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
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Xavier Dolan
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It's Only the End of the World
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'' (2016). He has also won two
Genie Award
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Incendies
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'' (2010) at the 31st Genie Awards.
In 2015, he was the cinematographer on
Adele
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's music video for "
Hello
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", for which he received an
MTV Video Music Award
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nomination for Best Cinematography at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.
As a director and screenwriter, he is best known for his work on the 2001 film ''
Soft Shell Man
''Soft Shell Man'' (french: Un crabe dans la tête) is a Québécois film, directed by André Turpin released in 2001.
The film was shot September to October 2000 in Aylmer, Quebec and Montreal.
Synopsis
Alex, a young photographer, continua ...
'' (''Un crabe dans la tête''), which was chosen as Canada's submission to the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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at the
75th Academy Awards
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, though it was not ultimately nominated. The film also received nominations for
Best Picture
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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Jutra Awards
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Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
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were nominated for the
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for their
short film
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''Ina Litovski''.
Personal life
He is married to film director
Louise Archambault
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The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Cosmos
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''
*1997 - ''
The Countess of Baton Rouge
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Synopsis
The story begins in a contemporary Montreal theatre where a projectionist describes ...
(La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)''
*1998 - ''
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(Un 32 août sur terre)''
*1999 - ''
Atomic Saké
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''
*1999 - ''
Matroni and Me
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*2001 - ''
Soft Shell Man
''Soft Shell Man'' (french: Un crabe dans la tête) is a Québécois film, directed by André Turpin released in 2001.
The film was shot September to October 2000 in Aylmer, Quebec and Montreal.
Synopsis
Alex, a young photographer, continua ...
(Un crabe dans la tête)''
*2004 - ''
Childstar
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Congorama
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Plot
Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interraci ...
''
*2008 - ''
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(C'est pas moi, je le jure!)''
*2010 - ''
Incendies
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''
*2012 - ''
Ina Litovski
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Whitewash
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''
*2013 - ''
Tom at the Farm
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Hello
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" (Music video for
Adele
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)
*2016 - ''
It's Only the End of the World
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Matthias & Maxime
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Cosmos
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'' ("Jules & Fanny")
*2001 - ''
Soft Shell Man
''Soft Shell Man'' (french: Un crabe dans la tête) is a Québécois film, directed by André Turpin released in 2001.
The film was shot September to October 2000 in Aylmer, Quebec and Montreal.
Synopsis
Alex, a young photographer, continua ...
(Un crabe dans la tête)''
*2012 - ''
Ina Litovski
''Ina Litovski'' is a Canadian short drama film directed by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette and André Turpin, released in 2012. The film stars Marine Johnson as Sophie, a young music student preparing for her school violin recital, and struggling to c ...
''
*2012 - ''Sept heures trois fois par année''
*2014 - ''Prends-moi''
*2015 - '' Endorphine''