Eduardo Serra

For the Italian naval officer, see Eduardo Serra (admiral). For the politician, see Eduardo Serra Rexach.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is Serra.

Eduardo Serra
Born	(1943-10-02) 2 October 1943 Lisbon, Portugal
Years active	1971-2013

Eduardo Martins Serra (born 2 October 1943) is a Portuguese cinematographer who has spent most of his career working in European film productions, mostly in French, Portuguese and British films, with frequent collaborations with directors Patrice Leconte and Claude Chabrol.

Serra is also known for his work on the M. Night Shyamalan film Unbreakable and the final two Harry Potter films, The Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.

Career

From 1960 to 1963, Serra studied engineering at Lisbon's Instituto Superior Técnico, but he had to leave the country after his involvement in students' protests against Salazar's dictatorship. He settled in France, where he was accepted to Vaugirard film school in Paris; he graduated in 1966. In 1970 he got his second degree from the Paris-Sorbonne University, in Art History and Archeology.

Serra has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. His first nomination was for his work on The Wings of the Dove (1997), for which he also won a BAFTA. He received his second Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for Girl with a Pearl Earring.

In 2004, Serra received the Ordem do Infante D. Henrique, a civilian award presented for services to Portuguese culture, from President Jorge Sampaio.

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director
1976	Les derniers beaux jours	Jean-Yves Rondière
1980	Une voix	Dominique Crèvecoeur
1982	Une histoire dérisoire	Michel Campioli
1985	Duty Free Shop
1993	Die Inschrift des Gottes	Heinz Peter Schwerfel
2012	A Therapy	Roman Polanski

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1980	À vendre	Christian Drillaud
1983	No Trace of Sin	José Fonseca e Costa
	Itinéraire bis	Christian Drillaud
	Debout les crabes, la mer monte!	Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan
1984	Le garde du corps	François Leterrier
	Pinot simple flic	Gérard Jugnot
	Marche à l'ombre	Michel Blanc
1985	Slices of Life	François Leterrier
	Les Spécialistes	Patrice Leconte	1st collaboration with Leconte
	Contes clandestins	Dominique Crèvecoeur	With Dominique Chapuis and Gérard Sterin
	Le mariage du siècle	Philippe Galland	With Gérard Sterin
	Moi vouloir toi	Patrick Dewolf
1987	Tant qu'il y aura des femmes	Didier Kaminka
1988	A Mulher do Próximo	José Fonseca e Costa
	Tropical Snow	Ciro Durán
1990	The King's Trial	João Mário Grilo
	The Hairdresser's Husband	Patrice Leconte
1991	Lapse of Memory	Patrick Dewolf
1992	Map of the Human Heart	Vincent Ward
	Le zèbre	Jean Poiret
	Amor e Dedinhos de Pé	Luís Filipe Rocha
1993	Tango	Patrice Leconte
	Artcore oder Der Neger	Heinz Peter Schwerfel
1994	Le parfum d'Yvonne	Patrice Leconte
	Dead Tired	Michel Blanc
1995	Funny Bones	Peter Chelsom
	L'amour conjugal	Benoît Barbier
1996	Les Grands Ducs	Patrice Leconte
	The Jew	Jom Tob Azulay
	Jude	Michael Winterbottom
	The Disappearance of Finbar	Sue Clayton
1997	The Wings of the Dove	Iain Softley
	The Swindle	Claude Chabrol	1st collaboration with Chabrol
1998	What Dreams May Come	Vincent Ward
1999	The Color of Lies	Claude Chabrol
2000	Passion of Mind	Alain Berliner
	The Widow of Saint-Pierre	Patrice Leconte
	Unbreakable	M. Night Shyamalan
2002	Papillons de nuit	John Randolph Pepper
	Rue des plaisirs	Patrice Leconte
	O Delfim	Fernando Lopes
2003	The Flower of Evil	Claude Chabrol
	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Peter Webber
2004	Intimate Strangers	Patrice Leconte
	The Bridesmaid	Claude Chabrol
	Beyond the Sea	Kevin Spacey
2005	Il ne faut jurer... de rien!	Eric Civanyan
2006	Comedy of Power	Claude Chabrol
	Blood Diamond	Edward Zwick
2007	A Girl Cut in Two	Claude Chabrol
2008	Defiance	Edward Zwick
2009	Bellamy	Claude Chabrol
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	David Yates	Shot back-to-back
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
2012	Belle du Seigneur	Glenio Bonder
2013	A Promise	Patrice Leconte

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1983	Des terroristes à la retraite	Mosco Boucault	With Guy-Auguste Boléat, François Catonné, Guy Chanel, Jean Orjollet, Philippe Rousselot and Carlo Varini
1984	Nasdine Hodja au pays du business	Jean-Patrick Lebel
1986	I Grandi Manoveri	Heinz Peter Schwerfel
2007	Fados	Carlos Saura	With Jose Luis Lopez-Linares

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1987	Die dritte Dimension	Heinz Peter Schwerfel	Miniseries
1991	Cycle Simenon	Jacques Fansten	Episode "Le mouchoir de Joseph"

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
1997	The Wings of the Dove	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2003	Girl with a Pearl Earring		Nominated

American Society of Cinematographers

Year	Category	Result
2014	International Award	Won

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts

Year	Category	Title	Result
1992	Map of the Human Heart	Best Cinematography	Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
1997	The Wings of the Dove	Best Cinematography	Won
2003	Girl with a Pearl Earring		Nominated

British Society of Cinematographers

Year	Title	Category	Result
1997	The Wings of the Dove	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2003	Girl with a Pearl Earring		Nominated

Camerimage

Year	Title	Category	Result
1996	Jude	Golden Frog	Nominated
		Silver Frog	Won
1997	The Wings of the Dove	Golden Frog	Nominated
		Bronze Frog	Won

César Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
1990	Le mari de la coiffeuse	Best Cinematography	Nominated

Satellite Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
2003	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1		Nominated

External links

• Eduardo Serra at IMDb
• Eduardo Serra on AFC