Jean-Louis Schuller is a director and cinematographer. He completed a BA in Cinematography at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion, Brussels in 2005 before moving to London, where he graduated from the MA course in Cinematography at the National Film and Television School (NFTS), London in 2008, after studying under Brian Tufano, Sean Bobbit and Billy Williams.

Jean-Louis directs and shoots his own documentary films. These include Chungking Dream (2008), which was featured in the Silver Docs festival, Washington DC; Sheffield DocFest and Clairmont-Ferrand short film festival; HIGH/LOW (2010), a medium length documentary which he co-directed with Sam Blair and his most recent film The Road Uphill (2011) which follows Leopard Trek, the Luxembourgish cycle team, training and competing in the 2011 Tour de France. In 2010 he was also commissioned to represent Luxembourg with a seven screen solo project, Faces, at the 2010 Shanghai EXPO.

Jean-Louis also works as Director of Photography on drama, documentary, music videos, artists projects and commercials. Some of his recent projects include Reunion Dinner (2011), directed by Anthony Chen; the Jonsí Go Live music tour (2010); KIN (2008), Brian Welsh’s first feature; as well as work with the experimental collective Tell-No-One and artist filmmaker Stuart Croft. His work has been featured in Clairmont-Ferrand and the London Film Festival as has won a Bafta Cymru, a Royal Television Award and the Award for 'Most Creative Idea' at the Shanghai International Film Festival among other prizes.

Jean-Louis Schuller was born in Luxembourg in 1979 and lives and works in London and Luxembourg.

AWARDS:

2012 Luxembourg Film Awards - Best Documentary "HIGH/LOW", (co-director Sam Blair)
2012 Luxembourg Film Awards - Best Cinematography (for the whole body of work)

  see below each film for full list of awarded films

DIRECTOR:

2011 The Road Uphill, dir. Jean-Louis Schuller (HD, PTD Studio)
2010 HIGH/LOW (documentary, medium length), dir. Sam Blair and Jean-Louis Schuller (HD, Samsa Films)
2009 Shanghai EXPO 2010 - Faces (7 screen film), dir. Jean-Louis Schuller (HD)
2008 Chungking Dream (documentary, short), dir. Jean-Louis Schuller (S16mm, CNA & NFTS Productions)

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:

Feature Film Drama

2009 House of Boys, dir. Jean-Claude Schlimm (35mm, DELUX Productions) (Moroccan crew)
2008 KIN, dir. Brian Welsh (High Definition Video, A10 Film Productions)

Feature Film Documentary

2012 Personal Best, dir. Sam Blair (HD, Magnified Pictures)

2011 The Road Uphill, dir. Jean-Louis Schuller (PTD Studio.)

2010 HIGH/LOW, dir. Sam Blair and Jean-Louis Schuller (HD, Samsa Film)
  Schockla, Knaetschgummi..., dir. Andy Bausch (HD, PTD Productions)

2009 The Revenge of the Mekons, dir. Joe Angio (HDV, Roseland Films, New York)
  Homo Avatar , dir. Beryl Koltz (HD, Lucil Film Productions)

2008 Rockdoc, dir. Govinda Van Maele (S16mm, Red Lion Film Productions)

Short Film Drama

2010 The Reunion Dinner, dir. Anthony Chen (S16mm, Fish-eye Productions, Singapore)
  Double Saut, dir. Laura Schroeder (35mm, Red Lion Films)
  Laaf, dir. Thierry Besseling and Loic Tanson (35mm, Samsa Films)

2009 Thomas, dir. Alex Winckler (35mm, Parcville Pictures/Tomboy Films)
  The Search, dir. Mark Buchanan (RED HD, Mark Buchanan Productions) 
  (*Winner: Honolulu Film Festival 2009, Aloha Accolade for Excellence in Filmmaking; Finalist: Jim
  Poole Award 2009, Edinburgh: Finalist: CERN Cinéglobe 2010, Geneva)
  Pido Perdòn, dir. Sascha Heyar (35mm, Red Lion Productions)

2008 Bonobo, dir. Jacques Molitor (35mm, Frakas Productions)
  X on Map, dir. Jeff Desom (35mm Anamorphic, LUCIL Film Productions)
  Elephants, dir. Sally Pearce (D-21 HD Arri, NFTS Production)
  (*Best Student Film Award at the Skywest Film Festival (USA); Best Children’s Film Award at the
  Yosemite Film Festival; Bafta Cymru Award (UK); Best Short, Children’s Jury Award, Chicago Children's
  Film Festival; Most Creative Idea -Shanghai International Film Festival; Out of Sight award; Ffresh -
  Student Moving Image Festival of Wales; Best Student Film Award - Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival)
  Madrugada, dir. Michael Pearce (S16mm, NFTS Production)
    (*RTS Television Award for Best Short Film (UK); Islanders Short Film Award - Branchage - Jersey
  International Film Festival)

