RESUME
Athan Merrick - Cinematographer/Director of Photography Victoria, BC - Selected Works
Cell Phone 604-314-6355/athanmerrick@gmail.com/www.athanmerrick.com to view work
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURES (selected)
DOP Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography Dir. Niobe Thompson, Daniella Ortega Prod. Handful of Films
Broadcast CBC, ABC, Arte. Winner Green Impact of the Year World Congress of Science and Factual Producers, Best Documentary Cinemambiente, Grand Prix Deauville Green
Awards, Student Jury Award AFO, Innovative Spirit Award Illuminate Film Festival. Official Selection Doclands, CPH:DOX, Cinefest Oz, Docs Without Borders, Screenwave
International, Innsbruck Nature, Green Screen Environmental, Trieste Science and Fiction, Jackson Wild, Pariscience, Silbersalz Science and Media, Savonlinna Nature, and
Bergen Film Festivals
DOP The Whale and the Raven Dir. Mirjam Lueze Prod. Red Cedar and Off Island Films
National Film Board of Canada and Arte Germany, DokFest Munich Opening Film, Official Selection VIFF, Planet in Focus, NaturVision, SWR Docu, Emden Nordenay, Funf
Seen, International Ocean Kiel Film Festivals
DOP, Producer Numinous Dir. Nicolas Teichrob, Kye Petersen Prod. Dendrite Studios
Winner Movie of the Year, Best Post Production, Line of the Year, Full Throttle Powder Awards. Best Cinematography, Best Big Mountain Film, Best Freeride Segment IF3
Awards. Best Cinematography Short Documentary Leo Awards 2018. Official Selection of Banff Mountain, MountainFilm, Newport Beach, High Five, The Meeting, Brescia
WinterFilm, Snowvision, Steamboat Mountain, Vancouver International Mountain, and Wasatch Mountain Film Festivals. Premieres in over 40 cities around the globe.
Cinematographer Conquering the Useless Dir. Matt Sheridan Prod. Team 13
Winner Best Film Fernie Film Festival. Official Selection Boston Winter, WePowder Film Festivals
Cinematographer Full Moon Leanne Pelosi Prod. Runway Films
Cinematographer Almost Ablaze Dir. Todd Jones, Steve Jones Prod. Teton Gravity Research
Winner Film of the Year IF3. Movie of the Year Powder Awards. Over 200 premieres around the globe
Cinematographer Way of Life Dir. Todd Jones, Steve Jones Prod. Teton Gravity Research
Over 200 premieres in cities around the globe
Cinematographer The Dream Factory Dir. Todd Jones, Steve Jones Prod. Teton Gravity Research
Official selection of Banff Mountain Film Festival. Over 200 premieres in cities around the globe.
Co-Director, Producer, DOP, Co-Editor Out of the Shadows Prod. Dendrite Studios
Winner Best Big Mountain Film of 2010 at IF3, Sierra Nevada Award for Action Sports at The Mountain Film Festival, Nominated for Best POV at Powder Videos Awards.
Official selection Newport Beach, Vail, IF3, The Mountain, Zakopane Mountain, Bansko Mountain, North Bend Mountain, Downtown Boca, Up There, Steamboat Mountain,
Telluride Photo, UK Adventure, and Danish Adventure Film Festivals. Premieres in over 30 cities around the globe (selected)
SHORTS (selected)
Co-Director, Co-Producer, DOP Parallels Prod. Dendrite Studios
Winner Best Short Film Cinematography FESCINAT, Telus Festival Intersection Finalist, Official Selection IF3, Vancouver International Mountain, Rossland Mountain,
Golden Film Festivals, Cold Smoke Awards, and Telluride Photo Festival. Vimeo Staff Pick, Featured on Vimeo homepage, USA Today Travel section, and Atlantic Magazine
Director, DOP, Editor The Malibu Fable Prod. Dendrite Studios
Winner Best Short Film Cinematography FESCINAT. Winner Sierra Nevada Award for Action Sports The Mountain Film Festival. Official Selection of The Edinburgh
Mountain, Rossland Mountain, IF3, High Five, Cold Smoke, Kendal Mountain, UptoFest, and Andrenalin Film Festivals
Cinematographer Let’s Go Get Small Dir. Fred Arne Wergeland
Winner Explorers Award Cold Smoke Awards. Official Selection Banff Mountain Film Festival and IF3
DOP, Editor J. Craig Venter Institute ZGF Architects Dir. Nick Merrick Prod. Hedrich Blessing
DOP, Editor Conrad Hilton Foundation Building ZGF Architects Dir. Nick Merrick Prod. Hedrich Blessing
NARRATIVE
FEATURES
DOP Don't Look Away Dir. Michael Bafaro
DOP Lost Wilderness Dir. Garnett Cambell, Wes Sargent
SHORTS (selected)
DOP Shadow of the Rougarou Web Series Dir. Jordan Waunch
Streaming APTN Lumi, Winner Best Digital Series Blood in the Snow Film Festival, Official Selection American Indian, YellowKnife International Film Festivals
DOP Sisters of Sorrow Dir. Jordan Waunch
