Guy Dufaux (; born July 18, 1943, in

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

) is a French-born

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

. The majority of his works have been in Canadian cinema; he immigrated to Canada in 1965 and became a

Canadian citizen Canadian nationality law details the conditions in which a person is a national of Canada. With few exceptions, almost all individuals born in the country are automatically citizens at birth. Foreign nationals may naturalize after living in C ...

in 1971. He is also the father of Montréal-based sculptor Pascal Dufaux and the brother of the late Canadian documentary filmmaker,

Georges Dufaux Georges Dufaux (; March 17, 1927 in Lille, France – November 8, 2008 in Switzerland) was a Canadian documentary film director and cinematographer. Biography After graduating in 1953 from the École nationale de photographie et de ciném ...

Recognition

* 2006

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Internat ...

Best Artistic Contribution - '' The Chinese Botanist's Daughters'' - Won * 2002

Jutra Award The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Tar Angel ''Tar Angel'' (french: L'Ange de goudron) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2001. Directed by Denis Chouinard, the film stars Zinedine Soualem as Ahmet Kasmi, the patriarch of a family of Algerian refugees in Montreal whose values are tested ...

'' - Nominated * 2002 Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards Kodak New Century Award * 2001

Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Achievement in Cinematography, to honour the best Canadian film cinematography. The award was first presented in 1963 as part of the Canadian Film Awards, with separate ...

- '' Stardom'' - Nominated * 2001

Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States ...

for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series - '' Haven'' - Won * 2000 Jutra Award for Best Cinematography (Meilleure Photographie) - ''

The Eleventh Child ''The Eleventh Child'' ( vi, Nguol thùa) is a drama film, directed by Dai Sijie and released in 1998.Godfrey Cheshire"The Eleventh Child" ''Variety'', September 28, 1998. A coproduction of companies from Vietnam, France and Canada, the film stars ...

'' - Nominated * 1996 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - ''

Polygraph A polygraph, often incorrectly referred to as a lie detector test, is a device or procedure that measures and records several physiological indicators such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while a person is asked an ...

(Le Polygraphe)'' - Nominated * 1992 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - ''

Léolo ''Léolo'' is a 1992 Canadian coming of age film, coming of age-fantasy film by director Jean-Claude Lauzon. The film tells the story of a young boy named Léo "Léolo" Lauzon, played by Maxime Collin, who engages in an active Fantasy (psychology), ...

'' - Nominated * 1991 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - '' Moody Beach'' - Nominated * 1991 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - '' Nelligan'' - Nominated * 1990 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - ''

Jesus of Montreal ''Jesus of Montreal'' (french: Jésus de Montréal) is a 1989 French Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand, and starring Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening and Johanne-Marie Tremblay. The film tells the story of a grou ...

'' - Won * 1988 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - ''

Night Zoo ''Night Zoo'' (french: Un Zoo la nuit) is a 1987 Canadian film. It is directed and written by Jean-Claude Lauzon. It made its debut at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film ...

'' - Won * 1987 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - ''

Equinox A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun crosses the Earth's equator, which is to say, appears directly above the equator, rather than north or south of the equator. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise "due east" and se ...

(Équinoxe)'' - Nominated

External links

*
The Film Reference Library
1943 births Living people Best Cinematography Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian cinematographers French emigrants to Canada People from Lille {{Canada-film-director-stub