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About Tony Westman

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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.
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
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