Pierre Morel

Pierre Morel (born 12 May 1964) is a French film director and cinematographer.

After spending his formative years in cinema school, Morel debuted in 2000 as camera operator with the first Richard Berry's film L'Art (délicat) de la séduction.

The following year, he began a career as cinematographer, working with such directors as Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen, Nancy Meyers, Alek Keshishian, Luc Besson and Phillip Atwell.

Morel was attached to Paramount's planned adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune[1] but left the project before it was cancelled.

[2] In 2015, he directed the action film The Gunman, starring Sean Penn, Javier Bardem and Idris Elba.