Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Achievement in Cinematography, to honour the best Canadian film cinematography.

The award was first presented in 1963 as part of the Canadian Film Awards, with separate categories for colour and black-and-white cinematography; the separate categories were discontinued after 1969, with only a single category presented through the 1970s. After 1978, the award was presented as part of the new Genie Awards; since 2012, it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards. In early years, the award could be presented for either narrative feature or documentary films, although this was discontinued later on and only feature films were eligible. Beginning with the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, a separate category was introduced for Best Cinematography in a Documentary.

1960s

Year	Nominee	Film	Ref
1963 15th Canadian Film Awards
	Donald Wilder	Nahanni	[1]
	Guy Borremans	Day After Day (Jour après jour)	[1]
1964 16th Canadian Film Awards
	Stan Brede	Brampton Builds a Car	[1]
	John Spotton	The Hutterites	[1]
1965 17th Canadian Film Awards
	Francis Chapman, Christopher Chapman	Expedition Bluenose	[1]
	Jean-Claude Labrecque	Walls of Memory (Mémoire en fête)	[1]
1966 18th Canadian Film Awards
	Jean-Claude Labrecque	60 Cycles	[1]
	Georges Dufaux	Mission of Fear (Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts)	[1]
1967 19th Canadian Film Awards
	Gilles Gascon	Element 3 (Élément 3)	[1]
	Grahame Woods	Wojeck: "The Last Man in the World"	[1]
1968 20th Canadian Film Awards
	Georges Dufaux	Isabel	[1]
	Bernard Gosselin	The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour)	[1]
1969 21st Canadian Film Awards
	Réo Grégoire	No Matter Where (Là ou ailleurs)	[1]
	Tony Ianzelo	The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar	[1]

1970s

Year	Nominee	Film	Ref
1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards
	Bernard Chentrier	Red	[1]
1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards
	Michel Brault	Mon oncle Antoine	[1]
1972 24th Canadian Film Awards
	Michel Brault	The Time of the Hunt (Le Temps d'une chasse)	[1]
1973 25th Canadian Film Awards
	Donald Wilder	Paperback Hero	[1]
1974
	No award presented		[1]
1975 26th Canadian Film Awards
	Paul Van der Linden	Eliza's Horoscope	[1]
1976 27th Canadian Film Awards
	Richard Leiterman	The Far Shore	[1]
1977 28th Canadian Film Awards
	Pierre Mignot	J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe)	[1]
1978 29th Canadian Film Awards
	Miklós Lente	In Praise of Older Women	[1]
	Marc Champion	I, Maureen	[2]
	Mark Irwin	Blood and Guts

1980s

Year	Nominee	Film	Ref
1980 1st Genie Awards
	John Coquillon	The Changeling	[1]
	Laszlo George	Running	[3]
	Miklós Lente	Agency
	Pierre Mignot	Cordélia
	Reginald H. Morris	Murder by Decree
1981 2nd Genie Awards
	Michel Brault	Good Riddance (Les bons débarras)	[1]
	Richard Ciupka	Atlantic City, U.S.A.	[4]
	Miklós Lente	Suzanne
	Reginald H. Morris	Phobia
	François Protat	Fantastica
1982 3rd Genie Awards
	Richard Leiterman	Silence of the North	[1]
	John F. Phillips	Alligator Shoes	[5]
	Vic Sarin	Heartaches
1983 4th Genie Awards
	Michel Brault	Threshold	[1]
	Pierre Mignot	A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi)	[6]
1984 5th Genie Awards
	Pierre Mignot	Maria Chapdelaine	[1]
	Richard Ciupka	The Terry Fox Story	[7]
	Mark Irwin	Videodrome
	Doug McKay	Dead Wrong
	Reginald H. Morris	A Christmas Story
1985 6th Genie Awards
	Pierre Mignot	Mario	[1]
	John Clement	Thrillkill	[8]
	Laszlo George	Draw!
	Ed Higginson	Isaac Littlefeathers
	Douglas Kiefer	Unfinished Business
	François Protat	The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe)
1986 7th Genie Awards
	François Protat	Joshua Then and Now	[1]
	Marc Champion	Samuel Lount	[9]
	Frank Tidy	One Magic Christmas
1987 8th Genie Awards
	Pierre Mignot	Anne Trister	[1]
	Alain Dostie	In the Shadow of the Wind (Les Fous de Bassan)	[10]
	Guy Dufaux	Equinox (Équinoxe)
	Pierre Mignot	Exit
	René Verzier	The Morning Man (Un matin, une vie)
	René Verzier	Toby McTeague
1988 9th Genie Awards
	Guy Dufaux	Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit)	[1]
	Michel Brault	The Great Land of Small (C'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on peut pas être grand!)	[11]
	Douglas Koch	I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
	Richard Leiterman	The Climb
1989 10th Genie Awards
	Peter Suschitzky	Dead Ringers	[1]
	Thomas Burstyn	The Tadpole and the Whale (La Grenouille et la baleine)	[12]
	Karol Ike	Malarek
	Pierre Mignot	Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu)
	René Ohashi	Shadow Dancing
	Thomas Vámos	The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes)

