# Prix Iris for Best Cinematography in a Documentary

The Prix Iris for Best Cinematography in a Documentary (French: Prix Iris de la meilleure direction de la photographie d'un long métrage documentaire) is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best cinematography in documentary films made within the Cinema of Quebec.
The award was presented for the first time at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017.
With his win for Mother Saigon (Má Sài Gòn), Mathieu Laverdière became the first cinematographer to receive an award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary and Best Cinematography, having previously won for Underground (Souterrain).

## 2010s

| Year | Cinematographer | Film |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Étienne Roussy | Gulîstan, Land of Roses (Gulîstan, terre de roses) |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Jérémie Battaglia | Perfect (Parfaites) |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | John Price | I Am the Blues |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Sébastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque | Living With Giants (Chez les géants) |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Olivier Tétreault | Manor (Manoir) |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | François Messier-Rheault | A Skin So Soft (Ta peau si lisse) |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Benoit Aquin, Mathieu Roy | The Dispossessed (Les dépossédés) |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Samuel de Chavigny | Far Away Lands (Les terres lointaines) |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | François Jacob, Vuk Stojanovic, Ilya Zima | A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Sur la lune de nickel) |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Étienne Roussy | Destierros |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Danae Elon, Itamar Mendes Flohr | A Sister's Song |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Benjamín Echazarreta | Cielo |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Sylvestre Guidi | New Memories |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Alexandre Lampron | Des histoires inventées |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Matthieu Rytz | Anote's Ark |

## 2020s

| Year | Cinematographer | Film |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Pedro Pires | Alexander Odyssey (Alexandre le fou) |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Dominic Dorval, Vincent Masse, Thomas Rinfret, Richard Tremblay | Mad Dog and the Butcher (Les Derniers vilains) |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Sami Mermer | Xalko |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | François Messier-Rheault, Ernesto Pardo | Dark Suns (Soleils noirs) |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Pedro Ruiz | Havana, from on High (Sur les toits Havane) |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Olivier Higgins, Renaud Philippe | Wandering: A Rohingya Story (Errance sans retour) |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Sarah Baril Gaudet | Passage |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Hugo Gendron, Michel Valiquette | Call Me Human (Je m’appelle humain) |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Mathieu Perrault Lapierre | The 108 Journey |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Marianne Ploska | Prayer for a Lost Mitten (Prière pour une mitaine perdue) |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Tobie Marier Robitaille, Josée Deshaies | Big Giant Wave (Comme une vague) |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | David Nadeau-Bernatchez, Sammy Baloji, Kiripi Katembo Siku | Rumba Rules, New Genealogies (Rumba Rules, nouvelles généalogies) |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Ariel Méthot | Dehors Serge dehors |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Léna Mill-Reuillard | Sisterhood (Ainsi soient-elles) |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Claire Sanford, Sam Trudelle | Fanny: The Right to Rock |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Jacquelyn Mills | Geographies of Solitude |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Geoffroy Beauchemin | Humus |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Nicolas Canniccioni, Arshia Shakiba | Rojek |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Joannie Lafrenière | Gabor |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Maude Plante-Husaruk | Far Beyond the Pasturelands (Au-delà des hautes vallées) |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Mathieu Laverdière | Mother Saigon (Má Sài Gòn) |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Philippe Lavalette | After the Odyssey (Au lendemain de l'odyssée) |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Kaveh Nabatian | Kite Zo A: Leave the Bones (Kite Zo A: Laisse les os) |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Ernesto Pardo, François Messier-Rheault | The White Guard (La Garde blanche) |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Louis Turcotte | Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert (Graver l'homme: arrêt sur Pierre Hébert) |

## Multiple wins and nominations
### Three or more nominations

| Nominations | Cinematographer |
| 3 | François Messier-Rheault |