Maxime Alexandre

Maxime Alexandre (February 4, 1971 in Ronse, East Flanders, Belgium)[1] is a Belgian Italian cinematographer, who was most recently cinematographer on the Netflix and Amblin Entertainment series The Haunting of Bly Manor, the films Come Play directed by Jacob Chase, Shazam! directed by David F. Sandberg, and Crawl, directed by Alexandre Aja.

Maxime Alexandre
Maxime Alexandre
Born (1971-02-04) February 4, 1971
NationalityBelgian, Italian
OccupationCinematographer
Organization
  • AIC Associazione Italiana Autori della Fotografia Cinematografica

Early life

Born in RonseRenaix, Belgium, in 1971, Alexandre moved with his family to Rome when he was five. His stepfather, Inigo Lezzi (at the time assistant director for Marco Bellocchio, Gianni Amelio, and Nanni Moretti), guided him through discovering the Italian cinema greats. He was soon working as a young actor in several movies, including UNE PAGE D’AMOUR, directed by Elie Chouraqui, with Anouk Aimee and Bruno Cremer, and Nanni Moretti BIANCA in 1984.

A few years later, he discovered a passion for photography on the set of a short movie directed by his stepfather. In the late 1980s his family moved to Paris where he began his career in the camera department working on commercials, learning from great cinematographers like Darius Khondji, Jean-Yves Escoffier, Pierre Lhomme, Vilko Filac, and Italian cinematographers including Tonino Delli Colli and Franco Di Giacomo. His earliest work as a director of photography was shooting second unit on a commercial for Michel Gondry.

Career

Then in 2001, he met Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur when he shot second unit for Aja’s father, Alexandre Arcady, on BREAK OF DAWN written by Aja and Levasseur. Two years later, the three of them collaborated on Aja’s directorial debut, High Tension Haute Tension. The movie was internationally recognised as the beginning of the new wave of horror in French cinema and was picked up for distribution by Lionsgate. He collaborated again with Aja on the remake of The Hills Have Eyes (2006 film) and Mirrors (film), during which he met Wes Craven, with whom he worked on Paris, je t'aime. The film screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. Marock, a movie directed by Laila Marrakchi in 2005, also went to Cannes.

In 2006, he was recognised by Variety as one of its Ten Cinematographers to Watch. Several other films have followed, including P2, directed by Franck Khalfoun, and THE CRAZIES, by Breck Eisner. In 2008, he directed his first feature film, HOLY MONEY, starring Aaron Stanford, Ben Gazzara, Valeria Solarino and Joaquim De Almeida. His second film as director, CHRISTOPHER ROTH, was selected for several festivals, including the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival; the Rome Independent Film Festival; Brazil’s Cinefantasy, where it won Best Movie, Best Villain, Best Make Up, Best SFX, and Best Soundtrack; and won the Best Director at the Italian 2nd Fantasy Horror Awards. Director Michael J. Bassett’s 2011 film SILENT HILL REVELATION was his first feature as a 3D cinematographer.

In 2012, he worked on Maniac, directed by Franck Khaifoun and starring Elijah Wood, which premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. He shot Dave Green’s film EARTH TO ECHO in 2014. That year he also shot The Voices, starring Ryan Reynolds and Anna Kendrick. The film, directed by Marjane Satrapi, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

Filmography

Year Film Director Notes
2003 High Tension Alexandre Aja
2004 Mariage mixte Alexandre Arcady
The Defender Dolph Lundgren
2005 Marock Laïla Marrakchi
2006 The Hills Have Eyes Alexandre Aja
The Last Drop Colin Teague
Paris, je t'aime Wes Craven Segment "Père-Lachaise"
2007 Catacombs Tomm Coker
David Elliot
P2 Franck Khalfoun
2008 Mirrors Alexandre Aja
2009 Holy Money Himself Directorial debut
2010 The Crazies Breck Eisner
Christopher Roth Himself
2011 The Devil's Dosh Zachary Guerra Short film
The End Jorge Torregrossa
L'amante du rif Narjiss Nejjar
2012 Maniac Franck Khalfoun
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Michael J. Bassett
2014 Earth to Echo Dave Green
The Voices Marjane Satrapi
2015 Lady of Csejte Andrei Konst
Grotto Micol Pallucca
2016 The Other Side of the Door Johannes Roberts
The 9th Life of Louis Drax Alexandre Aja
2017 Annabelle: Creation David F. Sandberg
2018 The Nun Corin Hardy
The Domestics Mike P. Nelson
2019 Shazam! David F. Sandberg
Crawl Alexandre Aja
Countdown Justin Dec
2020 Come Play Jacob Chase
The Haunting of Bly Manor Mike Flanagan
2021 Resident Evil Johannes Roberts Filming

References

  1. "Maxime Alexandre". Internet Encyclopaedia of Cinematographers. Retrieved 2013-06-08.


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