# Nicolas Bolduc

Nicolas Bolduc (born 5 March 1973) is a Canadian cinematographer from Montreal, Quebec. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography two years in a row, in the 1st Canadian Screen Awards and 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, for War Witch (2012) and Enemy (2013). He also won the Jutra Award for War Witch, and was nominated the next year for Louis Cyr. Bolduc was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Prix Iris in 2017 for Two Lovers and a Bear.
With Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017), he competed at Camerimage, and won Best Cinematography at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards. He also won Best Cinematography at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards for Hochelaga, Land of Souls.
He was one of four directors, alongside Fabrice Barrilliet, Julien Knafo and Marie-Hélène Panisset, of the 2009 collective film Blind Spot.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2000 | The Invention of Love (L'invention de l'amour) | Claude Demers | |
| 2003 | How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause) | Sébastien Rose | |
| 2003 | Juniper Tree (Le piège d'Issoudun) | Micheline Lanctôt | |
| 2005 | Life with My Father (La Vie avec mon père) | Sébastien Rose | |
| 2005 | Eve and the Fire Horse | Julia Kwan | |
| 2008 | Truffles (Truffe) | Kim Nguyen | |
| 2008 | Le Banquet | Sébastien Rose | |
| 2009 | Blind Spot (Lucidité passagère) | Himself Fabrice Barrilliet Julien Knafo Marie-Hélène Panisset | |
| 2010 | City of Shadows (La Cité) | Kim Nguyen | With Giulio Pietromarchi |
| 2010 | Fatal | Michaël Youn | |
| 2010 | Die | Dominic James | |
| 2011 | Fear of Water (La Peur de l'eau) | Gabriel Pelletier | |
| 2012 | War Witch (Rebelle) | Kim Nguyen | |
| 2012 | Before My Heart Falls (Avant que mon cœur bascule) | Sébastien Rose | |
| 2013 | Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr, l'homme le plus fort du monde) | Daniel Roby | |
| 2013 | Enemy | Denis Villeneuve | |
| 2014 | Aloft (No Llores Vuela) | Claudia Llosa | |
| 2016 | Two Lovers and a Bear | Kim Nguyen | |
| 2016 | Chuck | Philippe Falardeau | |
| 2017 | Mr. & Mrs. Adelman | Nicolas Bedos | |
| 2017 | Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) | François Girard | |
| 2018 | The Hummingbird Project | Kim Nguyen | |
| 2019 | La Belle Époque | Nicolas Bedos | |
| 2021 | Crisis | Nicholas Jarecki | |
| 2022 | American Dreamer | Paul Dektor | |
| 2023 | The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan | Martin Bourboulon | Shot back-to-back |
| 2023 | The Three Musketeers: Milady | Martin Bourboulon | Shot back-to-back |
| 2024 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexandre de La Patellière Matthieu Delaporte | |
| 2025 | 13 jours 13 nuits | Martin Bourboulon | |
Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2001 | Des enfants de trop... | Myreille Bédard | |
| 2004 | Le bonheur est dans les prés mais parfois c'est au fond d'un océan de souffrance qu'on finit par le trouver | Marie-Hélène Panisset | |
| 2007 | Et si... l'espace d'un instant | Fabrice Barrilliet | |
| 2007 | Une femme de bien bonne humeur | Marie-Hélène Panisset | |
| 2007 | Can You Wave Bye-Bye? | Sarah Galea-Davis | |
| 2007 | My Name Is Victor Gazon (Mon nom est Victor Gazon) | Patrick Gazé | |
| 2008 | Next Floor | Denis Villeneuve | |
| 2009 | King Chicken | Himself | Also credited as writer and co-producer |
| 2012 | Denis Marleau | Kim Nguyen | |
| 2018 | Paseo | Matthew Hannam | |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2016 | What Lies Below | Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais | With Nicolas Fransolet and Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais |

### Television

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2008 | Collection Fred Vargas | Josée Dayan | Episode "Sous les vents de Neptune" |
| 2021 | The North Water | Andrew Haigh | Miniseries |
| 2023 | Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident | Philippe Falardeau | With Tobie Marier Robitaille, Sara Mishara, Van Royko, Alexia Toman and André Turpin |
| 2024 | Ourika | Marcela Said Julien Despaux | 3 episodes |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Film | Result |
| Camerimage | 2012 | Golden Frog | War Witch (Rebelle) | Won |
| Canadian Screen Awards/Genie Awards | 2009 | Best Cinematography | Le Banquet | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards/Genie Awards | 2013 | Best Cinematography | War Witch (Rebelle) | Won |
| Canadian Screen Awards/Genie Awards | 2014 | Best Cinematography | Enemy | Won |
| Canadian Screen Awards/Genie Awards | 2018 | Best Cinematography | Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) | Won |
| Canadian Society of Cinematographers | 2009 | Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Short | Next Floor | Won |
| Canadian Society of Cinematographers | 2011 | Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature | City of Shadows (La Cité) | Won |
| Canadian Society of Cinematographers | 2014 | Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature | Enemy | Won |
| Canadian Society of Cinematographers | 2018 | Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature | Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) | Won |
| Canadian Society of Cinematographers | 2020 | Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature | La Belle Époque | Nominated |
| Canadian Society of Cinematographers | 2022 | Best Cinematography in a Television Drama | The North Water | Nominated |
| Canadian Society of Cinematographers | 2024 | Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature | The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan | Won |
| César Awards | 2020 | Best Cinematography | La Belle Époque | Nominated |
| César Awards | 2024 | Best Cinematography | The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers: Milady | Nominated |
| Gémeaux Awards | 2024 | Best Photography in a Documentary or Public Affairs Program | Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident (Lac-Mégantic : ceci n’est pas un accident) (with Erik Ljung, Tobie Marier Robitaille, Sara Mishara, Alexia Toman, Van Royko, André Turpin) | Won |
| Prix Iris | 2011 | Best Cinematography | City of Shadows (La Cité) | Nominated |
| Prix Iris | 2013 | Best Cinematography | War Witch (Rebelle) | Won |
| Prix Iris | 2014 | Best Cinematography | Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde) | Nominated |
| Prix Iris | 2015 | Best Cinematography | Enemy | Nominated |
| Prix Iris | 2017 | Best Cinematography | Two Lovers and a Bear | Nominated |
| Prix Iris | 2018 | Best Cinematography | Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) | Won |