Hotel Vancouver 80th Anniversary Shoot

When Rebecca from Fairmont Hotel Vancouver first called me about an upcoming photo shoot for their 80th Anniversary that would be inspired by unique and interesting stories in the hotels’ history I was immediately excited to come onboard. Dennis Gocer from The Collective You led the way coming up with 7 portrait shots and I jumped into Casting & Production.

Potentially my favourite casting gig to date as on top of our two awesome leads (Callum Gunn + Daniella Filer) I got to cast our hero horse - Regallo - and some falcons for our Bellman shot.

We shot over one long production day and I remember laughing through my 1st AD morning meeting announcement when I said “Ok first up we have a shot in the ballroom with Regallo the horse, then we move up to the rooftop for our Bellman shoot with the Falcons and then De Beers arrives with our jewellery for some portraits”. Definitely a fashion shoot!

Photography: The Collective You

Stylist: Leila Bani

HMU: Sonia Leal-Serafim

Prop Stylist: Angelyne Martin

Metropolis at Metrotown Winter Campaign

So exciting to see our work up on display at the skytrain station and in the Cineplex pre-show over Christmas!!  Huge shout out to Photographer/Co-Director:  Hubert Kang, Director of Photography/Co-Director:  Hamish Hamilton, Wardrobe Stylist:  Joanna Kulpa and Props Stylist:  Angie Martin.  Agency:  Twice/DDB.  Editor:  Mike Southworth.  My role:  Producer/Locations/Casting.  

Forestry Innovation Investment Corporate Videos

Here's a small selection of corporate videos I had the pleasure of producing for Forestry Innovation Investment in 2017.  

Role:  Producer & Director.  

Production Company:  Brüdder Productions Inc.  

Metropolis at Metrotown Fall Campaign

Another fun video & stills campaign with Hubert Kang and Hamish Hamilton!  The stills are featured in various skytrain stations across the city and the video is currently playing in the Cineplex pre-show so check it out!  Shout out to Angie Martin - Props Stylist & Joanna Kulpa - Wardrobe stylist!  We just shot some new stuff for them for the Winter Campaign so stay tuned for more images soon....

Mark's Work Warehouse Christmas Stills Campaign

I had the pleasure of Producing my first Snow Effects Stills Shoot under photographer Noel Hendrickson for Mark's Work Warehouse.  The Snow FX team did a fantastic job and it was a tonne of fun pulling together a winter wonderland on a sunny Vancouver day! 

Here are some of the final brochure images.  

Fairmont Global Dubai + Singapore Campaign

In 2014 I was extremely privileged to get the opportunity to Produce a major stills and video campaign for Fairmont Global through my partnership with Hubert Kang and under the leadership of agency, FCB.  The project was a massive undertaking with over 9 shoot days filmed across Dubai and Singapore.  Hubert and I worked together to find local production teams in each city and worked with them to source location permits, cast local talent and handle all production logistics.   The project was one of my favourites for 2014 and I am very proud to share some images with you below and on my STILLS page (all shot by Hubert Kang).  

Also make sure you check out some of the video content shot by Matt Queree in this Director cut video from the Dubai portion of the trip (Co-Directors - Hubert Kang + Matt Queree, Editor/Writer - Heather Mosher).

Fairmont Vancouver Notch 8 Restaurant Launch

Working with the Fairmont is always amazing but getting the opportunity to Produce a stills and video campaign for their new restaurant launch was a tonne of fun!  Notch 8, based in Hotel Vancouver, pays homage to the hotel's history as one of the legendary railway hotels built by the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian National Railways and as such has slight design features that mimic this railway history.  Shooting in such a cool space with a hint of history and old world charm inspired both the video and stills team to deliver some incredible work!

Photography -  Steven Errico Photography                                                                                                                

Video:  Production Company - Brüdder , Director - RJ Sauer, DP - Byron Kopman

nTRUST Commercial Spot

I recently worked on this commercial spot for nTRUST under Hangar 18 and Circle Productions as the Producer and 1st Assistant Director. Directed by Robert Turner and shot by Philip Lanyon, the spot was a fantastic piece to kick off Spring in Vancouver with us filming around the city over 3 shoot days.  This one had a super short production timeline and it was a huge team effort to pull together casting, locations and production logistics in time! 

The Wood Innovation and Design Centre Story

For the past year I've been working on a project for the Forestry Innovation Investment group under Brüdder Productions Inc. as the Producer/Director.  It was an exciting project to get to see every stage of a new and innovative building project coming together - we filmed forestry, design, manufacturing, testing, construction and then the finished building when it was completed.  The project spanned over a year and gave us the opportunity to interview and film a number of amazing professionals in a variety of different fields across BC.  The future of BC wood products is an exciting one - enjoy! 

Some past project favourites

I wanted to share some of my favourite projects from the past couple of years.  They all had their own challenges at the time but turned out to be projects that I'm incredibly proud of and look back on with fond memories!  I produced these three projects under the leadership of Director/Producer RJ Sauer of Brüdder Productions.  

The BC Rugby video was shot over 2 nights on Brockton Oval in Stanley Park and one day in a studio using a variety of real players across the mens, womens and kids leagues.  Our night shoot included some rain and fog effects on top of a highly stylized lighting plan to simulate a real stadium look.

The UVIC Vikes shoot saw us filming 8 sports over 4 nights.  It was a hugely challenging shoot fitting two sports into each night with a small crew of 5 and the most challenging was shooting the rowing from 1am-6am with the women's team.  We had three follow boats - one with the camera and two with lights - trying to match speed with the women rowing across a lake in the pitch black and rain!  

The Tourism Squamish Backcountry Skiing video is one of twelve vignettes that we shot for them over a couple of years.  As with any winter skiing shooting you need the perfect weather and this day that we shot was well worth the waiting and re-scheduling!