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]

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

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

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Film

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Year Title Director Notes
2000 L'invention de l'amour Claude Demers
2003 How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause Sébastien Rose
Le piège d'Issoudun Micheline Lanctôt  
2005 La vie avec mon père Sébastien Rose
Eve and the Fire Horse Julia Kwan
2008 Truffe Kim Nguyen
Le Banquet Sébastien Rose  
2009 Blind Spot Himself
Fabrice Barrilliet
Julien Knafo
Marie-Hélène Panisset
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2010 City of Shadows Kim Nguyen With Giulio Pietromarchi
Fatal Michaël Youn
Die Dominic James
2011 Fear of Water Gabriel Pelletier
2012 War Witch Kim Nguyen  
Avant que mon coeur bascule Sébastien 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
2024 Le Comte de Monte-Cristo Alexandre de La Patellière
Matthieu Delaporte

Short film

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Year Title Director Notes
2001 Des enfants de trop... Myreille Bédard  
2004 Le 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
2007 Et si... l'espace d'un instant Fabrice Barrilliet
Une femme de bien bonne humeur Marie-Hélène Panisset
Can You Wave Bye-Bye? Sarah Galea-Davis
Victor Gazon Patrick Gazé
2008 Next Floor Denis Villeneuve
2009 King Chicken Himself Also credited as writer and co-producer
2012 Denis Marleau Kim Nguyen
2018 Paseo Matthew Hannam

Television

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

Documentary works

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Film

Year Title Director Notes
2016 What Lies Below Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais With Nicolas Fransolet and Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais

TV series

Year Title Director Notes
2023 Lac-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

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Canadian Screen Awards

Year Title Category Result Ref.
2012 War Witch Best Cinematography Won [3]
2013 Enemy Won [4]
2017 Hochelaga, Land of Souls Won [9]

Prix Iris

Year Title Category Result Ref.
2012 War Witch Best Cinematography Won [5]
2013 Louis Cyr Nominated [6]
2016 Two Lovers and a Bear Nominated [7]
2017 Hochelaga, Land of Souls Won [10]

Camerimage

Year Title Category Result Ref.
2012 War Witch Golden Frog Won [8]

References

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  1. ^ "Nicolas Bolduc" (in French). AlloCiné. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  2. ^ Wheeler, Brad (5 June 2015). "Aloft: Past meets present in director Claudia Llosa's beautifully grim world". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "War Witch wins at the first Canadian Screen Awards". Tribute. March 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b Barnard, Linda (9 March 2014). "Enemy biggest movie winner at Canadian Screen Awards". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b Vlessing, Etan (19 March 2013). "Kim Nguyen's War Witch dominates Jutras in Quebec". Playback. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Domination musclée de Louis Cyr aux nominations des Jutra". Le Devoir (in French). 28 January 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  7. ^ a b Boutros, Magdaline (5 April 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  8. ^ a b Caranicas, Peter (20 October 2017). "Camerimage Film Festival Includes 'Mother!,' 'Wonder Wheel' and 'Wonderstruck' in Main Competition". Variety. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  9. ^ a b Ahearn, Victoria. "'The Breadwinner' among early Canadian Screen Awards winners". National Post. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  10. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Normand Provencher, "Lucidité passagère: petites crises entre amis". Le Soleil, March 20, 2010.
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