Chris Romeike csc
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Selected Cinematography CV
Documentary Films
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal Mike Downie Amazon Prime 4 x 1 hour doc series TIFF 2024 People’s Choice Award for Documentary
The Birdman of Cooper Island Kevin McMahon AFD, TVO, Primitive Feature Documentary
The Nest Chase Joynt and Julietta Singh NFB Feature Hybrid Documentary Premiering in 2025
Black Ice - Feature Hubert Davis Uninterrupted Canada, Crave TIFF 2022 People's Choice Award for Documentary. CSC Nomination for Best Cinematography in a Feature Documentary.
OKAY! The ASD Band Film - Feature Mark Bone Escarpment Films, Edelman, Jake’s House Premiered at Hot Docs 2022 – Top 5 Audience Award Winner
9/11 Kids – Feature Elizabeth St. Phillip Saloon Media, CBC Premiered at Hot Docs 2020 – Top 5 Audience Award Winner Nominated for 3 x 2021 Canadian Screen Awards including Best Photography in a Documentary
Inconvenient Indian – Feature Michelle Latimer 90th Parallel, NFB, CRAVE TIFF 2020 – Best Canadian Feature Film, People’s Choice for Best Documentary
Giants Of Africa – Feature Hubert Davis MLSE, Elevation Pictures, Netflix, Premiered at TIFF 2016. Canadian Screen Award Nomination for Best Documentary Cinematography 2017
My Piece of the City – Feature Moze Mossanen 100 Dragons, TVO
Design Canada – Feature Greg Durrell Jessica Edwards
The Faith Project Chris Romeike NFB
Hurt – Feature Alan Zweig MDF Productions Platform Prize TIFF 2015. Best Feature Documentary CSA 2016. D.Ps: Chris Romeike, Jonathan Cliff, Ian Kerr
The Team – Feature Patrick Reed White Pine Pictures, Peter Raymont Premiered at IDFA in 2010 and Hot Docs in 2011. Canadian Screen Award Nomination for Best Photography in a Documentary Program 2013
Alias - Feature Michelle Latimer Streel Films Hot Docs 2013
Jackpot – Feature Alan Black Streel Films Hot Docs 2009. Best Documentary - Yorkton Film Festival
Invisible City – Feature Hubert Davis NFB Winner of Best Canadian Documentary Hot Docs 2009
Souvenir of Canada – Hybrid Feature Robin Neinstein Media Head Quarters, NFB, CBC Premiered at TIFF 2005 followed by a national theatrical release
9 Months 6 Blocks – Short Chris Romeike TVO/ NFB Hot Docs 2005, honorable mention for best direction
Zero Degrees of Separation. – Feature Elle Flanders Graphic Pictures, NFB Premiered at Hot Docs and Berlin 2005
Tina In Mexico – Docudrama Feature Brenda Longfellow Gerda Films Hot Docs 2002, Golden Sheaf Award for Cinematography 2003
Television Documentary & Series
Social Issues/ Cultural
The Skin We’re In Charles Officer 90th Parallel, CBC D.Ps: Chris Romeike and John Price
In the Making. S1Ep: 3,5,6 Various, Chris Romeike CBC
RISE, Ep:4,5,6,8 Michelle Latimer Viceland Canada CSA winner – Best Documentary Program 2018
Unsung: Behind the Glee Moze Mossanen Shaftesbury, TVO Canadian Screen Award Winner 2015
Four Seasons Mosaic Ann Shin Media Head Quarter, CBC Gemini Nomination for Best Photography in a Performance Arts Program 2005
The Last Farmer – Short Chris Romeike Bravo Channel
The Interpreters - Short Michelle Shepard, Patrick Reed Reed Media, Bravo
Move your Mind -Short Hubert Davis NFB
The Struggle for Freedom of Speech in Turkey Liz Marshall Daniel Ritchler, Book Television 2002 Canadian Association of Broadcasters Award winner
Musicians in the War Zone-Iraq Liz Marshall MuchMusic, War Child Canada
History
Real Vikings: Viking Women Rebecca Snow Take 5 2018 Canadian Screen Award Winner 2017
Museum Secrets. S1-3, 12 x Eps Various Directors Kensington Communications Broadcasters: History TV, Nat Geo, Prime
