About Tony Westman
Editing on film circa 1977, Beluga Baby, produced by National Film Board of Canada
Tony Westman has been making films and taking photographs for over forty years both as Director and Director of Photography. His film projects include drama, documentaries, television, features and corporate productions made on film and high definition video. His roster of clients include Castle Rock, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, CBC, National Film Board of Canada. Film projects have provided a rich exposure to diverse locations and peoples, from the Canadian Arctic, deserts of Egypt, jungles of Peru, China, Japan, Australia and the South Seas.
Recipient of two Canada Council grants, one for film and one for still photography, he has had numerous photographic exhibitions in Vancouver and Montreal. His photographs are in collections of the National Gallery of Canada, National Film Board and private collections. His film awards include Canadian Society of Cinematographers, Yorkton Film Festival, Leo Awards, and O Globo Awards of Rio de Janeiro. He photographed the 1985 Academy Award nominated documentary Children of Soon Ching Ling.
Tony has taught film production at Simon Fraser University and Art Institute of Vancouver. He has just completed his Masters Degree in Liberal Studies at Simon Fraser University. and currently teaches cinematography at Emil Carr University.
His Master Project, entitled Becoming Surrey: Journey through the Invisible City is an essay and photographic 'montage' of the city of Surrey in transition from rural and suburban landscape to built-up urban centre.
Recipient of two Canada Council grants, one for film and one for still photography, he has had numerous photographic exhibitions in Vancouver and Montreal. His photographs are in collections of the National Gallery of Canada, National Film Board and private collections. His film awards include Canadian Society of Cinematographers, Yorkton Film Festival, Leo Awards, and O Globo Awards of Rio de Janeiro. He photographed the 1985 Academy Award nominated documentary Children of Soon Ching Ling.
Tony has taught film production at Simon Fraser University and Art Institute of Vancouver. He has just completed his Masters Degree in Liberal Studies at Simon Fraser University. and currently teaches cinematography at Emil Carr University.
His Master Project, entitled Becoming Surrey: Journey through the Invisible City is an essay and photographic 'montage' of the city of Surrey in transition from rural and suburban landscape to built-up urban centre.
Resume: Tony Westman BA. MALS. DGC. CSC. DGA.
Educational Background
Honors Diploma from Queen Anne High school, Seattle Washington, 1965
One year Engineering at University of Washington, Seattle Washington 1966
BA Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Simon Fraser University 1970
Masters of Liberal Studies, Simon Fraser University 2014
*** SFU Graduate Studies Fellowship Grant 2014
Academic Presentations
AGLS Conference, Reed College, Portland Oregon 2012
Paper Presented: How Technology Hijacked the Human Narrative
AGLS Conference, University of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Pennsylvania 2014
Paper Presented: Becoming Surrey: A Revolutionary Transformation of a Suburban Landscape
17th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Western University, London Ontario 2015
Paper Presented: Transformation and Trance in the Invisible City
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor of Film, Centre for the Arts, Simon Fraser University, 1978-1980
Substitute film instructor, Arts Institute of Vancouver, 2010, 2011
Women in Film, Banff Film Workshop. 2011, Cinematography Mentor.
Film Instructor, Emily Carr College of Art and Design 1980-81, Film Studies 325, 426, 210 courses, 2011-2014
Professional Associations
First president and charter member of Western Canada of IATSE Local 669 camera
Union 1987- 2012
Member Directors Guild of Canada 1997-
DGC film awards committee, 2011, 2014
Directors’Caucus representative 2009- 2012
Member Directors Guild of America 1997-
Member Canadian Society of Cinematographers 1987-
Photographic Exhibits
Surrey Art Gallery, one man show: Becoming Surrey opening April 2015
Baumont Gallery, group show 2013
Emily Carr University Faculty Show (group show) 2011
West Vancouver Library/ Lighthouse Park Preservation Society (group show) 2009
West Vancouver Ferry Building Gallery 2000 Polar Bears (Group Show)
Presentation House Gallery 2003 Unfinished Business (Group Show)
Beau Xi Gallery 1983 Portraits of Vancouver Artists
Simon Fraser University Gallery 1981 Artists in Vancouver (Group Show)
Vancouver Gallery of Photography 1975 Current Works (Group Show)
Gallery Of Photography, North Vancouver 1974 Rites de Passage (One Man Show)
Canada Council Short Term Grant for Still Photography 1973
Centaur Theater Gallery, Montreal 1973 Dark Visions (Group Show)
National Gallery of Canada Collection 1973
Vancouver Public Library 1971 Selected Works (One Man Show)
National Film Board Still Division Archive 1970 Image Series Six (Survey of Contemporary Photography)
Simon Fraser University, Centre for the Arts 1970 Man vs. Environment (One Man Show)
Simon Fraser University, Centre for the Arts: 1969 Children of Bella Coola (One Man Show)
Film Director credits
2007 The 4400 USA Cable/Paramount series Episode: No Exit
Executive Producer: Ira Steven Behr/Scott Peters Producer: Kathy Gilroy-Sereda
2004 Dead Like Me: MGM/Showtime Episode: Be Still My Heart
Executive Producer: John Masius
Producer: Steve Beers
2000- Fearing Mind:Fox Family, Episode: Maximum Security
Executive Producer: Dan Angel
Producer: JP Finn
1999- Higher Ground: Lions Gate Films Episode; Our Strongest Link
Executive Producer: Doug Swartz/Michael Braverman
Producer: Gordon Mark/Harold Tichenor
1998- The Crow:. PolyGram, Episode: Like its 1999
Executive Producer: Bryce Zabel
1996-98- The Sentinel: UPN/Paramount Episode:
Executive Producer: Danny Bilson/Paul DeMeo
Producer: Bob Hargrove
True Lies (Director and DoP credit)
Mirror Image
Blind Man’s Bluff
Poachers (Writer and Director Credit)
Sentinel Too
Smart Alec (Director and Dop Credit)
1992-Charlton Heston Presents the Bible. 4 hour mini-series.A&E
Executive Producer: Fraser Heston
1980- Images for Tomorrow. Science Council of B.C.
1979- Going the Distance. National Film Board (co-Direction)
1978 Family Down the Fraser, National Film Board
1978 Woven in Time, indi short documentary with artist Evelyn Roth
*** Canadian Film Award for best costumes
1977-Canada Council Short Film Production Grant (Granville: A Portrait)
***Winner Yorkton International Film Festival 1980 Best Visual Essay and Best Photography
1977- Beluga Baby National Film Board
***O Globo Science Award, Rio de Janeiro 1978
1976- Salmon People, National Film Board
1976- Sauk-ai, National Film Board
Director of Photography Credits
2011, Christmas Returns to Canaan. Hallmark, Jaffe-Braunstein/Dan Angel
2010 And Baby Will Fall. Lifetime/Jaffe-Braunstein MoW
2010 The Client List. Lifetime/Jaffe- Braunstein. MoW
2009/2010 Force of Nature, David Suzuki Legacy. CBC/NFB/E-1 Theatrical Documentary
