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Canadian cinematographer and filmmaker
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
He is the son of magazine publisher
Michael de Pencier , and the brother of film and television producer
Miranda de Pencier .
[6]
Filmography
Nick de Pencier and director Jennifer Baichwal introducing Act of God at the 44th
KVIFF .
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
^
"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.
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