Official Selection Whistler, ImagineNative, and Clermont Ferrand Film Festivals
DOP Small Fish Dir. Maxime Beauchamp
Crazy 8’s Finalist, Award of Excellence Canada International Film Festival, Official Selection of Fimucinema, Audience Awards, Regent Park, Los Angeles International
Children's, Video Skin, Chilliwack Independent, Bucharest ShortCut, New Hunan Short, Saint Petersburg International, Lifft India World CineFest Film Festivals
DOP The Doctrine Dir. Shane Brar
Winner Best Cinematography Madrid International Short Film Festival, Official Selection Cinema World Fest Awards, Oaxaca, JellyFest, Rome Independent Prisma Awards, Bucharest
ShortCut CineFest, Queen Palm International, FilmLocal, Caldas, and Canada Shorts Film Festivals
DOP Atone Dir. Shane Brar
Winner Best Cinematography Largo Film Festival, Best Jury Direct Online Short Film Festival, Best Drama LA Short Awards, Official Selection of National Screen Institute
Online Short, LA CineFest Semi-Finalist, The Monthly, Caldas, and Creations International Film Festivals
DOP Chocolate Queen Dir. Mariusz Brozek
Official selection of Canada Shorts, Portland Comedy, and Vancouver Short Film Festivals
DOP Colouring on the Walls Dir. Shaun Mckinlay
Crazy 8’s Finalist, Official Selection New York Hell’s Kitchen Film Festival
DOP, Executive Producer The Escape of Conrad Lard Bottom Dir. Shaun Mckinlay
Winner Best Student Cinematography Vancouver Short Film Festival, Audience Choice POV Film Festival and VSFF, Official Selection Student Shorts, Third Screen, Santa
Fe (USA), Fresh (UK), and Victoria Film Festivals, Nominated for Best Student Short Leo Awards.
COMMERCIALS (selected)
DOP Woods True North Dir. Kevin Arnold
DOP Adventurer Overlander Dir. Travis Robb
Director, DOP RYU #BeautifulTough Prod. Dendrite Studios
Director, DOP Mutant Body Building Supplements Madness Prod. Dendrite Studios
DOP Mutant Body Building Supplements Birthday Cake Dir. Jonathan Mcfarlane
DOP Mazda Dreams Dir. Rob Neilson
DOP Chevy Cruze Dir. Billy Wong
DOP Ades Sports Drink Dir. Billy Wong
MUSIC VIDEO/ART FILM (selected)
DOP Art Installation UnInterrupted Artist, Dir. Nettie Wild
Winner CSC (Canadian Society of Cinematographers) Experimental Award
DOP, Editor Art Film A Walk on the Beach Artist Michele Oka Doner
Official Selection Miami Art Basel
DOP Music Video Chantelle Mussell: Perfect Little Failure Dir. B. Joel Cran
DOP Music Video Ray Mussell: Easy Money Dir. B. Joel Cran
DOP Music Video Cross Parallel: Better with Time Dir. Chantelle Mussell and Joseph Bronson
TELEVISION (selected)
Co-DOP Hitler's Last Stand Season 1 + 2 6 Episode Series Dir. Ian Herring Prod. Parallax Film Productions
National Geographic Channel and Smithsonian Channel
Co-DOP Hell Below Season 1+ 2 6 Episode Series Dir. Ian Herring Prod. Parallax Film Productions
National Geographic and Smithsonian Channel
DOP Nations at War Season 2 + 3 Dir. Jason Friesen Prod. Chasing Pictures
Aboriginal People's Television Network/APTN
Camera Operator Nature of Things: Eagles Next Door Dir. Ian Herring Prod. Parallax Film Productions
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/CBC
Camera Operator Bahama Blue 6 episode Series Dir. Ian Herring Prod. Parallax Film Productions
Discovery International and Love Nature
Camera Operator Battle Castle 6 episode Series Dir. Ian Herring Prod. Parallax Film Productions
History Television, Discovery UK, and BBC World
Camera Operator E:60 First in Flight: The Sarah and Rory Story
ESPN
AWARDS
CSC (Canadian Society of Cinematographers) Experimental/Unique Award 2018 - Uninterrupted Art Film Installation
Best Cinematography Short Documentary Leo Awards 2018 - Numinous Ski and Snowboard Film (50 min)
Best Cinematography IF3 Festival 2018 - Numinous Ski and Snowboard Film
Best Cinematography Madrid International Short Film Festival 2023 - The Doctrine Short Narrative Film
Best Cinematography Largo Film Festival 2018 - Atone Short Narrative Film
Best Short Film Cinematography FESCINAT Festival 2014, 2013 - The Malibu Fable and Parallels Ski Short Films
Best Student Cinematography Vancouver Short Film Festival 2008 - The Escape of Conrad Lard-Bottom Short Narrative Film
EDUCATION/SKILLS
Dual Canadian and US Citizen
BFA Major Film Production Minor in Philosophy University of British Columbia
Former IATSE 891 Lighting Department Member, Lighting Technician, Rigging, and Electrics Best Boy on over 20 IATSE, ACFC,
and non-union Features and TV shows.
Former Professional Big Mountain Extreme Skier
PADI Scuba Certified