Vincent Biron
Director | Cinematographer
Vincent Biron (born 1984 in Pierreville, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and cinematographer. He is most noted for his 2016 feature film debut PRANK, and his short film LITTLE FLOWERS (Les Fleurs de l’âge), which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. His second feature film, BARBARIANS OF THE BAY (Les Barbares de La Malbaie), was released in 2019. He has also directed the short films ANNIE AND CLAUDE, SOLDATS and UNE IDÉE DE GRANDEUR, and has been a cinematographer for films such as THE 20TH CENTURY, WITH LOVE (L’Amour) and I’LL END UP IN JAIL (Je finirai en prison) for wich Vincent received 3 Awrads for Best Cinematograpy.
Filmography
Deux par Quatre
In production
Feature film
Cinematographer
Directors : Alexandre Auger and Lawrence Côté-Collins
Coop Vidéo de Montréal
Les Barbares de La Malbaie
2019
Feature film
Director
Co-screenwriters Éric K. Boulianne, Alexandre Auger and Marc-Antoine Rioux
DOP Marie Davignon
Production: Art & Essai
CALQ 2012 | Fonds Harold Greenberg, 2013 | SODEC Atelier Grand-Nord, 2014
The 20th Century
2019
Feature film
Cinematographer | Director Matthew Rankin
Production: Voyelles Films
FIPRESCI Award - Berlin International Film Festival, 2020
Prix Iris – Jutras Awards, 2020
Canadian Screen Award (3 categories) - Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, 2020
Best Canadian First Feature Film - TIFF, 2019
"On the rise" Award - Gimli Film Festival, 2020
Original Vision Award - Indiana Film Journalists Association, 2020
Jury Award - Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asia Pacific Countries
Los Cabos Award, Los Cabos International Film Festival, 2019
VFCC Award - Vancouver Film Critics Circle, 2019
Festival Prize - Victoria Film Festival, 2020
NOMINATIONS
Teddy (Best Feature Film) - Berlin International Film Festival, 2020
Canadian Screen Award ( 4 categories) - Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, 2020
Audience Award - Glasgow Film Festival, 2020
IFJA Award ( 4 categories) - Indiana Film Journalists Association, 2020
ICS Award ( Best Production Design) - International Cinephile Society Awards, 2021
Prix IRIS Costume Designer – Jutra Awards, 2020
Prix IRIS (4 categories) - Le Gala Québec Cinéma, 2020
Best International Feature - North Dakota Film Society, 2021
Archie Award ( Best First Feature) - Philadelphia Film Festival, 2019
VFCC Award ( 5 categories) - Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2019
Je finirai en prison
2019
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Alexandre Dostie
Production: Art et Essai
L’Amour
2018
Feature film
Cinematographer | Director Marc Bisaillon
Production: Camera Oscura
Isla Blanc
2018
Feature film
Cinematographer | Director Jeanne Leblanc
Production: Art et Essai
Sigismond Sans image
2017
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Albéric Aurtenèche
Production: Albéric Aurtenèche
Ruby pleine de marde
2017
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Jean-Guillaume Bastien
Production: 4C Productions
PRANK
2016
Feature film
Director | Co-screenwriter with Alexandre Auger, Éric K. Boulianne & Marc-Antoine Rioux
Production: Romance Polanski, Booty Allen & Art & Essai
Distribution: FunFilm
RVCQ – Prix Gilles Carle, Montréal, Québec, 2017
FNC – Série « Vivre le cinéma autrement » – Montréal, Québec, 2017
FICFA en Acadie – Prix La vague du meilleur long métrage canadien de fiction, NB, Canada, 2016
FESTIVALS
Raindance Films Festival – In selection, London, 2016
Filmfest Hamburg – In selection, Germany, 2016
FNC – In selection, Québec, 2016
TIFF – Official selection, Canadian premiere, Canada, 2016
73e Venice Film Festical – Worldwide premiere, Official competition at critic’s week, Italia, 2016
Mutants
2016
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Alexandre Dostie
Production: Art et Essai
Maîtres Nageurs
2015
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Karine Bélanger
Production: La COOP Vidéo
Ceci est un message officiel
2015
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Matthew Rankin
Production: Matthew Rankin
Le gars d’la shop
2015
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Jean-François Leblanc
Production: Colonelles Films
Le roi de la montagne
2014
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Anh Minh Truong
Production: Cri/Art
Sale Gueule
2014
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Alain Fournier
Production: Alain Fournier
Je ne suis pas un grand acteur
2013
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Jean-Guillaume Bastien
Production: 4C Productions | SODEC
Collisions
2012
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Charles Gervais
Production: Art et Essai | SODEC
Nous avions
2012
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Stéphane Moukarzel
Production: Voyons Films | SODEC
Les vestiges
2012
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Sarianne Cormier
Production: Sarianne Cormier | CALQ
Les choses horribles
2012
Short film, Super 16 mm – 12 min.
