Emmanuel Lakkari is a Paris-based Cinematographer.
His images begin in paint. Before cinema, there was Rembrandt, Vermeer, Caravaggio - and the question that painting kept asking: not what the light falls on, but what it means. That question never left. It is still the first one on set.
He has spent fifteen years working that question across cinema, luxury, and institutional film. Strong contrast, deliberate shadow, color that earns its presence. Images that feel inhabited, not designed. Every project gets the same visual ambition.
Narrative work includes the feature Article 22 (2023) and the award-winning short 300 000 km/s - 30+ international festival selections, Best Cinematography twice in the USA. He is attached as DOP on a feature film currently in development.
Commercial work includes campaigns for Chanel, Dior, Cartier, Guerlain, L'Oréal, Tag Heuer and Porsche. Institutional and broadcast work includes films for UEFA Foundation, LVMH, Disney+ and TF1.
He has shot in France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Morocco, Madagascar, and across West Africa — Abidjan, Congo. Studio or remote, controlled or unpredictable. He works in French and English. Member of UCO - United Cinematographers.
If you are building something that needs to be seen as well as felt - he wants to hear from you.
Currently open for: Feature films · TV series · Commercials · Brand films · Institutional films · Light design consultancy.
DOP Narrative Reel : Watch on Vimeo DOP Commercial Reel : Watch on Vimeo
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