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Richard Ciupka is a Director, Scriptwriter, Director of Photography and Cinematography Canadien born on 1 january 1950 at Liège (Belgique)

Richard Ciupka

Richard Ciupka
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Nationality Canada
Birth 1 january 1950 (74 years) at Liège (Belgique)

Richard Ciupka, est un directeur de la photographie, réalisateur canadien d'origine Polonaise né à Liège en Belgique qui a travaillé avec Claude Chabrol à plusieurs reprises, avec Louis Malle et Alexandre Arcady en France et au Canada. Richard Ciupka à aussi une très longue carrière comme Réalisateur/Dir.Photo en publicité.Il vient de terminer comme Dir Photo 34 épisodes de la série télévisée de "Nouvelle Adresse" pour laquelle il a gagné le Gémeaux de la meilleur direction photo Dramatique en 2015. Il vient de terminer deux pilotes de série télévisée pour Netflix et un film pour Crown media USA.

Best films

Atlantic City (1980)
(Director of Photography)
Hold-Up (1985)
(Director of Photography)

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Filmography of Richard Ciupka (17 films)

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Director

Duo
Duo (2006)
, 1h44
Directed by Richard Ciupka
Genres Comedy
Actors François Massicotte, Anick Lemay, Gildor Roy, Julie McClemens, Serge Postigo, Sandrine Bisson
Rating50% 2.5030852.5030852.5030852.5030852.503085
L'intrigue du film s'amorce avec Pascal (Aick Lemay), une agente d'artistes au bord de la faillite, qui se rend à un festival de la chanson dans Charlevoix. Elle veut convaincre Francis Roy (Serge Postigo), un chanteur qui s'est retiré en pleine gloire, de faire un retour à la scène. Pascale voit dans l'e-chanteur sa planche de salut et tentera par tous les moyens de le convaincre de signer avec elle. Jles Simard (Francois Massicotte), un agent rival, se retrouvera lui aussi au même festival et viendra compliquer les plans de Pascale...
L’incomparable Mademoiselle C., 1h43
Directed by Richard Ciupka
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Ghost films
Actors Marie-Chantal Perron, Pierre Lebeau, Michel Laperrière, Mylène Saint-Sauveur, Isabel Richer, Sophie Bourgeois
Rating60% 3.042163.042163.042163.042163.04216
Voir le site de Radio Canada: http://ici.radio-canada.ca/television/notre_cinema/nos_films/synopsis.asp?film=39
The Mysterious Miss C., 1h48
Directed by Richard Ciupka
Origin Quebec
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Marie-Chantal Perron, Gildor Roy, Ève Lemieux, Maxime Dumontier, Patrick Labbé (acteur québécois), Marilyse Bourke
Rating65% 3.2891453.2891453.2891453.2891453.289145
Mademoiselle C. est appelée comme remplaçante pour la classe la moins performante de l’école Sainte-Cécile. Dès son arrivée, ses méthodes pédagogiques peu orthodoxes provoquent une véritable révolution dans l’école, au grand plaisir des enfants, et au désespoir du directeur, Monsieur Lenragé. Avec la complicité de ses élèves, Mademoiselle C. transforme l’annexe-entrepôt de l’école en bibliothèque de rêve pour les jeunes, contrecarrant ainsi les projets ambitieux de M. Lenragé.
The Last Breath
Directed by Richard Ciupka
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Luc Picard, Julien Poulin, Serge Houde, Michel Goyette, Serge Houde, Lorne Brass
Rating67% 3.3775353.3775353.3775353.3775353.377535
La vie d’un policier de Montréal, Laurent Vaillancourt, s’écroule. Sa femme le laisse, son père le blâme, son frère Martin a de graves problèmes. Martin meurt d’une mystérieuse et saisissante façon et Laurent cherche à résoudre son meurtre. Son enquête le mène à Nasareth en Arkansas, une ville dominée par une milice marginale. Son rapport avec les autorités locales est trouble. Laurent se retrouve plongé dans une sombre intrigue d’argent et de règlements de compte. S’en sortira-t-il seul?
Coyote
Coyote (1992)
, 1h35
Directed by Richard Ciupka
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Mitsou, Patrick Labbé (acteur québécois), Claude Legault, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Michel Barrette, François Massicotte
Rating44% 2.2123552.2123552.2123552.2123552.212355
Le froid, les raffineries, les rues tristes de Pointe aux Trembles, les hot dogs extra graisse de chez Larry. Chomi, aspirant réalisateur, rencontre la belle Coyotte, de qui il tombe follement amoureux. Aux yeux de Chomi, Coyotte représente la blonde parfaite, pour elle, Chomi est la personification même de l'espoir absolu qu'elle porte en l'avenir. Mais, la vie est plus forte et après plusieurs chassés croisés, bébés avortés, voulus ou en devenir, le couple se sépare. C'est bien connu : les histoires d'amour finissent mal, en général.
Curtains
Curtains (1983)
, 1h30
Directed by Richard Ciupka
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Films about television
Actors John Vernon, Linda Thorson, Samantha Eggar, Lynne Griffin, Lesleh Donaldson, William Horace Marshall
Rating55% 2.798742.798742.798742.798742.79874
Samantha Sherwood, a beautiful actress and muse for director Jonathan Stryker, has herself committed to a mental institution as method preparation for the titular role of a mentally unstable woman in a film called Audra. Once finding out Stryker is letting a new group of girls audition for the role of Audra, she escapes the asylum for revenge.