2007 Look what you have done to my heart, dir. Michael Pearce (HD Video, NFTS Production)
  Launderette, dir. Matti Harju (S16mm, NFTS Production)
  Ana, dir. Theresa Von Eltz (S16mm, NFTS Production)
  Flats , dir. Ian Clark(S16mm, NFTS Productions)

2006 Gemini, dir. Jacques Molitor (DVcam/Pro35, IAD Production)
  La chaire est tendre, dir. Olivier Grinnaert (S16mm, IAD Production)
  L’ouest est en aval, (S16mm, IAD Prod.) (camera operator)

Short Film Documentary

2010 Jonsí "go live" tour (teaser), dir. Aneil Karia (HD, 59 Productions)

2008 Yonder Stomp, dir. Sean Clark (HDV, Goldsmith Productions)
  Sprinters, dir. Sam Blair (Digi-Beta / S16mm, NFTS Production)

2007 I walk through, dir. Ilian Metev (S16mm, NFTS Production)

2006 A main levee (DVcam, IAD Production) (camera operator)

Commercials

2010 La Senza "interactive", dir. Aneil Karia (HD, Skin Flicks)
  Rinnen Thill, dir. Andy Bausch (ALEXA, Mosquito Productions)

2009 Luxlait, dir. Andy Bausch (Arri D-21, IP Productions)

2008 Shoot-Out, dir. Jean-Louis Schuller (S16mm, NFTS Production)
  (*Kodak Commercial Awards)

2007 C.A.L.M., dir. Theresa Von Eltz (S16mm, NFTS Production)
    (*Kodak Commercial Awards: Best in Brief & 2nd Best Overall)

2006 Arbitare, dir. Ben Souchelot (HD, Remedia Productions Luxembourg)

Music Videos

2012 Mystery Jets - Someone Purer, dir. Jem Goulding (16mm, Jem G Productions)

2011 Hauschka - The Key, dir. Jeff Desom (HD, JD Productions Ltd)

2010 Jonsí "go live" tour, dir. Aneil Karia (HD, 59 Productions)
  Hauschka, dir Jeff Desom (HD, JD Productions Ltd)
  Fenech Soler, dir. Tell No One (HD, SkinFlicks)
  The Tamper Trap, dir. Toby Angwin (HD, SkinFlicks)
  The Charlatans, dir. Douglas Hart (HD, HSI London) (B-Camera)
  Plan B, dir. Daniel Wolfe (16mm/HD, Partizan) (B-Camera)

2009 Mini Viva, dir. Adam Farley and Anthony Shurmer (HD, Sping69)

2008 Battant, dir James Lebon (35mm, ilab Production)
  Cherry Ghost, dir. Stuart Bentley (HDV, Cherry Ghost Productions)

2005 Hello Halloween, dir. Morgan David de Lossy (S16mm, IAD Production)

Artists Film

2011 Comma39, dir. Stuart Croft (S16mm, Royal College of Art)

2010 Find me loose me find me, dir. Stuart Croft (HD, Royal College of Art)

2009 The Stag Without a Heart, dir. Stuart Croft (35mm, Royal College of Art)
  The Space Inbetween, dir. Sam Blair (S16mm, Royal College of Art & NFTS Production)

Awards:

Bafta Cymru Award, Best Short, Children’s Jury Award (Elephants, dir. Sally Pearce)
RTS Television Award for Best Short Film (Madrugada, dir. Michael Pearce)
Student Commercial Awards: Best in Brief & 2nd Best Overall (C.A.L.M., dir. T von Eltz)
... (see below each film for full list of awards)

Exhibitions:

2010 Faces (7 Screen Installation), Luxembourg Pavillion, Shanghai EXPO 2010
2008 Chungking Dream (film) & Dis-Connection I, II, III Prints, ELO: Inner Exile, Outer Limits, Musée d'Art
  Modern Luxembourg (MUDAM)

Education:

2008 MA Graduation in Cinematography, National Film and Television School, London, UK
2005 BA Graduation in Cinematography, Institut des Arts de Diffusions, Brussels, Belgium
2001/2 Photoengineering, Technische Fachhochschule, Köln, Germany

Spoken and written languages:  

English, French, German, Luxembourgish

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