Prix Iris for Best Cinematography

The Prix Iris for Best Cinematography (French: Prix Iris de la meilleure direction de la photographie) is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of the Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best cinematography in the Cinema of Quebec.

Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Cinematography in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra.^[1] Following the withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 award was presented under the name Québec Cinéma.^[1] The Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016.^[2]

Cinematographer André Turpin received the most nominations and wins for this category, with thirteen nominations and seven awards. Cinematographer Pierre Mignot receive three consecutive awards in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Robert Morin received a nomination in 2009 for Daddy Goes Ptarmigan Hunting (Papa à la chasse aux lagopèdes), becoming the second cinematographer, after Turpin, to be nominated for a film he also directed.

1990s

Year	Cinematographer	Film	Ref
1999 1st Jutra Awards
	Alain Dostie	The Red Violin (Le violon rouge)	[3]
	Pierre Letarte	When I Will Be Gone (L'âge de braise)
	Pierre Mignot	Nô
	André Turpin	August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre)

2000s

Year	Cinematographer	Film	Ref
2000 2nd Jutra Awards
	Pierre Gill	Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes)	[3]
	Éric Cayla	Babel	[4]
	Guy Dufaux	The Eleventh Child (Nguol thùa)
	André Turpin	Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi)
2001 3rd Jutra Awards
	André Turpin	Maelström	[3]
	Jonathan Freeman	Possible Worlds
	Pierre Gill	The Art of War
	Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky	The Three Madeleines (Les fantômes des 3 Madeleine)
2002 4th Jutra Awards
	André Turpin	Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête)	[3]
	Alain Dostie	February 15, 1839 (15 février 1839)
	Guy Dufaux	Tar Angel (L'ange de goudron)
	Carlos Ferrand	Games of the Heart (Du pic au cœur)
2003 5th Jutra Awards
	Jean Lépine	Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché)	[3]
	Éric Cayla	The Baroness and the Pig
	David Franco	Chaos and Desire (La turbulence des fluides)
	Daniel Vincelette	The Marsh (Le marais)
2004 6th Jutra Awards
	Allen Smith	Seducing Doctor Lewis (La grande séduction)	[3]
	Guy Dufaux	The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares)
	Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky	Ma voisine danse le ska
	Jean-Pierre St-Louis	Gaz Bar Blues
2005 7th Jutra Awards
	Pierre Mignot	The Blue Butterfly	[3]
	Serge Desrosiers	Dans une galaxie près de chez vous
	Alexis Durand-Brault	The Five of Us (Elles étaient cinq)
	Louis de Ernsted	Battle of the Brave (Nouvelle-France)
2006 8th Jutra Awards
	Pierre Mignot	C.R.A.Z.Y.	[3]
	Steve Asselin	Saint Martyrs of the Damned (Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés)	[5]
	Pierre Gill	The Rocket (Maurice Richard)
	Jean-Claude Labrecque	The Novena (La neuvaine)
2007 9th Jutra Awards
	Pierre Mignot	A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali)	[3]
	Yves Bélanger	Cheech
	Allen Smith	The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petite vengeance)
	André Turpin	Congorama
2008 10th Jutra Awards
	Alain Dostie	Silk	[3]
	Bruce Chun	Nitro	[6]
	Bernard Couture	The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons)
	Sara Mishara	Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil)
2009 11th Jutra Awards
	André Turpin	It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!)	[3]
	Daniel Jobin	Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur)	[7]
	Robert Morin	Daddy Goes Ptarmigan Hunting (Papa à la chasse aux lagopèdes)
	Ronald Plante	The Broken Line (La ligne brisée)