Director | Screenwriter | Cinematographer
Production: 4C Productions
Bestiaire
2011
Feature film documentary
Cinematographer | Director Denis Côté Canada/France
Production: Sylvain Corbeil - Metafilm
Les Dimanches
2010
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Jean-Guillaume Bastien
Production: 4C Productions
Après la peine
2009
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Anh Minh Truong
Production: Les Spartes
Last Call Indien
2009
Documentary
Cinematographer | Director Sonia Boileau
Production: Nish Television
El viaje silencioso
2009
Documentary
Cinematographer | Director Marie-Ève Tremblay
Production: Indépendant
Les fleurs de l’âge
2009
Short film, 16 mm - 18 min.
Director | Screenwriter | Cinematographer
Production: 4C Productions
Produced with the support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Best Canadian Short Film Award – TIFF, Toronto, 2010
Public’s choice award, Professional’s Category – Vidéaste Recherché-e, Canada 2010
FESTIVALS
Short of the Week, Février 2015 – Official selection
Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois, Montréal, Canada, 2010 - Official selection
Cambridge Film Festival, UK, 2010 - Official selection
Festival du film francophone de Namur, Belgium, 2010 - Official selection
Cinefest Sudbury, Canada, 2010 - Official selection
St-Louis International Film Festival, USA, 2010 - Official selection
Tallgrass Film Festival 2010, Wichita, USA - Official selection
Silk City Flick Festival, Hartford, Connecticut, 2010 - Official selection
Festival International du cinéma de Rouyn-Noranda 2010 - Official selection
Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA, 2010 - Official selection
Whistler Film Festival 2010, Canada - Official selection
Canada’s Top Ten 2010 - Official selection
Beloit International Film Festival 2011, Beloit, USA - Official selection
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2011, USA- Official selection
Les Pissenlits
2008
Short film
Cinematographer | Director and producer: Jean-Guillaume Bastien
Entre nous et nulle part
2008
Short film
Cinematographer | Director Anh Minh Truong
Production: Productions Cri-Art
Au bout du rang
2007
Short film, S16mm - 00:17:00 min.
Director
Production: Les Productions Acidulées
Produced with the support of the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
FESTIVALS
Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois, Montréal, Canada – 2008 – Official selection
St-John’s Nickel Film Festvial, St-John, Canada, 2008 - Official selection
Cambridge Film Festival, Angleterre, 2008 - Official selection
Soldats
2006
Short film, S16mm - 00:16:30 min.
Director
Production: Les Productions Acidulées
Victoria International Film Festival, Canada, 2007 - Official selection
Cinefest Sudbury, Canada – 2006 - Official selection
Young Cuts Film Festival, Montréal, Canada, 2006, Official selection
Best of the Fest Screening, Université Concordia, Montréal, Canada, 2006 - Official selection
Annie et Claude
2005
Short film, 16mm - 00:05:00 min
Director
Production: Université Concordia
FESTIVAL
20th National Student Film Festival, Regina, Canada, 2006 - Official selection
Audition
2005
Short film, DV- 00:03:00 min.
Director
Production: Les Productions Acidulées
Festival du film étudiant de Québec, 2005 - Winner Best movie / fiction
FESTIVALS
5th annual Nickel Independent Film and Video Festival, St-John’s, Canada, 2005 - Official selection
Best of Kino, Trois-Rivières, Canada, 2004
TV Shows
Plan B - Season 2
2018
Comedy series 10 x 30 min
Co-cinematographer, with Mathieu Laverdière
Director: Jean-François Chagnon
Production: Encore Télévision | Broadcaster: Radio-Canada
Léo - Season 1
2018
Comedy series 10 x 30 min
Cinematographer
Director: Jean-François Chagnon
Production: Encore Télévision | Broadcaster: TVA
En tout cas - Season 1
2017
Comedy series 10 x 30 min
Cinematographer
Director: François Jaros
Production: Casablanca | Broadcaster: TVA
Les Pêcheurs
2013-2014
Comedy series (sitcom) 10 x 30 min
Cinematographer | Creator: Martin Petit | Director: Jean-François Asselin
Production : Juste pour rire TV
| Broadcaster: ICI Radio-Canada
Et si ?
