{"id":14908,"date":"2014-08-01T02:35:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T02:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pieterstathis.com\/?page_id=14908"},"modified":"2016-12-19T06:35:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T06:35:39","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pieterstathis.com\/?page_id=14908","title":{"rendered":"BIOGRAPHY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During the more than 25 years that Pieter Stathis, CSC has been directing photography, he has crafted award-winning imagery for features, television and commercials.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While grounded in film (he\u2019s shot more than a dozen features on 16mm and 35mm film), Pieter’s deep understanding of modern raw cameras and post workflow has given him great creative power, reflected by recent cinematography awards for intimate features like \u2018Hit-n-Strum\u2018 (Best Cinematography – Canadian Film Fest) and ‘3 Days in Havana’ (Leo – Best Feature Film Cinematography), while also enabling him to control large sets and satisfy robust productions as the 2nd unit DP for recent seasons of Lifetime\u2019s \u2018Witches of East End\u2018 (season 1) and CBC\u2019s \u2018Arctic Air\u2018 (season 1 and 2).<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 His favourite film projects are films that both entertain and galvanize positive change \u2013 he\u2019s been able to do just that, filming in dozens of countries around the world.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pieter’s four-part mini-series “Secret Files of the Inquisition” was shot in Canada, Spain and Italy, receiving a Leo Award for best cinematography (and a Gemini nomination).\u00a0 He traveled through England, Australia and New Zealand to shoot the Leo and Gemini award winning mini-series, “Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery,” for the History Channel.\u00a0 He revisited those areas and more for \u201cDarwin\u2019s Brave New World,\u201d a mini-series that aired on CBC’s “The Nature of Things”.\u00a0 Travelling to South Africa in 2012, Pieter lensed the feature documentary, “Song for Mandela” which was released internationally just after Mandela’s death. Pieter’s work on the theatrical feature film\u00a0 “3 Days in Havana”, shot during multiple trips to Cuba, earned him a 2nd Leo Award for best cinematography. Travelling with a small team across urban and rural China, he was able to capture compelling footage for the feature documentary “Shimming”.\u00a0 Pieter’s most recent cinematography was for “Journey Back To Christmas”, which was released on Thanksgiving 2016 and has become the 2nd most-watched program in the history of Hallmark channel.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well-liked by productions and crew \u2013 and audiences \u2013 Pieter enjoys giving back; in recent years IATSE Local 669 enlisted him to teach workshops throughout Western Canada.\u00a0 He’s also taught cinematography and film production at the University of British Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>

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Pieter Stathis 2016 DP resume<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t

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RECENT WORK<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>
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