1990s

Year	Nominee	Film	Ref
1990 11th Genie Awards
	Guy Dufaux	Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)	[1]
	Richard Leiterman	The First Season	[13]
	Pierre Mignot	Cruising Bar
	René Ohashi	Millennium
1991 12th Genie Awards
	Peter James	Black Robe	[1]
	Raoul Coutard, Mike Molloy	Bethune: The Making of a Hero	[14]
	Guy Dufaux	Moody Beach
	Guy Dufaux	Nelligan
	Daniel Jobin	Cargo
1992 13th Genie Awards
	Peter Suschitzky	Naked Lunch	[15]
	Michel Caron	The Saracen Woman (La Sarrasine)	[16]
	Guy Dufaux	Léolo
	Pierre Mignot	Phantom Life (La Vie fantôme)
	Thomas Vámos	Being at Home with Claude
1993 14th Genie Awards
	Alain Dostie	Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould	[1]
	Thomas Burstyn	The Lotus Eaters	[17]
	Philip Linzey	Harmony Cats
	Barry Stone	Paris, France
	Billy Williams	Shadow of the Wolf
1994 15th Genie Awards
	Paul Sarossy	Exotica	[1]
	Sylvain Brault	My Friend Max (Mon amie Max)	[18]
	François Protat	Kabloonak
	Paul Van der Linden	Henry & Verlin
	Peter Wunstorf	Double Happiness
1995 16th Genie Awards
	Thomas Burstyn	Magic in the Water	[1]
	Alain Dostie	The Confessional (Le Confessionnal)	[19]
	Pierre Gill	Black List (Liste noire)
	Vic Sarin	Margaret's Museum
	Barry Stone	Rude
1996 17th Genie Awards
	Peter Suschitzky	Crash	[1]
	Sylvain Brault	Rowing Through	[20]
	Éric Cayla	A Cry in the Night (Le Cri de la nuit)
	Guy Dufaux	Polygraph (Le Polygraphe)
	Daniel Jobin	Lilies
1997 18th Genie Awards
	Paul Sarossy	The Sweet Hereafter	[1]
	Éric Cayla	Karmina	[21]
	Serge Ladouceur	Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge)
	Gregory Middleton	Kissed
	André Turpin	Cosmos
1998 19th Genie Awards
	Alain Dostie	The Red Violin	[22]
	Jan Kiesser	Such a Long Journey	[23]
	Douglas Koch	Last Night
	Glen MacPherson	Regeneration
	Gregory Middleton	The Falling
1999 20th Genie Awards
	Paul Sarossy	Felicia's Journey	[24]
	Pierre Gill	Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes)	[25]
	Alwyn Kumst	The Divine Ryans
	Gregory Middleton	The Five Senses
	Pierre Mignot	Alegría

2000s

Year	Nominee	Film	Ref
2000 21st Genie Awards
	André Turpin	Maelström	[26]
	Guy Dufaux	Stardom	[27]
	Jonathan Freeman	Possible Worlds
	Pierre Gill	The Art of War
	Jean Lépine	To Walk with Lions
2001 22nd Genie Awards
	Pierre Gill	Lost and Delirious	[28]
	Thom Best	Ginger Snaps	[29]
	Sebastian Edschmid	Deeply
	David Greene	Century Hotel
	André Turpin	Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête)
2002 23rd Genie Awards
	Paul Sarossy	Perfect Pie	[30]
	Jan Kiesser	Rare Birds	[31]
	Serge Ladouceur	Savage Messiah (Moïse, l'affaire Roch Thériault)
	Larry Lynn	Inside (Histoire de pen)
	Gregory Middleton	Between Strangers
2003 24th Genie Awards
	Allen Smith	Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction)	[32]
	François Dutil	Saved by the Belles	[33]
	Stefan Ivanov	A Problem with Fear
	Gregory Middleton	Falling Angels
	Jean-Pierre St. Louis	Gaz Bar Blues
2004 25th Genie Awards
	Paul Sarossy	Head in the Clouds	[34]
	Bernard Couture	The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier Tunnel)	[35]
	Louis de Ernsted	Battle of the Brave (Nouvelle-France)
	Pierre Mignot	Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope)
	André Turpin	Childstar
2005 26th Genie Awards
	Giles Nuttgens	Water	[36]
	Balazs Bolygo	It's All Gone Pete Tong	[37]
	Bernard Couture	The Outlander (Le Survenant)
	Pierre Mignot	C.R.A.Z.Y.
	André Turpin	Familia
2006 27th Genie Awards
	Pierre Gill	The Rocket (Maurice Richard)	[38]
	Bruce Chun	Bon Cop, Bad Cop	[39]
	Steve Cosens	Snow Cake
	Jan Kiesser	Beowulf and Grendel
	Nicola Pecorini	Tideland
2007 28th Genie Awards
	Peter Suschitzky	Eastern Promises	[40]
	Miroslaw Baszak	Shake Hands With the Devil	[41]
	Bruce Chun	Nitro
	Alain Dostie	Silk
	Vic Sarin	Partition
2008 29th Genie Awards
	Gregory Middleton	Fugitive Pieces	[42]
	Nicolas Bolduc	Le Banquet	[43]
	Bobby Bukowski	The Stone Angel
	Pierre Gill	The American Trap (Le Piège américain)
	Sara Mishara	Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)
2009 30th Genie Awards
	Pierre Gill	Polytechnique	[44]
	Steve Cosens	Nurse.Fighter.Boy	[45]
	Jonathan Freeman	Fifty Dead Men Walking
	Ronald Plante	The Master Key (Grande Ourse: La Clé des possibles)
	Allen Smith	Sticky Fingers (Les doigts croches)

