Sara Mishara
American-Canadian cinematographer
Sara Mishara is an American-Canadian cinematographer.[1] She has been a three-time Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Cinematography at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for her work on the film The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur),[2] at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres),[3] and at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023 for Viking.[4]
She was also a dual nominee in 2019 for Allure,[5] and was previously nominated in the same category at the 28th Genie Awards for Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)[6] and at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards for Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira).[7]
She won the Prix Iris for Best Cinematography at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards for Drunken Birds,[8] and received four previous Prix Jutra nominations for Best Cinematography for her work on Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil),[9] The Legacy (La Donation),[10] All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes)[11] and You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole).[12]
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she studied film at Concordia University and the Prague Film School.[1] She was a cowriter with Ivan Grbovic of the films Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze) and Drunken Birds, with the duo receiving a Jutra nomination for Best Screenplay for Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze) at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013,[11] and winning for Drunken Birds at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Sara Mishara au RVQC: complice de la lumière". Le Devoir, February 26, 2019.
- ^ "Cinq prix Écrans canadiens à La grande noirceur". La Presse, March 31, 2019.
- ^ "Night Raiders, Scarborough emerge victorious at 5th night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 8, 2022.
- ^ Jenna Benchetrit, "Brother dominates with a dozen wins on third night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 13, 2023.
- ^ "Sara Mishara's cinematography is so arresting that she's competing against herself at the CSAs". CBC Arts, March 26, 2019.
- ^ "Génie 2009 : ça intéresse-t-i quelqu’un ?". Voir, April 3, 2009.
- ^ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards nominees: ‘Rookie Blue,’ ‘Vikings,’ ‘Big Brother Canada’ nominated". Global News, January 19, 2016.
- ^ a b François Lévesque, "Hélène Florent aux oiseaux au Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Devoir, June 5, 2022.
- ^ "Sara Mishara : l'éclat de la nouvelle vague". La Presse, April 5, 2008.
- ^ "Jutra : liste des finalistes". La Presse, February 16, 2010.
- ^ a b "Spotlight shines on Quebec cinema at the Jutra awards". CBC News, March 17, 2013.
- ^ "Dolan contre Dolan à la 17e Soirée des Jutra". Ici Radio-Canada, January 26, 2015.
External links
- Sara Mishara at IMDb
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1963–1978
- Donald Wilder and Guy Borremans (1963)
- Stan Brede and John Spotton (1964)
- Francis Chapman, Christopher Chapman and Jean-Claude Labrecque (1965)
- Jean-Claude Labrecque and Georges Dufaux (1966)
- Gilles Gascon and Grahame Woods (1967)
- Georges Dufaux and Bernard Gosselin (1968)
- Réo Grégoire and Tony Ianzelo (1969)
- Bernard Chentrier (1970)
- Michel Brault (1971)
- Michel Brault (1972)
- Donald Wilder (1973)
- no award (1974)
- Paul Van der Linden (1975)
- Richard Leiterman (1976)
- Pierre Mignot (1977)
- Miklós Lente (1978)
1980–2011
- John Coquillon (1980)
- Michel Brault (1981)
- Richard Leiterman (1982)
- Michel Brault (1983)
- Pierre Mignot (1984)
- Pierre Mignot (1985)
- François Protat (1986)
- Pierre Mignot (1987)
- Guy Dufaux (1988)
- Peter Suschitzky (1989)
- Guy Dufaux (1990)
- Peter James (1991)
- Peter Suschitzky (1992)
- Alain Dostie (1993)
- Paul Sarossy (1994)
- Thomas Burstyn (1995)
- Peter Suschitzky (1996)
- Paul Sarossy (1997)
- Alain Dostie (1998)
- Paul Sarossy (1999)
- André Turpin (2000)
- Pierre Gill (2001)
- Paul Sarossy (2002)
- Allen Smith (2003)
- Paul Sarossy (2004)
- Giles Nuttgens (2005)
- Pierre Gill (2006)
- Peter Suschitzky (2007)
- Gregory Middleton (2008)
- Pierre Gill (2009)
- André Turpin (2010)
- Jean-François Lord (2011)
2012–present
- Nicolas Bolduc (2012)
- Nicolas Bolduc (2013)
- André Turpin (2014)
- Yves Bélanger (2015)
- André Turpin (2016)
- Nicolas Bolduc (2017)
- Sara Mishara (2018)
- Norm Li (2019)
- Maya Bankovic (2020)
- Sara Mishara (2021)
- Sara Mishara (2022)
- Jared Raab (2023)
Note: From 1963 to 1969, two separate awards were consistently presented for colour and black-and-white cinematography. This distinction did not continue from 1970 on.
