Douglas Koch
OccupationCinematographer
Alma materRyerson Polytechnical Institute

Douglas Koch is a Canadian cinematographer who has won honours at the Canadian Screen Awards and Canadian Music Video Awards.

Koch is from Vancouver and studied film at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, finishing in 1983.[1] He went on to shoot music videos for artists such as Anne Murray and Sarah McLachlan, winning a cinematography award at the MuchMusic Video Awards in 1994 for "And if Venice Is Sinking".[1]

He was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Cinematography for I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987) and Last Night (1998), as well as for the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature for Last Night.[1] In 2015, he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series for HBO Canada and Bell Media's episode "The Three Sisters" in the TV series Sensitive Skin.[2] He was nominated for the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award for Theatrical Feature Cinematography for the 2018 Through Black Spruce.[3]

Filmography

Film

Documentary film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1984SnowscreenRobert ShoubWith Robert Shoub
1987The Sexiest AnimalStephen WithrowWith Rhett Morita
1991The FallsKevin McMahon

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1987I've Heard the Mermaids SingingPatricia Rozema
Night FriendPeter Gerretsen
1988Martha, Ruth & EdieDeepa Mehta
Norma Bailey
Danièle J. Suissa
Dear JohnCatherine Lord
TurnaboutDon OwenWith John Herzog
1989Friends, Lovers, & LunaticsStephen Withrow
1990Defy GravityMichael Gibson
1995When Night Is FallingPatricia Rozema
1998Last NightDon McKellar
2002Bollywood/HollywoodDeepa Mehta
2003The Republic of Love
2013The Grand SeductionDon McKellar
2018Through Black Spruce
2020Funny BoyDeepa Mehta
2022Crimes of the FutureDavid Cronenberg
2024HumaneCaitlin Cronenberg
The ShroudsDavid Cronenberg

Short film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1991Battle of the BulgeArlene Hazzan Green
1993Collateral DamageLeonard Farlinger
1999RustyJeremy Hindle
2000A Word from the ManagementDon McKellarSegment of Preludes
2008The CatsitterTim Hamilton
2015It's Not YouDon McKellar
2023Moments AwayStephanie Morgenstern
AloneCharles Uwagbai
Meta MomSimone Stock
Black ParisSid Zanforlin
2025Pick OneJulian De Zotti

Television

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
1987The Kidnapping of Baby John DoePeter Gerretsen
2002Untitled Secret Service ProjectRupert Wainwright
2004MeltdownJeremiah S. Chechik
2017Perverts Anonymous: Episodes 1-3Tim Hamilton
Perverts Anonymous: Episode 1, Disguises

TV series

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2007Not This But ThisMark Mainguy
The Bronx Is BurningJeremiah S. ChechikMiniseries
2008The MiddlemanEpisode "The Pilot Episode Sanction"
2011–2017Michael: Every DayDon McKellar
Alison Maclean
Patricia Rozema		All 18 episodes
2013BodyslamRobert BudreauTV special
2014–2016Sensitive SkinDon McKellarAll 12 episodes
2015The Second City ProjectTim Hamilton
2022Children Ruin EverythingRenuka Jeyapalan
Melanie Orr		Season 1

References

  1. ^ Dillon, Mark (3 May 1999). "DOP: The versatile Doug Koch". Playback. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ^ Playback Staff (13 January 2015). "Canadian Screen Awards '15: Craft category nominees". Playback. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ^ "The 63rd Annual Csc Award Nominees". Canadian Society of Cinematographers. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.