2010s

Year	Nominee	Film	Ref
2010 31st Genie Awards
	André Turpin	Incendies	[46]
	Bernard Couture	10½	[47]
	Ronald Plante	Piché: The Landing of a Man (Piché: entre ciel et terre)
	Claudine Sauvé	The Wild Hunt
	Stéphanie Weber Biron	Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires)
2011 32nd Genie Awards
	Jean-François Lord	Snow & Ashes	[48]
	Miroslaw Baszak	The Bang Bang Club	[49]
	Pierre Cottereau	Café de Flore
	Jon Joffin	Daydream Nation
	Ronald Plante	Monsieur Lazhar
2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards
	Nicolas Bolduc	War Witch (Rebelle)	[50]
	Philippe Lavalette	Inch'Allah	[51]
	Giles Nuttgens	Midnight's Children
	Bobby Shore	Goon
	Brendan Steacy	Still Mine
2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards
	Nicolas Bolduc	Enemy	[52]
	François Delisle	The Meteor (Le Météore)	[53]
	Pierre Gill	Upside Down
	Antonio Riestra	Mama
	Allen Smith	Maïna
2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards
	André Turpin	Mommy	[54]
	Norayr Kasper	Fall	[55]
	Michel La Veaux	Meetings with a Young Poet
	Mathieu Laverdière	Henri Henri
	Luc Montpellier	It Was You Charlie
2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards
	Yves Bélanger	Brooklyn	[56]
	Danny Cohen	Room	[57]
	Karim Hussain	Hyena Road
	Sara Mishara	Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira)
	Rene Ohashi	Forsaken
2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards
	André Turpin	It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde)	[58]
	Glauco Bermudez	Before the Streets (Avant les rues)	[59]
	Josée Deshaies	Nelly
	Leung Ming Kai	Old Stone
	Scott Moore	Werewolf
2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards
	Nicolas Bolduc	Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes)	[60]
	Nicolas Canniccioni	The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes)	[61]
	Sina Kermanizadeh	Ava
	Mathieu Laverdière	We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres)
	Norm Li	Never Steady, Never Still
2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards
	Sara Mishara	The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur)	[62]
	Daniel Grant	Octavio Is Dead!	[63]
	Ian Lagarde	For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)
	Sara Mishara	Allure
	Paul Sarossy	The Padre
2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards
	Norm Li	The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open	[64]
	Josée Deshaies	A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère)	[65]
	Catherine Lutes	Disappearance at Clifton Hill
	Gregory Middleton	American Woman
	Brendan Steacy	Lucky Day

2020s

Year	Nominee	Film	Ref
2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards
	Maya Bankovic	Akilla's Escape	[66]
	Marie Davignon	Beans	[67]
	James Klopko	A Fire in the Cold Season
	Michel St-Martin	Blood Quantum
	Stéphanie Weber Biron	Nadia, Butterfly
2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards
	Sara Mishara	Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres)	[68]
	Pierre Gill	You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi)	[69]
	Tess Girard	Drifting Snow
	Daniel Grant	All My Puny Sorrows
	Rich Williamson	Scarborough
2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards
	Sara Mishara	Viking	[70]
	Vincent Gonneville	Nouveau Québec	[71]
	Douglas Koch	Crimes of the Future
	Christopher Lew	Riceboy Sleeps
	Keenan Lynch	Tehranto
2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards
	Jared Raab	BlackBerry	[72]
	Gabriel Brault-Tardif	Richelieu	[73]
	Alexandre Bussière	Montreal Girls
	Karim Hussain	Infinity Pool
	Mathieu Laverdière	Solo
	Jean-François Lord	Ru
	Mike McLaughlin	Hands That Bind
	André Turpin	The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain)
2024 13th Canadian Screen Awards
	Gayle Ye	Paying for It	[74]
	Maya Bankovic	The Invisibles	[75]
	Vincent Gonneville	Shepherds (Bergers)
	Nick Haight	Young Werther
	Catherine Lutes	Close to You

See also

• Prix Iris for Best Cinematography