US Representation:

Brian Ellis, ACA

Tel. (818) 206-0144

IATSE Local 669 IAN KERR csc DIRECTOR+CINEMATOGRAPHER BIOGRAPHY

Ian is an Emmy-award winning documentary and commercial director and cinematographer. His projects have taken him from the jungles of New Guinea to the ice floes of Canada's Arctic to the thin air of the Argentinean Andes at 21,000 feet and beyond.

Ian’s passion is telling stories through spectacular images, his work straddling the gulf between fiction and non-fiction, documentary and drama. Ian’s assignments range from meticulously executed national commercials to dynamic, sixteen-camera "reality" projects and month-long arctic and mountaineering expeditions.

Often employing innovative techniques and equipment on his projects, Ian is a certified Cineflex and Steadicam operator and works with a wide range of cameras including Red Epic, Alexa, F55, FS7 and Phantom. He works extensively with motion-control time lapse, remote head, helicopter and drone aerial and stabilized gimbal systems.

Ian holds a US 01 visa. He is physically fit, an active mountaineer, and married father of two children. His childhood hero was Tin Tin.

AWARDS: • Emmy Award: Outstanding Cinematography in a Documentary • Gemini Award: Best Photography in a Documentary (shared) • CSC Award: Best Photography in a Documentary • 6 Leo Awards: Best Cinematography • 5 Gemini Award Nominations: Best Photography in a Documentary • 3 CSC Award Nominations: Best Photography in a Documentary

SPECIAL SKILLS • Phantom High Speed, Motion Control Time Lapse & Cineflex/ Aerial expert • Experienced rock climber/ mountaineer- rigging and rope-work specialist • Downhill skier, canoeist, on/ off road cyclist, kayaker, horseback rider • International Assignments: Arctic Canada/ US, Argentina, China, Inner Mongolia, Vietnam, Ecuador, Morocco, Costa Rica, Columbia, Nepal, Mexico, Pau Pau New Guinea, S Korea, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Russia, India, Thailand, Myanmar, Western Europe, Denali, Aconcagua • SCUBA certified (PADI Advanced/ Dry Suit) • Adjunct Professor of Advanced Cinematography: UBC, Simon Fraser University

Ian Kerr csc cinematographer tel. +1 604 307 4198 [email protected] IAN KERR csc CINEMATOGRAPHER SELECTED CREDITS DOCUMENTARIES

“Hurt” DP/Op MDF Productions 90min, C300/ FS7, dir. Alan Zweig, prod. Peter Gentile, Winner: 2015 TIFF/ Platform category “Facing Ali” DP/Op Lions Gate Entertainment/ Spike 90min, Red One, dir. Peter McCormack, prod. Derik Murray, shortlisted for the 2010 Academy Awards- Best Documentary NGTV Explorer: “Mummies of New Guinea” DP/Op NGC 60 min, XDCAM HD, dir. John Rubin Outstanding Cinematography, 2010 Emmy awards Frontline: “The Death Tourist” DP/Op CTV/ PBS/ Discovery Times 120 min, Varicam, dir. John Zaritski Nova ”Nazi Gold” DP/Op PBS- Nova 60min, Sony F55, dir. Tony Gerber Nature “What Plants Talk About” DP/ Op PBS- Nature 60min, HDX900/ 5DII, dir. Erna Buffie National Geographic Wild: “Wild Nepal” DP/Op NG Wild 60min, Sony F55, dir. Tony Gerber Burma Spitfires DP/Op Room 608 Productions 120 min, Red Epic, dir. Man Mannucci, exec prod. John Halperin “I am Bruce Lee” DP/Op Spike 90min, Red Epic, dir. Peter McCormack, prod. Derik Murray ”The Good Son: The Life of Ray Mancini” DP/Op NBC 90min, Red One, 5D, F3 dir. Jesse Miller NOVA/ Explorer ”Death of the Iceman” DP/Op PBS/ NGC 60min, HDX-900, dir. Noel Dockstader American Experience: “The Ultimate Weapon”” DP/Op PBS 60 min, Varicam, dir. John Rubin BBC “Orbit”- Hay River Sequences DP/Op BBC Natural History Unit 60 min, HDX900, dir: Arif Nurohamed NGTV Explorer: “Collapse” w. Jared Diamond DP/Op NGC 60min, HDX-900, dir. Noel Dockstader National Geographic: “Sky Monsters” DP/Op NGC 60min, Varicam, dir. John Rubin The Wild Horse Redemption DP/Op National Film Board 120 min, Varicam, dir. John Zaritsky The Nature of Things “Full Circle” DP/Op CBC 60 min, DVCAM, dir. Bob Lang, Michael Fuller, Shelia Petzold “Women Warriors”(China) with Lucy Lawless DP/Op Discovery International 60 min, Digi Beta PAL, dir. Patrick Fleming “American Experience: The Alaska Highway”” DP/Op PBS 60 min, Varicam, dir. Tracey Strain Making of “IMAX Dolphins” DP/Op Macgillvary Freeman 30 min, HDCAM ”The Sacred Balance” with David Suzuki DP/Op CBC 60 min, HDCAM, dir. Robert Lang Doc Zone “Carbon Hunters” DP/Op CBC 60 min, HDX 900, dir. Miro Cernetig, prod. Melanie Wood Trailblazers “Ecuador” DP/Op Discovery Intl. 60 min, DIGIBETA PAL, dir. John Pozer, Prod. Noel Dockstader Lost Worlds: Life in the Balance DP (inserts) Primesco Films 45 min, IMAX, 24P HDTV insert Undercover Histories “Amelia Earhart” DP/Op NGTV 60min, HDX-900, dir. Noel Dockstader Ice Pilots: NWT DP/Op Omni Films Titles and air-air sequences Wild Child DP/Op NHK 30min, BC and Baffin Island sequences

Ian Kerr csc cinematographer tel. +1 604 307 4198 [email protected] IAN KERR csc CINEMATOGRAPHER

DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Facing Icons DP/ Co-Producer NGTV Intl/ Network Ent. 7 x 1 hr, biography series, Red Epic, prod. D. Murray {Re}Discovering America DP PBS/ Providence Pictures 4 x 1 hr, social history series, series, F5, prod. G. Glassman, Scott Tiffany Polar Bear Alley- Natural History Unit Director/ DP Smithsonian/ OLN/ Merit Mo Pic. 12 x 30min, Cineflex/ F55, prod. M. Jensen Canadian Geographic Presents III, IV, V Director/ DP Discovery/ Summerhill Ent. 5 x 60 min nature/ wildlife documentary series, prod. J. Larose Sports on Fire DP/ Op HBO Canada 6 x 30 min, dir/. prod: Pere McCormack Quiet Places Director/ DP Omni Productions/ Vision 12 x 30 min, spirituality/ travel series, dir/ prod. G. Schonbach Stunt Dawgs Director/ DP Omni Productions/ Movie Net 4 x 30 min, stunts unit, prod. D. Gullison

TELEVISION & MULTICAMERA

MasterChef Canada I, II – Ep1-3 Supervising DP CTV Opening Episodes & Studio set lighting, 10 cameras The Bachelor Canada – Ep1,2 Super. DP/ TD ROGERS Opening Episode & Mansion lighting 8 cameras 2010 Olympic Games- CTV Promo Unit Director/ DP CTV Host Broadcaster commercial unit 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup- Specials Unit Director/ DP FOX Sports Special projects, Headline Interviews, Commercials Bell Making The Cut I & II Super. DP/ 2nd Unit Dir. CBC

26 x 30, reality/ sports program, Dir: Fred Frame, Prod: Scott Moore, Derik Murray, 16 cameras Shimmy/ Namaste Director/ DP Discovery 52 x 30 min, dance, 24P HDTV, Prod: M. Chechik, G. Schonbach ”Anne Murray- Duets” DP CBC 60 min network special, HDTV, 5 cameras

SPECIAL CAMERA SYSTEMS Phantom High Speed, Aerial mounts, Remote heads

Polar Bear Alley Cineflex CTV 12x 30 min series, Heli and ground vehicle-mounted natural history CP Rail “Spirit Train” Cineflex CTV 30 sec. commercial Ice Pilots NWT Cineflex Paperny Entertainment Aerial Unit Dir & DP Arctic Air Cineflex CBC Aerial Unit Dir & DP- Ep. 201,202, 203, Air-to-Air Yukon Gold Cineflex Paperny Entertainment Aerial Unit Dir & DP Panasonic “Pure Earth” Phantom HD Panasonic 5 minute corporate Shockwave Phantom HD Omni Films 60 minute documentary- high speed unit

COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS Chanel “236” DP/Op Sansierra studios Ian Kerr csc cinematographer tel. +1 604 307 4198 [email protected] 60 sec., Red One Chevrolet “Malibu” DP/Op Windstar Productions 2 x 30 sec., 35mm BC Tourism “You Gotta Be Here” 3D DP/Op Triton Films 1 x 2:00, HDTV, 3D (SI-2K cameras) IAN KERR csc CINEMATOGRAPHER

DRAMA

nd Arctic Air, Season 1,2 DP- 2 Unit Omni/ CBC TV Series. Aerial Unit and 2nd Unit, Red One/ Cineflex, DP: Bruce Worrall nd The Killing, Season 3 DP- 2 Unit AMC TV Series. 2nd unit, Dir: Alexia Droz, DP: Greg Middleton Max 2: White House Hero Splinter Unit DP MGM Feature, PM: Galen Fletcher Everything, Everyting Splinter Unit DP MGM Feature, PM: Galen Fletcher Robson Arms DP- 2nd Unit Omni Films/ CTV 13 eps., 24P F900, DP: Kamal Derkaoui Fire Mountain DP/Op BBC TV Feature, 24P F900 Sweet Heaven DP/Op Triton Films Feature, Red One, dir. Lux Mustard Pancakes DP/Op PBS 12 x 30, puppet/ children’s program, 2 cameras, F900 Notes from the Space Time Continuum DP- 2nd Unit Crimson Oak Productions 18 min short, 35mm, DP: Karl Herrman James Cameron’s Dark Angel A Cam Op Lightstorm/ Fox 2nd Unit, 6 eps., 35mm, DP: Todd Elyzen X Files C Cam Op 10-13 Prod./ Fox

Ian Kerr csc cinematographer tel. +1 604 307 4198 [email protected]