Allen Smith (cinematographer)

Canadian cinematographer

Allen Smith is a Canadian cinematographer. He is most noted for his work on the film Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction), for which he won both the Genie Award for Best Cinematography at the 24th Genie Awards^[1] and the Jutra Award for Best Cinematography at the 6th Jutra Awards.^[2]

He was also a Genie Award nominee for Sticky Fingers (Les doigts croches) at the 30th Genie Awards in 2009,^[3] a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Maïna at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014,^[4] and a Jutra nominee for The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petit vengeance) at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007.^[5]

His other credits have included the films Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver), The Hidden Fortress (La Forteresse suspendue), Regina and Maman Last Call.

References

^ Katherine Monk, "Invasions barbares sweeps Genies: Oscar-winning film picks up six awards". Kingston Whig-Standard, May 3, 2004.
^ "Starry night for Quebec film". Montreal Gazette, February 23, 2004.
^ Linda Barnard, "Drama rules as Genie nominations announced". Toronto Star, March 1, 2010.
^ Jeremy Kay, "Canadian Academy unveils nominees". Screen Daily, January 13, 2014.
^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Prix Jutra 2007: récapitulatif". Films du Québec, December 26, 2008.

External links

Allen Smith at IMDb

Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography

Canadian Film Award
1963–1978

Donald Wilder and Guy Borremans (1963)
Stan Brede and John Spotton (1964)
Francis Chapman, Christopher Chapman and Jean-Claude Labrecque (1965)
Jean-Claude Labrecque and Georges Dufaux (1966)
Gilles Gascon and Grahame Woods (1967)
Georges Dufaux and Bernard Gosselin (1968)
Réo Grégoire and Tony Ianzelo (1969)
Bernard Chentrier (1970)
Michel Brault (1971)
Michel Brault (1972)
Donald Wilder (1973)
no award (1974)
Paul Van der Linden (1975)
Richard Leiterman (1976)
Pierre Mignot (1977)
Miklós Lente (1978)

Genie Award
1980–2011

John Coquillon (1980)
Michel Brault (1981)
Richard Leiterman (1982)
Michel Brault (1983)
Pierre Mignot (1984)
Pierre Mignot (1985)
François Protat (1986)
Pierre Mignot (1987)
Guy Dufaux (1988)
Peter Suschitzky (1989)
Guy Dufaux (1990)
Peter James (1991)
Peter Suschitzky (1992)
Alain Dostie (1993)
Paul Sarossy (1994)
Thomas Burstyn (1995)
Peter Suschitzky (1996)
Paul Sarossy (1997)
Alain Dostie (1998)
Paul Sarossy (1999)
André Turpin (2000)
Pierre Gill (2001)
Paul Sarossy (2002)
Allen Smith (2003)
Paul Sarossy (2004)
Giles Nuttgens (2005)
Pierre Gill (2006)
Peter Suschitzky (2007)
Gregory Middleton (2008)
Pierre Gill (2009)
André Turpin (2010)
Jean-François Lord (2011)

Canadian Screen Award
2012–present

Nicolas Bolduc (2012)
Nicolas Bolduc (2013)
André Turpin (2014)
Yves Bélanger (2015)
André Turpin (2016)
Nicolas Bolduc (2017)
Sara Mishara (2018)
Norm Li (2019)
Maya Bankovic (2020)
Sara Mishara (2021)
Sara Mishara (2022)
Jared Raab (2023)

Note: From 1963 to 1969, two separate awards were consistently presented for colour and black-and-white cinematography. This distinction did not continue from 1970 on.