Pierre Gill is a Canadian

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and film and television director. A

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native, he is closely associated with Quebecois cinema, and has collaborated with directors like

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, Christian Duguay,

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, and

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, working on such films as ''Black List'', ''The Art of War'', ''

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,'' '' The Rocket'', '' Polytechnique'', and ''Upside Down''. He served as the

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director of photography on Villeneuve's ''

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'', which won the

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. He has also

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episodes of the television series ''

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'' and the made-for-television film '' The Last Casino''.

Filmography

Short film

Feature film

Television

Director

TV movies * '' The Last Casino'' (2004) * ''Fakers'' (2010) TV series

Cinematographer

Miniseries TV series TV movies

Awards and nominations

American Society of Cinematographers Genie Awards Canadian Society of Cinematographers Gemini Awards

Prix Gémeaux The Prix Gémeaux () or Gémeaux Awards honour achievements in Canadian television and digital media that is broadcast in French. It has been sponsored by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television since 1987. Introduced as a French-language eq ...

Prix Iris

Mar del Plata International Film Festival The Mar del Plata International Film Festival () is an List of film festivals, international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature festival recognized by the FIAPF ...

Milan Film Festival Milan Film Festival (''MFF'', ') is an annual independent film festival held since 1996 in Milan, Italy. It was founded as a competition of only local short films, but grew to have a feature film competition program along with numerous other sect ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Pierre Canadian cinematographers Canadian television directors Best Cinematography Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Living people Mass media people from Montreal Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Best Cinematography Jutra and Iris Award winners