Born in France, but working between Paris and Tel Aviv, Philippe Bellaïche is an award-winning Director of Photography who specialises in documentary cinematography. As the cameraman, his work includes over 40 films or television series made in the Middle East and across the Asia Pacific. His works including The Settlers from Israel’s West Bank, On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music through the streets of Baghdad, Between Fences on the border between Israel and Egpyt, and The Journey of Vaan Nguyen into central Vietnam. In 2011, he collaborated with Israeli-American documentary filmmaker Rachel Leah Jones on Gypsy Davy as cinematographer and producer, and then in 2019 they collaborated once more on Advocate. On this film, Bellaïche was also co-director and received his first APSA nomination for Best Documentary Feature Film.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
