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Biography
André Turpin (born 1966) is a Canadian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. As a cinematographer, he is a two-time Genie Award winner for Best Cinematography, for Maelström at the 21st Genie Awards and for Incendies at the 31st Genie Awards, and a five-time winner of the Jutra Award for Best Cinematography, for Maelström, Incendies, It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!), Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête) and Mommy. As a director he is best known for Un crabe dans la tête, which was Canada's submission to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards.
He has also been nominated five other times for Best Cinematography at each of the Genie and Jutra Awards, and was a nominee for Best Screenplay for Un crabe dans la tête at the 22nd Genie Awards. At the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, Turpin and Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette were nominees for Best Live Action Short Drama for Ina Litovski.
Filmography
Cinematographer
- 1992 - Croix de bois
- 1993 - Because Why
- 1995 - Zigrail
- 1996 - Cosmos
- 1997 - The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)
- 1998 - August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre)
- 1999 - Matroni et moi
- 2000 - Maelström
- 2001 - Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête)
- 2004 - Childstar
- 2005 - Familia
- 2006 - Congorama
- 2008 - It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!)
- 2010 - Incendies
- 2012 - Ina Litovski
- 2013 - Whitewash
- 2013 - Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme)
- 2014 - Mommy
- 2015 - Hello
Director
- 1995 - Zigrail
- 1996 - Cosmos ("Jules & Fanny")
- 2001 - Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête)
- 2012 - Ina Litovski
- 2012 - Sept heures trois fois par année
- 2014 - Prends-moi
- 2015 - Endorphine