Jacques Ballard is based in Paris France. His english father is a renowned painter. Jacques has always been fascinated by light, colour and composition.

He has shot over a dozen of one hour documentaries for the private french TV channel Canal+ “Les Nouveaux Explorateurs”. He worked and travelled in more than 30 countries, granting him the reputation of an adventure traveller.

He shot over 150 commercials for clients and directors around the world, appreciated for his work on car commercials for clients such as Volkswagen, Audi, Jeep, Renault, Peugeot, Citroen, Ferrari, Lexus, Ford… He also shoots action and sports commercials, and is used to work on projects with lots of special effects.

He also loves to work on drama projects. The first feature he lensed : « Noor » was selected in more than 20 festivals worldwide, one of them being Cannes Films Festival (ACID program), won several international prizes.

Jacques is also specialised in Underwater cinematography,

He shot, in 2020, the feature movie « The Deep House » directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, starring Camille Rowe and James Jagger. A horror film almost all shot underwater in a sunken haunted house. He and his team have developed new technologies to shoot that project. Produced by Radar Films.

The web serie « Deep » by JF Julian, for Studio Canal for which he won the best cinematography award at the International Bilbao TV series festival 2017.

Jacques Ballard also won best cinematography award at the Berlin Music Video Awards 2018 for AMA, short film, directed and performed by Julie Gautier, shot in the deepest pool in the world (Y-40 Deep joy, in Italy).

serie
D’ARGENT ET DE SANG - 2023 - S01 Ep 6 - Canal +
2nd unit cinematographer
Xavier Giannoli & Frédéric Planchon I Curiosa Films

features
THE DEEP HOUSE - 2021
Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo I Radar Films & Umedia Belgique
FORTE - 2020
Katia Lewkowicz I Quad
LA OÙ ON VA - 2018
Jérôme de Gerlache I Marty est une entreprise
NIGHT FARE - 2015
Julien Seri I Daigoro Films
Best Feature at Mile Horror Film Festival 2015, Denver, USA
NOOR - 2012
Guillaume & Cagla Zencirci I C'est que quatre & C'est au trois
Cannes 2012, sélection Acid à la quinzaine
Best Picture & Best Performance at MISAFF Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival 2014, Canada

short films
LE GÉANT DE BAKELITE - 2023
Julie Gautier I Imagine 2050
Awarded the Ecoprod Pioneer Label
AMA - 2018
Julie Gautier I Spark Seeker
THE 3RD WOMAN - 2017
Benjamin Nicolas l Satellite My Love
Best Experimental film @ Play Film Festival / Best fashion film - Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest, 2017 / Nominated for Best Cinematography - London International Fashion Film Festival 2017 – UK /Best Film – Toronto Arthouse Film Fest 2017 – Canada
BELIEVE - 2014
Paul Mignot l Quad
Best Cinematography & Best Short Film - Chelsea Film Festival, 2015 - NY – USA
NARCOSE - 2013
Julie Gautier l Buenery Production
Best Short - Audience Award - FMISM World Festival of Submarine images 2014, Marseille - France
FINDING - 2008
The Salto Brothers I Milo Films

documentaries
C'EST TOI QUE J'ATTENDAIS - 2020
Stéphanie Pillonca Kervern l Wonder Films
ENERGY OBSERVER - 2019
Jérôme Delafosse l 90'/Canal+
THE GREASY HANDS PREACHERS - 2018
Clément Bauvais & Arthur de Kersauson

BRANDS
Mazda, Bentley, Genesis, Nissan, Lexus, Citroën C4,
Renault, Crossovers, Audi, Peugeot, Volkswagen, Toyota,
Jeep Cherokee, Dior, McDo, Burger King, Savencia,
Lancôme, Sanofi, Leclerc, KFC, Guerlain.

DIRECTORS
Frédéric Planchon, The Salto Brothers, Les Cokau,
Benjamin Nicolas, Julien Rocher, Alexandre Louis, Arnaud
Hottier, Audrey Dana, Augusto De Fraga, Carole Denis,
Fabrice Coton, Gallien Guibert, Nick Bartleet, Martin
Bourboulon, Teddy Delcroix, Paul Mignot, Julie Gautier,
Ilan Teboul, Sebastien Drhey, Philippe Locquet, Ingrid
Varetz, Franck Allera, Paul Mignot, Matthias Le Beer, David
Dang, Pepe Lansky, Julien Faure.

NAUGHTY BOY "RUNNIN" Ft. BEYONCÉ
Charlie Robins & Julie Gautier l Logifilm
Nominated at the Camerimage Festival
Bronze Prize International Music Video - Cannes Lions 2016 - France
CARLA BRUNI "J'ARRIVE À TOI"
Sonia Sleff I Stink Paris
IBRAHIM MALOUF "RUN THE WORLD (GIRLS)"
Jérôme de Gerlache I Else Prod
YUKSEK "SUNRISE"
Jérôme de Gerlache I Have a Great Day Films
MARTIN SOLVEIG "+1"
Martin Solveig I Monsieur L'Agent
SKIP THE USE "GIVE ME"
The Salto Brothers