Nicolas Bolduc

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Nicolas Bolduc
Born (1973-03-05) March 5, 1973 (age 51)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationCinematographer
Awards Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography

Nicolas Bolduc (born 5 March 1973) [1] is a Canadian cinematographer from Montreal, Quebec. [2] He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography two years in a row, in the 1st Canadian Screen Awards and 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, for War Witch (2012) and Enemy (2013). [3] [4] He also won the Jutra Award for War Witch, [5] and was nominated the next year for Louis Cyr . [6] Bolduc was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Prix Iris in 2017 for Two Lovers and a Bear . [7]

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With Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017), he competed at Camerimage, [8] and won Best Cinematography at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards. [9] He also won Best Cinematography at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards for Hochelaga, Land of Souls. [10]

He was one of four directors, alongside Fabrice Barrilliet, Julien Knafo and Marie-Hélène Panisset, of the 2009 collective film Blind Spot . [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2000L'invention de l'amourClaude Demers
2003 How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause Sébastien Rose
Le piège d'Issoudun Micheline Lanctôt  
2005La vie avec mon pèreSébastien Rose
Eve and the Fire Horse Julia Kwan
2008Truffe Kim Nguyen
Le Banquet Sébastien Rose 
2009 Blind Spot Himself
Fabrice Barrilliet
Julien Knafo
Marie-Hélène Panisset
[11]
2010 City of Shadows Kim NguyenWith Giulio Pietromarchi
Fatal Michaël Youn
Die Dominic James
2011 Fear of Water Gabriel Pelletier
2012 War Witch Kim Nguyen 
Avant que mon coeur basculeSébastien Rose
2013 Louis Cyr Daniel Roby  
Enemy Denis Villeneuve  
2014 Aloft Claudia Llosa
2016 Two Lovers and a Bear Kim Nguyen 
Chuck Philippe Falardeau
2017 Mr. & Mrs. Adelman Nicolas Bedos
Hochelaga, Land of Souls François Girard
2018 The Hummingbird Project Kim Nguyen
2019 La Belle Époque Nicolas Bedos
2021 Crisis Nicholas Jarecki
2022 American Dreamer Paul Dektor
2023 The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan Martin Bourboulon Shot back-to-back
The Three Musketeers: Milady
2024Le Comte de Monte-CristoAlexandre de La Patellière
Matthieu Delaporte

Short film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2001Des enfants de trop...Myreille Bédard 
2004Le bonheur est dans les prés mais parfois c'est
au fond d'un océan de souffrance qu'on finit par le trouver
Marie-Hélène Panisset
2007Et si... l'espace d'un instantFabrice Barrilliet
Une femme de bien bonne humeurMarie-Hélène Panisset
Can You Wave Bye-Bye? Sarah Galea-Davis
Victor Gazon Patrick Gazé
2008 Next Floor Denis Villeneuve
2009King ChickenHimselfAlso credited as writer and co-producer
2012 Denis Marleau Kim Nguyen
2018 Paseo Matthew Hannam

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2008Collection Fred Vargas Josée Dayan Episode "Sous les vents de Neptune"
2021 The North Water Andrew Haigh Miniseries

Documentary works

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2016What Lies Below Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais With Nicolas Fransolet and Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais

TV series

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2023Lac-Mégantic - ceci n'est pas un accident Philippe Falardeau With Tobie Marier Robitaille, Sara Mishara,
Van Royko, Alexia Toman and André Turpin

Awards and nominations

Canadian Screen Awards

YearTitleCategoryResultRef.
2012War Witch Best Cinematography Won [3]
2013EnemyWon [4]
2017Hochelaga, Land of SoulsWon [9]

Prix Iris

YearTitleCategoryResultRef.
2012War Witch Best Cinematography Won [5]
2013Louis CyrNominated [6]
2016Two Lovers and a BearNominated [7]
2017Hochelaga, Land of SoulsWon [10]

Camerimage

YearTitleCategoryResultRef.
2012War Witch Golden Frog Won [8]

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References

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  10. 1 2 Pradier, Samuel (29 May 2018). "Gala Artisans Québec Cinéma: cinq Iris pour 'Les affamés'". Le Journal de Montreal (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  11. 1 2 Normand Provencher, "Lucidité passagère: petites crises entre amis". Le Soleil , March 20, 2010.