Guy Borremans

{{Short description|Belgian-Canadian cinematographer and photographer}} '''Guy Borremans''' (July 11, 1934 - December 29, 2012) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]]-[[Canadians|Canadian]] cinematographer and photographer.<ref name=nadeau>Jean-François Nadeau, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/actualites-culturelles/367450/deces-du-photographe-guy-borremans "Décès du photographe Guy Borremans"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', January 2, 2013.</ref> He was most noted for his work on [[Clément Perron]]'s film ''[[Day After Day (film)|Day After Day]] (Jour après jour)'', for which he won the [[Canadian Film Award]] for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography|Best Black-and-White Cinematography]] at the [[15th Canadian Film Awards]] in 1963.<ref name=topalovich>Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. [[Stoddart Publishing]], 2000. {{ISBN|0-7737-3238-1}}. pp. 61-63.</ref>

Born and raised in [[Dinant]], [[Belgium]], Borremans moved to Canada with his family in 1951.<ref name=nadeau/> Strongly influenced by [[surrealism]], he was closely associated with the [[Les Automatistes]] arts movement.<ref name=nadeau/> As a cinematographer, he was associated primarily with documentary films, with other credits including Wealth of a Nation (1964), a production for the [[United States Information Agency|US Information Agency]] directed by [[William Greaves]], ''[[À St-Henri le cinq septembre]]'', ''[[Golden Gloves (1961 film)|Golden Gloves]]'', ''[[Manouane River Lumberjacks]] (Bûcherons de la Manouane)'' and ''[[24 heures ou plus]]''.

He was married to actress [[Luce Guilbeault]].<ref name=nadeau/> Following her death in 1991, he remarried to Mary Kostman.

He died on December 29, 2012, in [[Trois-Rivières]].<ref name=nadeau/> In 2016 Ariel Borremans, his son with Guilbeault, published the book ''Ma mère dans l'oeil de mon père'', a collection of his photographs of Guilbeault throughout their marriage.<ref name="AubertHomage">{{Cite news|title=Luce Guilbeault: le bel hommage d'un fils à sa mère |trans-title=Luce Guilbeault: the beautiful homage of a son to his mother |work=canoe.com| publisher=Quebecor |first=Antoine |last=Aubert |language=fr |date=October 27, 2016}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0097353}}

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