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name: "Jean-Philippe Bernier"
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fi1m_id: "jean-philippe-bernier"
imdb_id: "nm1946837"
tmdb_id: 1397788
wikidata_id: "Q65119642"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "20 March 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:06:49.633771+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jean-Philippe Bernier

## Identity

Jean-Philippe Bernier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-philippe-bernier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-philippe-bernier
- **IMDb ID:** nm1946837
- **TMDB ID:** 1397788
- **Wikidata ID:** Q65119642
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65119642, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1946837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1397788

Cinematographer. Born 20 March 1979 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 20 March 1979, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **Also known as:** Le Matos
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65119642, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1946837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1397788

## Biography

Jean-Philippe Bernier is a Canadian cinematographer and composer born on 20 March 1979 in Montréal, Quebec. He is also known for his work as part of the electronic music duo Le Matos, which he co-founded with Jean-Nicolas Leupi in 2007.

Bernier has served as director of photography on feature films including *Turbo Kid* (2015), *Summer of 84* (2018), *Dinner in America* (2020), *Snack Shack* (2024) and *Carolina Caroline* (2025). He has frequently collaborated with the Montréal filmmaking collective RKSS and has composed scores, often with Le Matos, for several of these projects.

*Sources: postperspective.com, imdb.com, jpbernier.com, discogs.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Carolina Caroline* (2026), Fi1m 79, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/carolina-caroline.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Zippy's House* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Carolina Caroline* (2026), Director of Photography — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/carolina-caroline.md)
- *Simple Plan: The Kids in the Crowd* (2025), Director of Photography
- *We Are Zombies* (2024), Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
- *Snack Shack* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Some Other Woman* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Bed Rest* (2023), Director of Photography
- *We Need to Do Something* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Exchange* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Les appendices : de retour après la pause* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *Dinner in America* (2020), Director of Photography
- *The Cleansing Hour* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Hearth* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Germain s'éteint* (2019), series, Director of Photography
- *Summer of 84* (2018), Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
- *Retour de qualité* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Life in the Alley* (2016), Director of Photography
- *No Tomorrow: A Turbo Kid Tale* (2016), Original Music Composer, Director of Photography
- *Ninja Eliminator 3: Guardian of the Dragon Medallion* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Le Canal DD* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Turbo Kid* (2015), Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
- *Le Pédophile* (2015), Director of Photography, Producer
- *Hurricane Boy F.Y.T!* (2013), Director of Photography
- *T is for Turbo* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Ninja Eliminator 2: Quest of the Magic Ninja Crystal* (2010), as Purple Ninja · Original Music Composer
- *Red Head Red Dead* (2010), as Turtle Neck Pervert · Original Music Composer
- *Demonitron: The Sixth Dimension* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Ninja Eliminator* (2010), as Purple Ninja · Original Music Composer
- *Death Race* (2008), Camera Loader
- *The Prince & Me* (2004), Camera Trainee

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