Sophie CHEVALIER
Professional info
Photographer, director of photography for documental, fiction and also visual artist.
Realisations of shortfilms, documentaries, photobooks in Studio and outside, Photo exhibitions and creations of illustrations photos and drawings.
Work experience
Cinematographer
2009 - present
- Co-founder of Galimaci, company producer.
- Director of photography, work in progress, Galimaci´s productions:
Maruca, documentary, Mexico
Calle Achiole, documentary, France-Chile
- Director of photography, video institutional for Meliphone A.C
- Speaker at Etnomusicology convention, UNICACH, Tuxtla Gtz
- In charge of Workshops of videos for kids, Colegio Rebeca Fernández, Viña del Mar, Chile
- Pilote “Cachipún”, documentary series about Chiapas.
- Realisation shortfilm TSOTS released in Aarau Festival, Switzerland
- Director of Photography and editor, documentary for kids “El gato y el Ciempiés”.
- Director of Photography, documentary serie “7 minutos”, San Cristóbal de las Casas broadcasted by Nuez TV, Chile.
- Realisation of documentary “Tuxtla, Tuxtla”, 24min.
Languages
French
Spanish
English
2010 - present
2010 - present
Photographer/ Ilustrator for LAROUSSE MÉXICO
2007- present
- Publication of photos, segment “Expressions of Latin America” and book about Chiapas, traditional foods and landscape. “El Pequeño Larousse Ilustrado”, Mexico.
Photographer
2010
- Photographer and Press Agent for the Association Les Charity Arts. France
Photographer/ Cinematographer
2009
- Exhibition of 16 pictures, serie “San Judas Tadeo”, in the Cultural Center KINOKI, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
- Cinematographer and Editor for TV program “Viva La Pelota”, company producer Vientos Culturales for Canal 10, subventioned by DIF of the state, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Director of photography
2008
- Director of Photography, realisation of shortfilms Company Producer Cine.Forum, Madrid, Spain
- Director and writer of a short film “ Pie of Life”, Cine.Forum production, Madrid
- Realization of various Portafolio for actresses such "Outdoors" with model Mieke Verhelst
- Art Project "Cosecha Madrileña" underfinanced by the European Union.Collection of stories, in Spanish and then translated into French, under the topic "Did you become what you wanted to be?"
Visual Artist
2007-2008
Prices and grants
2010
- Selected with shortfilm "Tsots", One Minute Film & Video Festival Aarau, Switzerland
2008
- Finalist in EFTI Master Competitions
2007
- European Grant "Futur Capital" to realize the art project "Cosecha Madrileña", Madrid, Spain
- Third price for the photo "Without title", "Bañate en la historia" Medina Mayrit , Madrid Spain
2004
Shortfilm "Sylvie" selected between the 5 bests universitary shorts, EICV Montreal,Canada
2003
Grant "Déclic Jeune" for the art project of art workshops in Ecuador.
Photo Exhibition in Quimper, France and in Riobamba, Ecuador.
Education
Fine Arts and Photography degrees
2001 to 2008
March 2008
Digital photography courses, light workshop
INEM Madrid, course of 40h
October to December 2007
Workshop of Photoshop, INEM 268 hours.
Diploma of Digital photography
2006-2007
Professional Course of Analogical Photography, EFTI Madrid
Finalist of the contest for the master given by the school
2004
Interchange in the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM-Canada)
in visual and mediatic art.
2001-2005
Certificate of studies of plastic art
DNAP (National Diploma of Plastic Art).
Main means: photographs, video, lithography, drawing, writing.