***** Winner Audience Choice Toronto International Film Festival 2010
***** Winner Environmental Audience Choice Vancouver International Film Festival
***** 2011 Winner Best Documentary Cinematography, Leo Awards,
2008 Air India Flight 182. CBC
2007 Kaya, CTV/MTV series
2007 The 4400 Season 4 Paramount/USA Cable
2007 And She Was, Lifetime Network / Jaffe-Braunstein MOW
2006/2008 Exes and Ohs MTV Logo network comedy series
2006 The Party Never Stops. Lifetime Network MOW
2006 The 4400 Season 3 Paramount/USA Cable
2005 Cow Belles Disney TV
2005 Augusta, Gone Robert Greenwald Prod./Lifetime
2005 The 4400 Season 2 U.S.A. Cable/Paramount
2004 Muppets Wizard of Oz, Henson Co./Disney/ABC
2003 I Want to Marry Ryan Banks MOW /NBC
2003 Dead Like Me: Series Showtime/MGM
2003 Black Sash Series Tollen/Robbins/Warner Bros. Network
2002 A Very Muppet Christmas NBC/Jim Henson 90 min. Special
2001 UC: Undercover NBC/Fox, 12 episode series
***** Winner CSC Award for Best Cinematography for TV Series
2001 Off Season, Showtime/Dufferin Gate. M.O.W.
2001 Return to Halloween Town, Disney Channel M.O.W
2001 Call of the Wild CBC series 3 episodes.
2000 The Fearing Mind. Fox Family/Henson Company, 13 episodes
2000 Higher Ground Paramount/Fox Family/ Lions Gate Pilot
1999 Ricky Nelson Story, VH1 /Paramount/Pebble Hut Mow
1999 Scorn, CBC/Telefilm/Alliance/Atlantis Feature.
1999 The Last Stop, New City/Lions Gate Feature.
1997-99 The Sentinel, UPN/Paramount T.V. Series, 32 one-hour
1996 Alaska, Feature: Castle Rock Entertainment/Columbia Pictures.
1994 Tailhook, She Stood Alone. ABC Mow
1993 Needful Things, Castle Rock Entertainment. Feature.
1992 Charlton Heston Presents the Bible. A&E Network 4 hr special
1992 Diary of Evelyn Lau. CBC Mow
1991 The Portrait Independent feature, directed by Jack Darcus
1991 The Odyssey. CBC series
1990 The Coltons ABC/Paramount Pilot.
1989/90 MacGyver ABC/Paramount series 35 episode series
1989 Beachcombers CBC 22 episodes
1985 Children of Soong Ching Ling. United Nations Unicef
**** Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary 1986
1982 Deserters, Independent Feature, directed by Jack Darcus
1976 Baby This is for You, National Film Board
1975 Mental Patients Association, National Film Board
1974 Paper Tigers and Dragons, National Film Board
1974 Man Who Chooses the Bush, National Film Board
***** Winner Alberta Film Award, Best Cinematography 1975
***** Winner Yorkton Film Award. Best Cinematography 1975
1973 Pleasure Fair, National Film Board
1972 The Supreme Kid, independent feature
1968 Harry the Hummer, independent short
***** Honorable Mention Vancouver International Film Festival 1969
Educational Background
Honors Diploma from Queen Anne High school, Seattle Washington, 1965
One year Engineering at University of Washington, Seattle Washington 1966
BA Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Simon Fraser University 1970
Masters of Liberal Studies, Simon Fraser University 2014
*** SFU Graduate Studies Fellowship Grant 2014
Academic Presentations
AGLS Conference, Reed College, Portland Oregon 2012
Paper Presented: How Technology Hijacked the Human Narrative
