# Alain Dostie

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**Alain Dostie** (born September 12, 1943) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [cinematographer](/source/Cinematographer), [film director](/source/Film_director) and [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter). His work includes *[Silk](/source/Silk_(2007_film))*, *[The Red Violin](/source/The_Red_Violin)* and *[The Confessional](/source/The_Confessional_(film))*. He was nominated for a [Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography](/source/Genie_Award_for_Best_Achievement_in_Cinematography) for his work in *Silk*.

## Recognition

- 1987 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - *[In the Shadow of the Wind](/source/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Wind) (Les Fous de Bassan)* - Nominated

- 1993 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - *[Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould](/source/Thirty-Two_Short_Films_About_Glenn_Gould)* - Won

- 1996 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - *The Confessional* - Nominated

- 1999 [Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography](/source/Genie_Award_for_Best_Achievement_in_Cinematography) - *[The Red Violin](/source/The_Red_Violin)* - Won

- 1999 [Jutra Award](/source/Jutra_Award) for Best Cinematography - *The Red Violin* - Won

- 2001 [Gemini Award](/source/Gemini_Award) for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series - *[Nuremberg](/source/Nuremberg_(miniseries))* - Nominated

- 2002 [Jutra Award](/source/Jutra_Award) Best Cinematography - *[February 15, 1839](/source/February_15%2C_1839) (15 février 1839)* - Nominated

- 2008 [Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography](/source/Genie_Award_for_Best_Achievement_in_Cinematography) - *[Silk](/source/Silk_(2007_film))* - Nominee

## External links

- [Alain Dostie](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234500/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television listing of wins/nominations by Alain Dostie](https://web.archive.org/web/20110716093603/http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?nname=alain+dostie&winonly=0&awards=0&rtype=1&curstep=4&submit.x=21&submit.y=12)

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v t e Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography Canadian Film Award 1963–1978 Donald Wilder and Guy Borremans (1963) Stan Brede and John Spotton (1964) Francis Chapman, Christopher Chapman and Jean-Claude Labrecque (1965) Jean-Claude Labrecque and Georges Dufaux (1966) Gilles Gascon and Grahame Woods (1967) Georges Dufaux and Bernard Gosselin (1968) Réo Grégoire and Tony Ianzelo (1969) Bernard Chentrier (1970) Michel Brault (1971) Michel Brault (1972) Donald Wilder (1973) no award (1974) Paul Van der Linden (1975) Richard Leiterman (1976) Pierre Mignot (1977) Miklós Lente (1978) Genie Award 1980–2011 John Coquillon (1980) Michel Brault (1981) Richard Leiterman (1982) Michel Brault (1983) Pierre Mignot (1984) Pierre Mignot (1985) François Protat (1986) Pierre Mignot (1987) Guy Dufaux (1988) Peter Suschitzky (1989) Guy Dufaux (1990) Peter James (1991) Peter Suschitzky (1992) Alain Dostie (1993) Paul Sarossy (1994) Thomas Burstyn (1995) Peter Suschitzky (1996) Paul Sarossy (1997) Alain Dostie (1998) Paul Sarossy (1999) André Turpin (2000) Pierre Gill (2001) Paul Sarossy (2002) Allen Smith (2003) Paul Sarossy (2004) Giles Nuttgens (2005) Pierre Gill (2006) Peter Suschitzky (2007) Gregory Middleton (2008) Pierre Gill (2009) André Turpin (2010) Jean-François Lord (2011) Canadian Screen Award 2012–present Nicolas Bolduc (2012) Nicolas Bolduc (2013) André Turpin (2014) Yves Bélanger (2015) André Turpin (2016) Nicolas Bolduc (2017) Sara Mishara (2018) Norm Li (2019) Maya Bankovic (2020) Sara Mishara (2021) Sara Mishara (2022) Jared Raab (2023) Gayle Ye (2024) Jeremy Benning (2025) Note: From 1963 to 1969, two separate awards were consistently presented for colour and black-and-white cinematography. This distinction did not continue from 1970 on.

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