Mathieu Laverdière

Mathieu Laverdière is a Canadian cinematographer. He is a two-time winner at the Prix Iris, winning Best Cinematography at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021 for Underground (Souterrain), and Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2024 for Mother Saigon.

He is a two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Cinematography, receiving nominations at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 for Henri Henri and at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres), and received three prior Jutra/Iris nominations for Best Cinematography at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013 for The Torrent (Le Torrent), at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015 for Henri Henri, and at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux).

At the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival, he won the award for Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature for his work on Rodrigue Jean's film Labrador: Autopsy of Silence.

Selected filmography Lost Song - 2008 Men for Sale (Hommes à louer) - 2008 Twice a Woman (Deux fois une femme) - 2010 Nuit #1 - 2011 Wintergreen (Paparmane) - 2012 Gabrielle - 2013 Love in the Time of Civil War (L'amour au temps de la guerre civile) - 2014 Our Loved Ones (Les êtres chers) - 2015 On My Mother's Side (L'Origine des espèces) - 2015 Shambles (Maudite poutine) - 2016 The Cyclotron - 2016 Family First (Chien de garde) - 2018 Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose) - 2019 The Acrobat (L'Acrobate) - 2019 Laughter (Le Rire) - 2020 Underground (Souterrain) - 2020 A Revision (Une révision) - 2021 Solo - 2023 One Summer (Le temps d'un été) - 2023 Mother Saigon - 2023 The Last Meal (Le Dernier repas) - 2024 The Train (Le Train) - 2025 Labrador: Autopsy of Silence (Labrador - Autopsie du silence) - 2026