Alain Dostie

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Alain Dostie (born September 12, 1943) is a Canadian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. His work includes Silk , The Red Violin and The Confessional . He was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for his work in Silk.

Recognition

1987 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - In the Shadow of the Wind (Les Fous de Bassan) - Nominated
1993 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould - Won
1996 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - The Confessional - Nominated
1999 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - The Red Violin - Won
1999 Jutra Award for Best Cinematography - The Red Violin - Won
2001 Gemini Award for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series - Nuremberg - Nominated
2002 Jutra Award Best Cinematography - February 15, 1839 (15 février 1839) - Nominated
2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - Silk - Nominee

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v t e Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography
Canadian Film Award 1963–1978	Donald Wilder and Guy Borremans (1963) Stan Brede and John Spotton (1964) Francis Chapman, Christopher Chapman and Jean-Claude Labrecque (1965) Jean-Claude Labrecque and Georges Dufaux (1966) Gilles Gascon and Grahame Woods (1967) Georges Dufaux and Bernard Gosselin (1968) Réo Grégoire and Tony Ianzelo (1969) Bernard Chentrier (1970) Michel Brault (1971) Michel Brault (1972) Donald Wilder (1973) no award (1974) Paul Van der Linden (1975) Richard Leiterman (1976) Pierre Mignot (1977) Miklós Lente (1978)
Genie Award 1980–2011	John Coquillon (1980) Michel Brault (1981) Richard Leiterman (1982) Michel Brault (1983) Pierre Mignot (1984) Pierre Mignot (1985) François Protat (1986) Pierre Mignot (1987) Guy Dufaux (1988) Peter Suschitzky (1989) Guy Dufaux (1990) Peter James (1991) Peter Suschitzky (1992) Alain Dostie (1993) Paul Sarossy (1994) Thomas Burstyn (1995) Peter Suschitzky (1996) Paul Sarossy (1997) Alain Dostie (1998) Paul Sarossy (1999) André Turpin (2000) Pierre Gill (2001) Paul Sarossy (2002) Allen Smith (2003) Paul Sarossy (2004) Giles Nuttgens (2005) Pierre Gill (2006) Peter Suschitzky (2007) Gregory Middleton (2008) Pierre Gill (2009) André Turpin (2010) Jean-François Lord (2011)
Canadian Screen Award 2012–present	Nicolas Bolduc (2012) Nicolas Bolduc (2013) André Turpin (2014) Yves Bélanger (2015) André Turpin (2016) Nicolas Bolduc (2017) Sara Mishara (2018) Norm Li (2019) Maya Bankovic (2020) Sara Mishara (2021) Sara Mishara (2022) Jared Raab (2023)
Note: From 1963 to 1969, two separate awards were consistently presented for colour and black-and-white cinematography. This distinction did not continue from 1970 on.