André Turpin (born 1966) is a French Canadian cinematographer, film director, and screenwriter.
Career As a cinematographer, he has won over a dozen awards, including Canadian Screen Awards for Best Cinematography his work on Xavier Dolan's films Mommy (2014) and It's Only the End of the World (2016). He has also won two Genie Awards for Best Cinematography, for Maelström (2000) at the 21st Genie Awards"It's a Maelstrom at the Genie awards". The Globe and Mail, January 30, 2001. and for Incendies (2010) at the 31st Genie Awards."'Incendies', 'Barney's' top Genies" . Brockville Recorder, March 10, 2011.
In 2015, he was the cinematographer on Adele's music video for "Hello",T'cha Dunlevy, "'Adele and I were on the same wavelength,' Xavier Dolan says of Hello video". Montreal Gazette, October 23, 2015. for which he received an MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards."MTV Video Music Awards: Xavier Dolan et André Turpin nommés". La Presse, July 27, 2016.
As a director and screenwriter, he is best known for his work on the 2001 film Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête), which was chosen as Canada's submission to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards,"Un Crabe selected for Oscar run". Playback, November 11, 2002. though it was not ultimately nominated. The film also received nominations for Best Picture and Best Screenplay at the 22nd Genie Awards, and won several Jutra Awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography.
At the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, Turpin and Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette were nominated for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama for their short film Ina Litovski.
Alongside Nicolas Bolduc, Erik Ljung, Tobie Marier Robitaille, Sara Mishara, Alexia Toman and Van Royko, he won a Gémeaux Award for Best Photography in a Documentary or Public Affairs program in 2024 for Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident (Lac-Mégantic : ceci n’est pas un accident).Élise Jetté, "Le Bye Bye 2023 remporte 6 trophées au Gala de l’industrie des prix Gémeaux 2024". Ici Radio-Canada, September 14, 2024.
Personal life He is married to film director Louise Archambault.Adam Nayman, "Louise Archambault". The Canadian Encyclopedia, August 20, 2014.
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 - Atomic Saké 1999 - Matroni and Me (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 - Remember Me (Mémorable moi) 2013 - Whitewash 2013 - Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) 2014 - Mommy 2015 - "Hello" (Music video for Adele) 2016 - It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) 2018 - The Death and Life of John F. Donovan 2019 - Matthias & Maxime 2019 - Playmobil: The Movie 2022 - The Night Logan Woke Up (La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé) 2023 - The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain) 2025 - Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers)
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
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