2012
Comedy series (sitcom) 12 épisodes
Cinematographer | Director: Alain Chicoine
Production: KOTV | Broadcaster: V Télé
Colocs.tv (Saisons 1 et 2)
2009
Series, 13x23 min.
Cinematographer | Director: Pierre-Luc Gosselin
Production: Novem Télévision | Broadcaster: Musique Plus
Web
Les Béliers
2013
Web series 10x10 minutes
Cinematographer | Director: François Blouin
Production: Jimmy Lee
Le chum de ma mère est un extraterrestre
2012
Webserie, 12x3 min
Cinematograper
Producer: Voyous Films | Broadcast: Radio-Canada
Fabrique-moi un conte
2011
Web, 4 episodes
Cinematography
Production: Jimmy Lee/Broadcast: Radio-Canada
Barbe Bleue - Director: Podz
Alice au pays des merveilles – Director: Mariloup Wolfe
Pinocchio – Director: Stéphane Lapointe
Le vilain petite canard – Director: Ricardo Trogi
Enquête Romantique
2011
13 clips, 5 min | Multiplateforms
Cinematographer | Director: Mariloup Wolfe
Production: Jimmy Lee
Music Videos
Le problème avec toi (Luc de la Rochelière)
2012
Luc de la Rochelière
Cinematographer | Director Mathieu Grimard
Tes Histoires (Dumas)
2012
Dumas
Cinematographer | Director Eno
J’aime ta grand-mère (Les Trois Accords)
2012
Music video
Cinematography (Director: Eno)
Plockul Black (Misteur Valaire)
2008
Misteur Valaire
Cinematographer | Director & production: Iouri Philipe Paillé
La chèvre
2006
Band de Garage
Cinematographer | Director Christopher Langston
Production: Alldress Productions
Advertising
Gus
2016
Cinematographer | Director Jean-François Asselin
Cinélande
Desjardins Hop Épargne
2014
Cinematographer | Director Jean-François Asselin
Cinélande
Boston Pizza - Pâtes de Gars
2014
Cinematographer | Director Alain Chicoine
KOTV
Boston Pizza - Ailes gratuites
2013
Cinematographer | Director Alain Chicoine
KOTV
Campagne Vitro Plus
2013
Cinematographer | Director Pierre-Antoine Fournier
Trio Orange Média
Lancement programmation Radio-Canada
2012/13
Cinematographer | Director Stéphane Lapointe
Radio-Canada
La Poule aux oeufs d’or, Gala 20 ans
2012
Cinematographer | Director Mélanie Charbonneau
Jet Films
TVA Vidéotron HELL 2
2012
Cinematographer | Director Louis-Philippe Eno
TVA Accès
TVA Promo
2012
Cinematographer | Director Anh Minh Truong
TVA Sherbrooke
Hyundai Hockey Helpers
2012
Cinematographer | Director Dattu (Dattu Photo)
Société de Sauvetage
2011
Cinematographer | Director Jean-François Asselin
Cinélande
Campagne télé Université de Montréal
2011
Cinematographer | Director Anne Émond
Université de Montréal
Nissan – Le gros bons sens (B UNIT)
2011
Cinematographer | Director Jean-François Asselin
DOP Main unit : Yves Bélanger (Cinélande)
Université d’Ottawa : Corpo
2009
Cinematographer | Director Anh Minh Truong
Cri/Art
Union Vie
2008
Cinematographer | Director Marie-Ève Tremblay
Canal Évasion / idHD
Université de Sherbrooke : Leaders
2008
Cinematographer | Director Anh Minh Truong
Productions Cri-Art
Ville de Sherbrooke: Je composte
2007
Cinematographer | Director Anh Minh Truong
Productions Cri-Art