bouchez, Sandrine Kiberlain, and Gilles Lellouche in In Safe Hands (2018)
      In Safe Hands
      7.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Sisters Courage (2017)
      Sisters Courage
      8.2
      • director of photography
      • 2017
    • Agnelli (2017)
      Agnelli
      7.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Oprah Winfrey in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
      The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Élodie Bouchez, Sandrine Kiberlain, and Gilles Lellouche in In Safe Hands (2018)
      In Safe Hands
      7.2
      • camera operator: 'a' camera (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Challatt Tunes (2013)
      Challatt Tunes
      6.5
      • camera operator
      • 2013
    • Paul Sorvino in The Trouble with Cali (2012)
      The Trouble with Cali
      4.7
      • first assistant camera
      • 2012
    • Black Venus (2010)
      Black Venus
      6.8
      • camera operator: 'b' camera
      • 2010
    • The Secret of the Grain (2007)
      The Secret of the Grain
      7.4
      • camera operator
      • 2007
    • Dark Night, October 17, 1961 (2005)
      Dark Night, October 17, 1961
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • assistant camera
      • 2005
    • Sortie (2005)
      Sortie
      Short
      • assistant camera
      • 2005
    • Nadia et Sarra (2004)
      Nadia et Sarra
      7.0
      • first assistant camera (as Sofiane Fani)
      • 2004
    • Games of Love and Chance (2003)
      Games of Love and Chance
      6.9
      • camera operator (as Sofian Elfani)
      • 2003
    • Bedwin Hacker (2003)
      Bedwin Hacker
      5.7
      • camera operator
      • 2003
    • Clay Dolls (2002)
      Clay Dolls
      7.1
      • camera operator
      • 2002
    • Neus Asensi, Miriam Díaz-Aroca, and Ana Risueño in El paraíso ya no es lo que era (2001)
      El paraíso ya no es lo que era
      4.7
      • assistant camera: Tunis (as Sofiane El Fani)
      • 2001
    • Mohamed Ali Nahdi and Anissa Daoud in Tunis, fille de siècle (2000)
      Tunis, fille de siècle
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 2000
    • Maybe (1999)
      Maybe
      5.8
      • first assistant camera: Tunisia
      • 1999
    • Joe Shaw in Tangier Cop (1997)
      Tangier Cop
      6.8
      • camera operator
      • 1997

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Sofiane El Fani

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      Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) since 2016.

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