Nicholas de Pencier
Nicholas de Pencier | |
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 Nicholas de Pencier at a screening of Act of God | |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, cinematographer |
| Notable work | Manufactured Landscapes, Black Code, Long Time Running |
| Spouse | Jennifer Baichwal |
| Website | http://www.mercuryfilms.ca |
Nicholas de Pencier is a Canadian cinematographer and filmmaker.[1] The spouse and professional partner of filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal in Mercury Films,[2] he is the cinematographer and producer on most of her films as well as codirector of the films Long Time Running.[3] and Anthropocene: The Human Epoch. He was also solo director of the 2016 documentary Black Code.[4]
He won a Genie Award in 2007, alongside Baichwal, Gerry Flahive, Daniel Iron and Peter Starr for Manufactured Landscapes and a Canadian Screen Award in 2011 alongside Baichwal, Iron and Edward Burtynsky for Watermark,[5] and was an Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Nature Programming in 2010 for "The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies", an episode of Nova.
Personal life
[edit]He is the son of magazine publisher Michael de Pencier, and the brother of film and television producer Miranda de Pencier.[6]
Filmography
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- Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1998) - cinematographer, producer
- The Uncles (2000) - producer
- The Holier It Gets (2000) - cinematographer, producer
- The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia (2002) - cinematographer, producer
- Manufactured Landscapes (2006) - cinematographer, producer
- One Week (2008) - producer
- Act of God (2009) - cinematographer, producer
- Payback (2012) - cinematographer
- The End of Time (2012) - cinematographer
- Watermark (2013) - producer, cinematographer
- The Ghosts in Our Machine (2013) - cinematographer
- Al Purdy Was Here (2015) - cinematographer
- Black Code (2016) - director, producer
- Long Time Running (2017) - director, editor
- Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (2018) - director, producer, cinematographer
- Into the Weeds (2022) - producer, cinematographer
- The Colour of Ink (2022) - cinematographer
References
[edit]- ^ "Nicholas de Pencier on his Storied, “Hodge-Podge” Career". Point of View, June 16, 2015.
- ^ "Capturing water's world; Victoria-raised Jennifer Baichwal co-directs compelling work about essential resource". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 12, 2013.
- ^ "Sneak peek of Hip documentary unveiled". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, June 9, 2017.
- ^ "Big Brother is browsing you: The documentarian Nicholas de Pencier outlines the menace of modern surveillance". The Globe and Mail, April 14, 2017.
- ^ "Troubled waters". Telegraph-Journal, December 14, 2013.
- ^ "The Accidental Mogul". Toronto Life, November 3, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Nicholas de Pencier at IMDb
- Official biography, Mercury Films website
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