Babette Mangolte is a French-American cinematographer and film director. Babette Mangolte Nationality France Education École Nationale de la Photographie et de la Cinematographie Known for Cinematographer, film director Website Contents Life and career Edit Mangolte was born and raised in France and moved to New York City in 1970. She attended L'Ecole Nationale de la Photographie et de la Cinematographie, graduating in 1966. Her move to New York was prompted by a disillusionment with the French film industry's male dominated climate, and an interest in experimental works by American filmmakers such as Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage. In the 1970s she began documenting the performance works of notable choreographers such as Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, David Gordon, and Yvonne Rainer.[1] During this time, she also collaborated with director Chantal Akerman. Together they made several films, the most notable of which are Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) and News from Home (1977).[2] Mangolte shot her first feature, L'Automne, in 1970, which was directed by Marcel Hanoun.[2]