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François Messier-Rheault

Cinematographer

Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 51 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 39% in 30 days

What are François Messier-Rheault's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Documentary4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
26%
Society
22%
Survival
21%
Power
16%
Bonds
12%
Morality
4%
Identity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 7 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3

Ambiguous: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their ambiguous movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
5
Contemplative
4
Dread
3
Cold
4
Tense
4
Other
6

How their films linger

Thought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous7
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch François Messier-Rheault's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for François Messier-Rheault's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

51 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • Shifting Baselines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Cinematographer

  • Follies(2025)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Cardboard City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Paul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Vile & Miserable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Balance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • Rule of Stone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • Zoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • Lease Me Alone! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • Diary of a Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • The Thawing of Ice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • Making Babies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • The White Guard(2023)

    Additional Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sorcières (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 50 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Soleil de nuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • Virga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • Ditch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • Bataille pour l'âme du Québec (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • That Kind of Summer(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Witchcraft Motion Picture Company Presents: Horror Anthology - Volume 1(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Landgraves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • Through the Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • Tibbits Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • Six degrés (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 13 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Social Hygiene(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Music Lesson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • FLQ : la traque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Resistance: Police Against the Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

  • Une histoire complètement cirque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Dark Suns(2018)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Wilcox(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Heart Bomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Plainsong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Ghost Town Anthology(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • A Skin So Soft(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Pas d'excuses, pas de limites (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Additional Director of Photography

  • The Sound of Trees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Cinematographer

  • W-A-L-K (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Cinematographer

  • Police Académie(2015)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Skyline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Cinematographer

  • Not with Fat Sophie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Cinematographer

  • Steve Pouliot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • La Ronde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Cinematographer

  • Powder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Cinematographer

  • Crawler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Camera Operator · Cinematographer

  • Land of Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Cinematographer

  • Naissances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Cinematographer

  • Juillet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Sound

  • West Coast Québec (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Cinematographer

  • Cranes and Voices (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

  • THE WASHING MACHINE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 49 titles, 47 of them dated from 2006 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Follies (2025)

$27K worldwide

Highest rated

Follies (2025)

Midcredits 72nd

Most popular right now

That Kind of Summer (2022)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography48 of 49: 47 only cinematography, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score47thOther crew2 of 49: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s5 · crew2010s15 · crew2020s27 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do François Messier-Rheault's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 10 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · cinematographer

The White Guard (2023)

66th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Dark Suns (2018)

Midcredits 94th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 75/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does François Messier-Rheault work with?

People who share at least 2 of François Messier-Rheault's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Denis Côté shares the most, 5.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles