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The Canyon

I recently completed production on the feature film The Canyon, starring Bella Thorne and Mel Gibson. The film follows a woman grappling with her past as she fights for survival after a skydiving accident leaves hanging precariously on a sheer cliff 1,000 above the Grand Canyon. To bring the film’s breathtaking scope to life, we used a drone to capture high-resolution plates on location in the Grand Canyon, Utah, and integrated them into a cutting-edge virtual production workflow. These images were displayed on an LED volume stage in New Zealand, allowing us to seamlessly blend practical and digital elements for an immersive and visually stunning experience.

Van Helsing: 3 debut Directors, 3 Leo nominations

I had the pleasure of working with 3 very talented directors over 3 seasons, each on their first episode of Network Television and all three were nominated for a Leo!

Jonathan Scarfe for Van Helsing season 2 ‘Be True’

Jacquie Gould for Van Helsing season 3 ‘Been Away’

Kimani Ray Smith for Van Helsing season 4 ‘Miles and Miles’

Kung Fu Season 1 Pilot

I set the look for CW’s hot new show, Kung Fu.

1 Win and 7 Awards Nominations after taking on 3 established shows.

I pride myself on being able to replicate an established look on a series.

2021 Arrow Season 8 ‘Crisis on Infinite Earths’

Leo Nomination Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Series

2020 Van Helsing Season 4 ‘Miles and Miles’

Leo Winner Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Series

2020 Arrow Season 7 ‘You Have Saved This City’

Leo Nomination Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Series

2019 Mech X4 Season 2 ‘Versus the End’

Canadian Society of Cinematography Awards Nomination for Best Cinematography in a Youth or Children’s Program or Series

Leo Nomination for Best Cinematography in a Youth or Children’s Program or Series

2018 Mech X4 Season 2 ‘Versus the Dark Night’

Daytime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Cinematography

Canadian Society of Cinematography Awards Nomination for Best Cinematography in a Youth or Children’s Program or Series

Leo Nomination for Best Cinematography in a Youth or Children’s Program or Series

Van Helsing Season 5 was the 1st Network show back from Covid

We started the season shooting in Castles in Slovakia. As the first 3 episodes were set in the 13th Century the night shots were lit by candles and ‘moonlight’. I used Vantage Hawk lenses and RED Helium cameras because we were going to be shooting in low light levels. We got back to Canada just before Europe was shut down.

Back in Canada we stood down for 3 months due to Covid but we were the first show to return to work North America. I’m happy to say that we adhered to the Covid protocols that had been set up for our safety and had no issues at all.

NZSC Accreditation

New Zealand Cinematographers Society

ACCREDITATION RECIPIENTS 2020

NZCS accreditation is recognition as a master cinematographer with a substantive body of work that reaches a consistently high, world-class standard. A prestigious accomplishment which ordinarily we would celebrate out our black-tie Awards ceremony, which was deferred last year due to Covid-19 restrictions.

NZCS accreditation is not easily achieved. It recognises professional accomplishment within the field or genre in which you work and the letters 'NZCS' after your name is seen locally and internationally as recognition of skill and experience.

Therefore, it gives us great pleasure to introduce you to the 2020 recipients:

- Neil Cervin NZCS CSC

- Mark Lapwood NZCS ACS

- Jacob Bryant NZCS

Congratulations on your well-deserved recognition!!

Canadian Society of Cinematographers Magazine interviewed me for Impastor and Van Helsing. Read the October 2020 article here.