Scriptwriter

Coyote
Coyote (1992)
, 1h35
Directed by Richard Ciupka
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Mitsou, Patrick Labbé (acteur québécois), Claude Legault, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Michel Barrette, François Massicotte
Rating44% 2.2123552.2123552.2123552.2123552.212355
Le froid, les raffineries, les rues tristes de Pointe aux Trembles, les hot dogs extra graisse de chez Larry. Chomi, aspirant réalisateur, rencontre la belle Coyotte, de qui il tombe follement amoureux. Aux yeux de Chomi, Coyotte représente la blonde parfaite, pour elle, Chomi est la personification même de l'espoir absolu qu'elle porte en l'avenir. Mais, la vie est plus forte et après plusieurs chassés croisés, bébés avortés, voulus ou en devenir, le couple se sépare. C'est bien connu : les histoires d'amour finissent mal, en général.

Cameraman

Hold-Up
Hold-Up (1985)
, 1h50
Directed by Alexandre Arcady
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kim Cattrall, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jacques Villeret, Jean-Claude de Goros
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.2430253.2430253.2430253.2430253.243025
Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...
The Blood of Others, 2h15
Directed by Claude Chabrol
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Lambert Wilson, Samuel Fuller, Stéphane Audran
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54% 2.706412.706412.706412.706412.70641
In Nazi occupied France, Jean Blomart sits by a bed in which his lover Hélène lies dying. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn about both characters and their relationship to each other. As a young man filled with guilt about his privileged middle-class life, Jean joins the Communist Party and breaks from his family, determined to make his own way in life. After the death of a friend in a political protest, for which he feels guilty, Jean quits the Party and concentrates on trade union activities. Hélène is a young designer who works in her family's confectionary shop and is dissatisfied with her conventional romance with her fiance Paul. She contrives to meet Jean, and although he initially rejects her, they form a relationship after she has an abortion following a reckless liaison with another man. Jean tells Hélène he loves her even though he believes he does not. He proposes to her and she accepts.
The Terry Fox Story, 1h37
Directed by Ralph L. Thomas
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Robert Duvall, Saul Rubinek, Chris Makepeace, Rosalind Chao, Matt Craven, Robert Desroches
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.4377053.4377053.4377053.4377053.437705
A la fin des années 70. Terry Fox, un jeune sportif canadien, apprend qu'il est atteint d'une tumeur. Ses ambitions s'effondrent lorsqu'on l'ampute d'une jambe. Durant sa convalescence, il rencontre Rika, une thérapeute qui lui redonnera de l'assurance...
Melanie
Melanie (1982)
, 1h44
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Glynnis O'Connor, Don Johnson, Paul Sorvino, Trudy Young, Dalbello
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.337493.337493.337493.337493.33749
Melanie (O'Connor) travels to Los Angeles in an effort to regain custody of her son from her ex-husband (Johnson). Her illiteracy poses a major obstacle. She meets a faded musician (Cummings) with whom she develops a relationship.
Yesterday
Yesterday (1981)
, 1h35
Directed by Larry Kent
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Vincent Van Patten, Daniel Gadouas, Claire Pimparé, Nicholas Campbell, Jack Wetherall, Jacques Godin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.0946753.0946753.0946753.0946753.094675
Dirty Tricks, 1h35
Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Elliott Gould, Kate Jackson, Rich Little, Arthur Hill, Alberta Watson, James Mavor Moore
Roles Director of Photography
Rating48% 2.4403352.4403352.4403352.4403352.440335
A Harvard University student, (Rich Little) attempts to contact Prof. Chandler, (Elliott Gould) to authenticate a mysterious letter supposedly signed by George Washington. The student is murdered and the letter vanishes. Professor Chandler finds himself being hunted by a mafia killer and intrepid TV reporter Polly Bishop (Kate Jackson).
Atlantic City, 1h44
Directed by Louis Malle
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Robert Joy, Robert Goulet, Al Waxman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.645953.645953.645953.645953.64595
Sally (Susan Sarandon) is a young waitress in an Atlantic City casino who has dreams of becoming a blackjack dealer in Monte Carlo. Sally's estranged husband Dave (Robert Joy) returns to her one day with the intention of selling a large amount of cocaine that he had stolen in Philadelphia and meets Lou (Burt Lancaster), an aging former gangster who lives in Sally's apartment building and runs numbers in poor areas of the city; he also acts as a caretaker for Grace (Kate Reid), an elderly invalid. Dave convinces Lou to sell the cocaine for him, but as Lou sells the first batch, Dave is attacked and killed by the mobsters from whom he had stolen the drugs.