Philippe Lavalette

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Philippe Lavalette is a Canadian cinematographer, writer and documentary filmmaker from Quebec. [1] He is most noted for his work on the 2012 film Inch'Allah , for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Cinematography at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013. [2]

His other film credits have included Twilight (La Brunante), Victoria , The Wolves (Les Loups), A Cargo to Africa and After the Odyssey (Au lendemain de l'odyssée).

In 2017 he published his debut novel, Petite Madeleine. [3] He has also published La mesure du monde, a memoir of his career in film.

He is the husband of filmmaker Manon Barbeau, and the father of filmmaker and writer Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette. [4]

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