AGLS Conference, University of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Pennsylvania 2014
Paper Presented: Becoming Surrey: A Revolutionary Transformation of a Suburban Landscape
17th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Western University, London Ontario 2015
Paper Presented: Transformation and Trance in the Invisible City
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor of Film, Centre for the Arts, Simon Fraser University, 1978-1980
Substitute film instructor, Arts Institute of Vancouver, 2010, 2011
Women in Film, Banff Film Workshop. 2011, Cinematography Mentor.
Film Instructor, Emily Carr College of Art and Design 1980-81, Film Studies 325, 426, 210 courses, 2011-2014
Professional Associations
First president and charter member of Western Canada of IATSE Local 669 camera
Union 1987- 2012
Member Directors Guild of Canada 1997-
DGC film awards committee, 2011, 2014
Directors’Caucus representative 2009- 2012
Member Directors Guild of America 1997-
Member Canadian Society of Cinematographers 1987-
Photographic Exhibits
Surrey Art Gallery, one man show: Becoming Surrey opening April 2015
Baumont Gallery, group show 2013
Emily Carr University Faculty Show (group show) 2011
West Vancouver Library/ Lighthouse Park Preservation Society (group show) 2009
West Vancouver Ferry Building Gallery 2000 Polar Bears (Group Show)
Presentation House Gallery 2003 Unfinished Business (Group Show)
Beau Xi Gallery 1983 Portraits of Vancouver Artists
Simon Fraser University Gallery 1981 Artists in Vancouver (Group Show)
Vancouver Gallery of Photography 1975 Current Works (Group Show)
Gallery Of Photography, North Vancouver 1974 Rites de Passage (One Man Show)
Canada Council Short Term Grant for Still Photography 1973
Centaur Theater Gallery, Montreal 1973 Dark Visions (Group Show)
National Gallery of Canada Collection 1973
Vancouver Public Library 1971 Selected Works (One Man Show)
National Film Board Still Division Archive 1970 Image Series Six (Survey of Contemporary Photography)
Simon Fraser University, Centre for the Arts 1970 Man vs. Environment (One Man Show)
Simon Fraser University, Centre for the Arts: 1969 Children of Bella Coola (One Man Show)
Film Director credits
2007 The 4400 USA Cable/Paramount series Episode: No Exit
Executive Producer: Ira Steven Behr/Scott Peters Producer: Kathy Gilroy-Sereda
2004 Dead Like Me: MGM/Showtime Episode: Be Still My Heart
Executive Producer: John Masius
Producer: Steve Beers
2000- Fearing Mind:Fox Family, Episode: Maximum Security
Executive Producer: Dan Angel
Producer: JP Finn
1999- Higher Ground: Lions Gate Films Episode; Our Strongest Link
Executive Producer: Doug Swartz/Michael Braverman
Producer: Gordon Mark/Harold Tichenor
1998- The Crow:. PolyGram, Episode: Like its 1999
Executive Producer: Bryce Zabel
1996-98- The Sentinel: UPN/Paramount Episode:
Executive Producer: Danny Bilson/Paul DeMeo
Producer: Bob Hargrove
True Lies (Director and DoP credit)
Mirror Image
Blind Man’s Bluff
Poachers (Writer and Director Credit)
Sentinel Too
Smart Alec (Director and Dop Credit)
1992-Charlton Heston Presents the Bible. 4 hour mini-series.A&E
Executive Producer: Fraser Heston
1980- Images for Tomorrow. Science Council of B.C.
