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name: "Alain Dostie"
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tmdb_id: 71036
wikidata_id: "Q2829757"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "12 September 1943"
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# Alain Dostie

## Identity

Alain Dostie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alain-dostie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alain-dostie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0234500
- **TMDB ID:** 71036
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2829757
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Dostie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2829757, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234500/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71036

Cinematographer. Born 12 September 1943 in Quebec City.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 12 September 1943, Quebec City
- **Also known as:** Alain D'Hostie, Elvis Dostie
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Dostie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2829757, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234500/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71036

## Biography

Alain Dostie is a Canadian cinematographer born on 12 September 1943 in Quebec City. He began his career at the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s as an assistant cameraman before working as director of photography on documentaries and features, including early collaborations with Denys Arcand.

Dostie is known for his cinematography on *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), *The Red Violin* (1998), *Silk* (2007), *The Confessional* (1995) and the television miniseries *Nuremberg* (2000). He won Genie Awards for Best Achievement in Cinematography for *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* and *The Red Violin*, and a Jutra Award for the latter.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, playbackonline.ca, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), Fi1m 85, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/thirty-two-short-films-about-glenn-gould.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Silk* (2007), Director of Photography
- *February 15, 1839* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Nuremberg* (2000), series, Director of Photography
- *Elvis Gratton 2: Miracle à Memphis* (1999), Director of Photography
- *The Red Violin* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Revenge of the Woman in Black* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Confessional* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Octobre* (1994), Director of Photography
- *The Glass Ark* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/thirty-two-short-films-about-glenn-gould.md)
- *Armen and Bullik* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Perfectly Normal* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Le Dortoir* (1991), Director of Photography
- *The Party* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Dans le ventre du dragon* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Iron Eagle II* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Kalamazoo* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Cirque du Soleil: La Magie Continue* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Elvis Gratton, Le King des Kings* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Pas encore Elvis Gratton !* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Les vacances d'Elvis Gratton* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Au pays de Zom* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Elvis Gratton* (1981), Director of Photography
- *The Late Blossom* (1977), Director of Photography
- *For Better or For Worse* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Les vautours* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Gina* (1975), Writer, Director of Photography
- *Ordinary Tenderness* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Réjeanne Padovani* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Dirty Money* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Le reel du pendu* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Far from the Sun* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Christmas Martian* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Acadia Acadia?!?* (1971), Additional Camera
- *10 Miles/Hour* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Cotton Mill, Treadmill* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Éloge du chiac* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The River Schooners* (1968), Assistant Camera
- *Beluga Days* (1968), Assistant Camera
- *Les acadiens de la dispersion* (1968), Camera Operator
- *Swing la baquaise* (1968), Director of Photography
- *The Times That Are* (1967), Sound, Assistant Camera
- *Caïn - Les marcheurs de la nuit* (1965), Assistant Director of Photography

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