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. 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".
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. 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. He was nominated for the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award for Theatrical Feature Cinematography for the 2018 Through Black Spruce.
Filmography Film Documentary film Year Title Director Notes 1984 Snowscreen Robert Shoub With Robert Shoub 1987 The Sexiest Animal Stephen Withrow With Rhett Morita 1991 The Falls Kevin McMahon
Feature film Year Title Director Notes1987 I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Patricia Rozema Night Friend Peter Gerretsen1988 Martha, Ruth & Edie Deepa MehtaNorma BaileyDanièle J. Suissa Dear John Catherine Lord Turnabout Don Owen With John Herzog 1989 Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics Stephen Withrow 1990 Defy Gravity Michael Gibson 1995 When Night Is Falling Patricia Rozema 1998 Last Night Don McKellar 2002 Bollywood/HollywoodDeepa Mehta 2003 The Republic of Love 2013 The Grand SeductionDon McKellar 2018 Through Black Spruce 2020 Funny Boy Deepa Mehta 2022 Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg2024 Humane Caitlin Cronenberg The Shrouds David Cronenberg
Short film Year Title Director Notes 1991 Battle of the Bulge Arlene Hazzan Green 1993 Collateral Damage Leonard Farlinger 1999 Rusty Jeremy Hindle 2000 A Word from the Management Don McKellar Segment of Preludes 2008 The Catsitter Tim Hamilton 2015 It's Not You Don McKellar2023 Moments Away Stephanie Morgenstern Alone Charles Uwagbai Meta Mom Simone Stock Black Paris Sid Zanforlin 2025 Pick One Julian De Zotti
Television TV movies Year Title Director 1987 The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe Peter Gerretsen 2002 Untitled Secret Service Project Rupert Wainwright 2004 Meltdown Jeremiah S. Chechik2017 Perverts Anonymous: Episodes 1-3Tim Hamilton Perverts Anonymous: Episode 1, Disguises
TV series Year Title Director Notes2007 Not This But This Mark Mainguy The Bronx Is Burning Jeremiah S. Chechik Miniseries 2008 The Middleman Episode "The Pilot Episode Sanction" 2011–2017 Michael: Every Day Don McKellarAlison MacleanPatricia Rozema All 18 episodes 2013 Bodyslam Robert Budreau TV special 2014–2016 Sensitive Skin Don McKellar All 12 episodes 2015 The Second City Project Tim Hamilton 2022 Children Ruin Everything Renuka JeyapalanMelanie Orr Season 1
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