Luc Montpellier

Canadian cinematographer

Luc Montpellier is a Canadian cinematographer.^[1] He is most noted for his work on the 2013 film It Was You Charlie, for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Cinematography at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.^[2]

He has also been a Canadian Society of Cinematographers award winner for Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Short in 2000 for the short film Soul Cages,^[3] and a Gemini Award winner for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series at the 18th Gemini Awards in 2003 for the television film Hemingway vs. Callaghan.^[4]

He is a native of the Chelmsford neighbourhood in Sudbury, Ontario,^[5] and an alumnus of the film school at Ryerson University.^[3]

Filmography

Film

1994 - 1994
1996 - Le Vidangeur
1998 - Jack and Jill
1999 - Dizzy
2000 - Prelude
2000 - Soul Cages
2001 - Khaled
2001 - I Shout Love
2002 - Sweetener
2003 - Regarding
2003 - Luck
2003 - The Saddest Music in the World
2004 - Aadan
2005 - Sabah
2005 - Elephant Shoes
2005 - Sshtoorrty
2005 - Love Is Work
2006 - Away from Her
2007 - Poor Boy's Game
2007 - Song of Slomon
2007 - Emotional Arithmetic
2008 - Night Vision
2008 - Norm
2009 - The Cry of the Owl
2009 - Cairo Time
2009 - Bouma
2010 - Hot Water
2011 - Cell 213
2011 - Take This Waltz
2011 - Happy Slapping
2012 - Inescapable
2013 - Cottage Country
2013 - The Right Kind of Wrong
2013 - It Was You Charlie
2014 - Happy 1 Year
2018 - Splinters
2019 - Juanita
2020 - Percy
2022 - The Last Mark
2022 - Women Talking

Television

2000 - Our Hero
2000 - Foreign Objects
2002 - An American in Canada
2003 - Hemingway vs. Callaghan
2003 - My Life as a Movie
2004 - The Shields Stories
2004 - Zeyda and the Hitman
2004 - Dark Oracle
2005 - Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber
2005 - Cool Money
2006 - At the Hotel
2006 - Northern Town
2008 - Flashpoint
2009 - Retail
2009 - Being Erica
2009 - Cra$h & Burn
2010 - Tangled
2011 - King
2013 - This Is Scarlett and Isaiah
2013 - Lucky 7
2015 - Battle Creek
2016 - Damien
2016 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
2017 - Incorporated
2018 - Counterpart
2019 - Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
2020 - Tales from the Loop
2020 - Tiny Pretty Things
2022 - Tell Me Lies

References

^ Brooklyn Neustaeter, "'Women Talking': How cinematography shows the story of abuse and recovery". CTV News, September 11, 2022.
^ Ryan Lattanzio, "Canadian Academy Awards Nominate ‘Mommy,’ ‘Maps to the Stars’". IndieWire, January 13, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Mark Dillon, "Montpellier helps bring cinematic approach to Foreign Objects". Playback, August 21, 2000.
^ Oliver Lyttelton, "On The Rise ’12: 5 Cinematographers Lighting Up Screens In Recent Years". IndieWire, June 26, 2012.
^ Michael James, "Cinematographer shooting for the top in Canadian film industry". Sudbury.com, March 20, 2006.