Jean-Gabriel Leynaud
Known For: Camera
Biography
Jean-Gabriel Leynaud began his career in filmmaking at a very young age, pursuing a career as a camera assistant in fiction and as a cinematographer in documentaries. At 19, he made his first film, Place de la République, in which he followed two young homeless drug addicts for a year. Since then, he has directed around fifteen documentaries. He has also directed more than sixty documentaries for cinema, television, as well as fiction and commercials. His films have been selected for major festivals (Venice, Sundance, Tribeca, FIPA, etc.) and screened at the Cinémathèque Française and the ASC. He was nominated in 2025 for best documentary photography at the AFC awards.
Filmography
2025
- Greenland: The Icy Eldorado ... (Director of Photography)
- Of Mud and Blood ... (Director of Photography)
2023
- The Arctic: 66.5 Degrees North ... (Additional Camera)
2022
- The Fantasy Life of Poetry and Crime ... (Camera Operator)
- Sauvage ... (Cinematography)
2019
- The Cat: A Cuddly Killer ... (Director of Photography)
- Nelson Mandela, Beyond the Myth ... (Director of Photography)
2018
- Ever, rêve, Helene Cixous ... (Cinematography)
2006
- Infrarouge ... (Director)
2003
- La Vie sans Brahim ... (Cinematography)
2000
- A Woman in Antarctica ... (Director)