2010s

Year	Cinematographer	Film	Ref
2010 12th Jutra Awards
	Pierre Gill	Polytechnique	[3]
	Bernard Couture	Cadavres	[8]
	Daniel Jobin	Je me souviens
	Sara Mishara	The Legacy (La donation)
	Ronald Plante	The Master Key (Grande Ourse, la clé des possibles)
2011 13th Jutra Awards
	André Turpin	Incendies	[3]
	Nicolas Bolduc	City of Shadows (La cité)	[9]
	Bernard Couture	7 Days (Les sept jours du talion)
	Michel La Veaux	Mourning for Anna (Trois temps après la mort d'Anna)
	Claudine Sauvé	Silence Lies (Tromper le silence)
2012 14th Jutra Awards
	Pierre Cottereau	Café de Flore	[3]
	Bernard Couture	A Sense of Humour (Le sens de l'humour)	[10]
	Daniel Jobin	Coteau rouge
	Michel La Veaux	For the Love of God (Pour l'amour de Dieu)
	Jean-François Lord	Snow and Ashes
2013 15th Jutra Awards
	Nicolas Bolduc	War Witch (Rebelle)	[3]
	Yves Bélanger	Laurence Anyways
	Mathieu Laverdière	The Torrent (Le torrent)
	Sara Mishara	All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes)
	Geneviève Perron	Camion
2014 16th Jutra Awards
	Michel La Veaux	The Dismantling (Le démantèlement)	[11]
	Steve Asselin	Another House (L'Autre Maison)	[11]
	Nicolas Bolduc	Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde)
	Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky	Catimini
	André Turpin	Whitewash
2015 17th Jutra Awards
	André Turpin	Mommy	[3]
	Nicolas Bolduc	Enemy
	Mathieu Laverdière	Henri Henri
	Sara Mishara	You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole)
	André Turpin	Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme)
2016 18th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Yves Bélanger	Brooklyn	[12]
	Steve Asselin	Corbo	[12]
	Serge Desrosiers	Ville-Marie
	Pierre Gill	Elephant Song
	Daniel Jobin	The Passion of Augustine (La passion d'Augustine)
2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards
	André Turpin	It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde)	[13]
	Glauco Bermudez	Before the Streets (Avant les rues)	[14]
	Nicolas Bolduc	Two Lovers and a Bear
	Josée Deshaies	Nelly
	Tobie Marier Robitaille	Nitro Rush
2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Nicolas Bolduc	Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes)	[15]
	Steve Asselin	Barefoot at Dawn (Pieds nus dans l'aube)	[16]
	Nicolas Canniccioni	The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes)
	François Dutil	Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols)
	Michel La Veaux	Iqaluit
2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards
	Sara Mishara	The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur)	[17]
	Steve Asselin	1991	[18]
	Ian Lagarde	For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)
	François Messier-Rheault	Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues)
	Ronald Plante	La Bolduc

2020s

Year	Cinematographer	Film	Ref
2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards
	Yves Bélanger	14 Days, 12 Nights (14 jours 12 nuits)	[19]
	Nicolas Canniccioni	Kuessipan	[20]
	Josée Deshaies	A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère)
	Mathieu Laverdière	And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux)
	André Turpin	Matthias & Maxime
2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards
	Mathieu Laverdière	Underground (Souterrain)	[21]
	Jonathan Decoste	Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu)	[22]
	François Gamache	The Vinland Club (Le club Vinland)
	Sara Mishara	My Salinger Year (Mon année Salinger)
	Tobie Marier Robitaille	Night of the Kings (La nuit des rois)
2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Sara Mishara	Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres)	[23]
	Steve Asselin	The Time Thief (L'arracheuse de temps)	[24]
	Simran Dewan	No Trace (Nulle trace)
	Michel La Veaux	Maria Chapdelaine
	Sara Mishara	Norbourg
2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Sara Mishara	Viking	[25]
	Steve Asselin	The Dishwasher (Le Plongeur)	[26]
	Vincent Biron	Red Rooms (Les Chambres rouges)
	Kristof Brandl	Falcon Lake
	Josée Deshaies	Babysitter
2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards
	André Turpin	The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain)	[27]
	Steve Asselin	1995	[28]
	André Dufour	Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful (Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles)
	Vincent Gonneville	Hunting Daze (Jour de chasse)
	Mathieu Laverdière	Solo
	Jean-François Lord	Ru
	Shawn Pavlin	Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)

Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins Wins Cinematographer 7 André Turpin 3 Pierre Mignot Sara Mishara 2 Yves Bélanger Nicolas Bolduc Alain Dostie Pierre Gill

Three or more nominations Nominations Cinematographer 13 André Turpin 9 Sara Mishara 8 Steve Asselin 6 Nicolas Bolduc 5 Pierre Gill Michel La Veaux Mathieu Laverdière 4 Yves Bélanger Bernard Couture Daniel Jobin Pierre Mignot 3 Josée Deshaies Alain Dostie Guy Dufaux Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky Ronald Plante

Combined totals for Best Cinematography and Best Cinematography in a Documentary

Multiple wins Wins Cinematographer 7 André Turpin 3 Pierre Mignot Sara Mishara 2 Yves Bélanger Nicolas Bolduc Alain Dostie Pierre Gill Mathieu Laverdière

Three or more nominations Nominations Cinematographer 13 André Turpin 9 Sara Mishara 8 Steve Asselin 6 Nicolas Bolduc 5 Pierre Gill Michel La Veaux Mathieu Laverdière 4 Yves Bélanger Bernard Couture Josée Deshaies Daniel Jobin François Messier-Rheault Pierre Mignot 3 Nicolas Canniccioni Alain Dostie Guy Dufaux Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky Ronald Plante Tobie Marier Robitaille

See also

• Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography