Philippe Lavalette

Philippe Lavalette is a Canadian cinematographer, writer and documentary filmmaker from Quebec. He is most noted for his work on the 2012 film Inch'Allah, for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Cinematography at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013. His other film credits have included Twilight (La Brunante), Victoria, The Wolves (Les Loups) and A Cargo to Africa. In 2017 he published his debut novel, Petite Madeleine. He has also published La mesure du monde, a memoir of his career in film. He is the husband of filmmaker Manon Barbeau, and the father of filmmaker and writer Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette.