Mathieu Laverdière is a Canadian cinematographer. He is a two-time winner at the Prix Iris, winning Best Cinematography at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021 for Underground (Souterrain), and Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2024 for Mother Saigon.
He is a two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Cinematography, receiving nominations at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 for Henri Henri and at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres), and received three prior Jutra/Iris nominations for Best Cinematography at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013 for The Torrent (Le Torrent), at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015 for Henri Henri, and at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux).
Selected filmography
- Lost Song - 2008
- Men for Sale (Hommes à louer) - 2008
- Twice a Woman (Deux fois une femme) - 2010
- Nuit #1 - 2011
- Wintergreen (Paparmane) - 2012
- Gabrielle - 2013
- Love in the Time of Civil War (L'amour au temps de la guerre civile) - 2014
- Our Loved Ones (Les êtres chers) - 2015
- On My Mother's Side (L'Origine des espèces) - 2015
- Shambles (Maudite poutine) - 2016
- The Cyclotron - 2016
- Family First (Chien de garde) - 2018
- Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose) - 2019
- The Acrobat (L'Acrobate) - 2019
- Laughter (Le Rire) - 2020
- Underground (Souterrain) - 2020
- A Revision (Une révision) - 2021
- Solo - 2023
- One Summer (Le temps d'un été) - 2023
- Mother Saigon - 2023
References
- Frédéric Bouchard, "Mathieu Laverdière relève les défis du tournage de « Souterrain »". Lien Multimédia, August 15, 2019.
- "La déesse des mouches à feu se distingue au Gala Artisans Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, June 3, 2021.
- Charles-Henri Ramond, "Gala Artisans 2024: les lauréats dévoilés". Films du Québec, December 5, 2024.
- Katie Bailey, "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Feature film categories". Playback, February 15, 2015.
- François Lévesque, "Le Québec brille aux prix Écrans canadiens". Le Devoir, January 17, 2018.
- "Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013.
- "Dolan contre Dolan à la 17e Soirée des Jutra". Ici Radio-Canada, January 26, 2015.
- Demers, Maxime (April 23, 2020). "Prix Iris: les réalisatrices à l'honneur". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- Jay Weissberg, "Locarno Film Review: ‘Gabrielle’". Variety, August 20, 2013.
- Boyd van Hoeij, "'Love in the Time of Civil War' ('L'amour au temps de la guerre civile'): Toronto Review". The Hollywood Reporter, September 25, 2014.