Things that Move S1,6 xEps. Various Directors Primitive Pictures, History TV
Bloodlines Peter Lynch & Victor Kushmaniuk YAP Production, History TV
Docudrama
The Great Martian War-TV Feature Mike Slee Saloon Media, eOne, History TV CSA Nomination for Best International Drama 2015
Treasures Decoded – Blackbeard’s Ship Graeme Ball Pier 21, History TV
Beasts of the Bible Graham Ball AP, Animal Planet
The Body Machine-TV Feature Robin Bicknell MB Media, Discovery Channel
Nature and Science
The Nature of Things CBC
Beyond PTSD Patrick Reed White Pine Pictures
The Equalizer Rebecca Snow Kensington Communications
Bones, Bugs, and Botany Daniel Zuckerbrot CBC
The Senses: Taste and Smell Kenton Vaughn CBC
Sinking Cities: 3 x 1hr Martin Pupp Cineflix, PBS
Project X: 13 x 30 min Various Directors CBC
Weather Report - Feature Brenda Longfellow Sienna Films, NFB, CBC
National Parks Project Series: 3x Eps Various Directors Primitive Entertainment
Visions of Canada – 6 x 30min Chris Romeike Vision Television
Short Dramatic Fiction
I Wish I Knew How To Be Free Hubert Davis Bravo Channel
Blind Sean Garrity Bravo Channel
Seven Persons Chris Romeike Bravo Channel
We’ll Always Have Paris Boaz Beeri Boaz Beeri
Sheket Andrea Cohen-B EKLA Productions-France Cinefranco Film Festival 2012
How are You? Martha Burns, Susan Coyne Devil’s Gap Productions TIFF 2008 Premier
Nickelodeon’s Sam Digital In The 21st Century Steve Angel Cuppa Coffee Animation
Running Chris Romeike Cuppa Coffee Studios, Nickelodeon
Commercials and Branded Documentary
Rivolta: In the Mind of a Hacker Hubert Davis Untitled Films, Edelman Mid-length documentary for Hewlett-Packard Hot Docs 2017 Cannes Lion Winner-Bronze Clio Award-Silver
The Storytelling Project Jessica Edwards, Jeremy Gans C&B Studios 3 x short documentary for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
Once More: The Story of VIN 903847 Hubert Davis Untitled Films Untitled Films Mid-length documentary for Volkswagen Cannes Lion Winner-Silver D.P Chris Romeike and John M. Tran
Becel Bricks – 15, 30 and 90 sec spots Hubert Davis Untitled Films
Nature Valley Canada - Park People. 3 x 60 sec Jeremy Gans SO.DA
Petro-Canada, Face to Face Hubert Davis Untitled Films 3 x 30 sec, 3 x 2 min docs
Music Videos:
K-OS, Patricia O’Callahan, Lal, Sook Yin Lee, The Mahones, The Jazz Mongers, Ursula, The Immigrants.
Additional Work
Children & Comedy
Punched Up (Comedy Network), Kenny vs Spenny (CBC), CrashBox (HBO Family), Pitch (Feature).
Awards/Nominations
2024 CSC Nomination for Best Documentary Cinematography: Black Ice
2021 CSA Nomination for Best Photography in a Documentary: 9/11 Kids
2017 CSA Nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary Film: Giants of Africa
2013 CSA Nomination for Best Photography in a Documentary Program: The Team
2005 Gemini Nomination for Best Photography in a Performing Arts Program: Four Seasons Mosaic
2003 Golden Sheaf Award for Best Cinematography: Tina In Mexico
1999 Houston International Festival: Gold: TCM Movies Inside Out – Show Opener (director)
1995 Much Music Video Award for Best Rap Video Musical Essence
Operating
Various Commercials and all DP work.
Main Unit, C Camera Operator, Rogue 2016 (D.P Steve Cosens, csc)
2nd Unit A Camera Operator, Rogue 2016 (Various D.Ps)
Associations
Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC), Full Member
I.A.T.S.E 667, Full Member as Operator
Education: BFA, Media Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University, 1994| MFA, Film Production York University 2013