François Messier-Rheault


François Messier-Rheault is a Canadian cinematographer. He is most noted for his work on Denis Côté's 2017 film A Skin So Soft , for which he won the Prix Iris for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018.
He was also a nominee in the same category at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020 for Dark Suns , and for Best Cinematography at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019 for Ghost Town Anthology . He has also received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary, for his work on the film Diary of a Father , at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025.
His other credits have included the films Land of Men , Little Brother , The Sound of Trees , Wilcox, Heart Bomb , Social Hygiene , That Kind of Summer , Making Babies , The Thawing of Ice , Vile & Miserable and Shifting Baselines.