LAURENT POULAIN

Director of Photography & Camera Operator

Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

About

I am a French cinematographer and camera operator currently based in Spain. Born in France I moved to England after University where I studied video editing.
Craving for travelling I decided to finish 
my media and filmmaking studies in Madrid. After ten years working within camera crew as loader and focus puller ( film and digital ) mostly shooting commercials, fashion, music video and documentaries, in 2016 I started to work as director of Photography and camera operator. I definitely like the concept of a team working together being able to achieve and be committed to the creative vision of a director. I think the best way to do it is to listen, gather the most information you can and offer solutions.
Shooting is a constant evolution. My experience shooting over the past years shapped me as a good team worker, easy, perfeccionist, passionate and intuitive cameraman.

Experience

  • Camera Operator at Freelance
    Jan 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 7 mos

    Last jobs TOURISM OF ANDALUCIA campaign B camera operator Dir. Manu Mazzaro / Dp. Pablo Clemente Prod. Roma Spain https://vimeo.com/879706993 SIEMENS XCELERATOR commercial B camera operator Dir. Anthony Mandler / Dp. David Devlin Prod. Twentyfour Seven Spain https://vimeo.com/790126059

  • Director of Photography at Film Industry
    2016 - Present · 10 yrs 7 mos

  • Freelance (11 yrs 1 mo)
    • First Camera Assistant
      2007 - Jan 2018 · 11 yrs 1 mo

      Camera Assistant working in Commercials. Main jobs: - Carnival For Superbowl - Dir: Wally Pfister - Dop: Roman Vasyanov - Nintendo Penelope Cruz - Dir: Guillaume Canet - Dop: Andre Chematoff - Samsung Messi - Dir: Adam Hashemi - Dop: Eigil Bryld - Mobily - Dop: Adam Kimmel - Volvo Bullrun - Dir: Henry Alex Rubin - Dop: Stephaner Fontaine - Nike Write the Future - Dir: Alejandro Iñarritu - Dop: Emmanuel Lubezky/ Janusz Kaminski - There be Dragons - Dir: Roland Joffe - Dop: Gabriel Beristain

    • Dit / Data Wrangler
      2007 - 2011 · 4 yrs

  • Offline Editor - Post Production at The Family Film at Madrid
    2005 - 2008 · 3 yrs