Douglas Koch

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Douglas Koch
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
OccupationCinematographer

Douglas Koch is a Canadian cinematographer who has won honours at the Canadian Screen Awards and Canadian Music Video Awards.

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Koch is from Vancouver and studied film at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, finishing in 1983. [1] He went on to shoot music videos for artists such as Anne Murray and Sarah McLachlan, winning a cinematography award at the MuchMusic Video Awards in 1994 for "And if Venice Is Sinking". [1]

He was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Cinematography for I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987) and Last Night (1998), as well as for the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature for Last Night. [1] In 2015, he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series for HBO Canada and Bell Media's episode "The Three Sisters" in the TV series Sensitive Skin . [2] He was nominated for the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award for Theatrical Feature Cinematography for the 2018 Through Black Spruce . [3]

Filmography

Documentary film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1984SnowscreenRobert ShoubWith Robert Shoub
1987The Sexiest AnimalStephen WithrowWith Rhett Morita
1991 The Falls Kevin McMahon

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1987 I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Patricia Rozema
Night Friend Peter Gerretsen
1988 Martha, Ruth & Edie Deepa Mehta
Norma Bailey
Danièle J. Suissa
Dear JohnCatherine Lord
Turnabout Don Owen With John Herzog
1989Friends, Lovers, & LunaticsStephen Withrow
1990 Defy Gravity Michael Gibson
1995 When Night Is Falling Patricia Rozema
1998Last Night Don McKellar
2002 Bollywood/Hollywood Deepa Mehta
2003 The Republic of Love
2013 The Grand Seduction Don McKelllar
2018 Through Black Spruce
2020 Funny Boy Deepa Mehta
2022 Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg
2024 Humane Caitlin Cronenberg
2024 The Shrouds David Cronenberg

Short film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1991 Battle of the Bulge Arlene Hazzan Green
1993 Collateral Damage Leonard Farlinger
1999RustyJeremy Hindle
2000A Word from the Management Don McKellar Segment of Preludes
2008The CatsitterTim Hamilton
2015It's Not YouDon McKellar
2023Moments Away Stephanie Morgenstern
Alone Charles Uwagbai
Meta MomSimone Stock
Black ParisSid Zanforlin

Television

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
1987The Kidnapping of Baby John DoePeter Gerretsen
2002Untitled Secret Service Project Rupert Wainwright
2004 Meltdown Jeremiah S. Chechik
2017Perverts Anonymous: Episodes 1-3Tim Hamilton
Perverts Anonymous: Episode 1, Disguises

TV series

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2007Not This But ThisMark Mainguy
The Bronx Is Burning Jeremiah S. Chechik Miniseries
2008 The Middleman Episode "The Pilot Episode Sanction"
2011–2017 Michael: Every Day Don McKellar
Alison Maclean
Patricia Rozema
All 18 episodes
2013Bodyslam Robert Budreau TV special
2014–2016 Sensitive Skin Don McKellarAll 12 episodes
2015 The Second City Project Tim Hamilton
2022 Children Ruin Everything Renuka Jeyapalan
Melanie Orr
Season 1

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Dillon, Mark (3 May 1999). "DOP: The versatile Doug Koch". Playback . Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. Playback Staff (13 January 2015). "Canadian Screen Awards '15: Craft category nominees". Playback . Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. "The 63rd Annual Csc Award Nominees" (PDF). Canadian Society of Cinematographers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.