1979- Going the Distance. National Film Board (co-Direction)
1978 Family Down the Fraser, National Film Board
1978 Woven in Time, indi short documentary with artist Evelyn Roth
*** Canadian Film Award for best costumes
1977-Canada Council Short Film Production Grant (Granville: A Portrait)
***Winner Yorkton International Film Festival 1980 Best Visual Essay and Best Photography
1977- Beluga Baby National Film Board
***O Globo Science Award, Rio de Janeiro 1978
1976- Salmon People, National Film Board
1976- Sauk-ai, National Film Board
Director of Photography Credits
2011, Christmas Returns to Canaan. Hallmark, Jaffe-Braunstein/Dan Angel
2010 And Baby Will Fall. Lifetime/Jaffe-Braunstein MoW
2010 The Client List. Lifetime/Jaffe- Braunstein. MoW
2009/2010 Force of Nature, David Suzuki Legacy. CBC/NFB/E-1 Theatrical Documentary
***** Winner Audience Choice Toronto International Film Festival 2010
***** Winner Environmental Audience Choice Vancouver International Film Festival
***** 2011 Winner Best Documentary Cinematography, Leo Awards,
2008 Air India Flight 182. CBC
2007 Kaya, CTV/MTV series
2007 The 4400 Season 4 Paramount/USA Cable
2007 And She Was, Lifetime Network / Jaffe-Braunstein MOW
2006/2008 Exes and Ohs MTV Logo network comedy series
2006 The Party Never Stops. Lifetime Network MOW
2006 The 4400 Season 3 Paramount/USA Cable
2005 Cow Belles Disney TV
2005 Augusta, Gone Robert Greenwald Prod./Lifetime
2005 The 4400 Season 2 U.S.A. Cable/Paramount
2004 Muppets Wizard of Oz, Henson Co./Disney/ABC
2003 I Want to Marry Ryan Banks MOW /NBC
2003 Dead Like Me: Series Showtime/MGM
2003 Black Sash Series Tollen/Robbins/Warner Bros. Network
2002 A Very Muppet Christmas NBC/Jim Henson 90 min. Special
2001 UC: Undercover NBC/Fox, 12 episode series
***** Winner CSC Award for Best Cinematography for TV Series
2001 Off Season, Showtime/Dufferin Gate. M.O.W.
2001 Return to Halloween Town, Disney Channel M.O.W
2001 Call of the Wild CBC series 3 episodes.
2000 The Fearing Mind. Fox Family/Henson Company, 13 episodes
2000 Higher Ground Paramount/Fox Family/ Lions Gate Pilot
1999 Ricky Nelson Story, VH1 /Paramount/Pebble Hut Mow
1999 Scorn, CBC/Telefilm/Alliance/Atlantis Feature.
1999 The Last Stop, New City/Lions Gate Feature.
1997-99 The Sentinel, UPN/Paramount T.V. Series, 32 one-hour
1996 Alaska, Feature: Castle Rock Entertainment/Columbia Pictures.
1994 Tailhook, She Stood Alone. ABC Mow
1993 Needful Things, Castle Rock Entertainment. Feature.
1992 Charlton Heston Presents the Bible. A&E Network 4 hr special
1992 Diary of Evelyn Lau. CBC Mow
1991 The Portrait Independent feature, directed by Jack Darcus
1991 The Odyssey. CBC series
1990 The Coltons ABC/Paramount Pilot.
1989/90 MacGyver ABC/Paramount series 35 episode series
1989 Beachcombers CBC 22 episodes
1985 Children of Soong Ching Ling. United Nations Unicef
**** Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary 1986
1982 Deserters, Independent Feature, directed by Jack Darcus
1976 Baby This is for You, National Film Board
1975 Mental Patients Association, National Film Board
1974 Paper Tigers and Dragons, National Film Board
1974 Man Who Chooses the Bush, National Film Board
***** Winner Alberta Film Award, Best Cinematography 1975
***** Winner Yorkton Film Award. Best Cinematography 1975
1973 Pleasure Fair, National Film Board
1972 The Supreme Kid, independent feature
1968 Harry the Hummer, independent short
***** Honorable Mention Vancouver International Film Festival 1969
