Nicholas de Pencier is a

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cinematographer and filmmaker. The spouse and professional partner of filmmaker

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in Mercury Films, he is the cinematographer and producer on most of her films as well as codirector of the films '' Long Time Running''. and '' Anthropocene: The Human Epoch''. He was also solo director of the 2016 documentary '' Black Code''. He won a

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ...

in 2007, alongside Baichwal, Gerry Flahive, Daniel Iron and Peter Starr for '' Manufactured Landscapes'' and a

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in 2011 alongside Baichwal, Iron and

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for ''

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'', and was an

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nominee for Outstanding Nature Programming in 2010 for "The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies", an episode of ''

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''.

Personal life

He is the son of magazine publisher Michael de Pencier, and the brother of film and television producer Miranda de Pencier."The Accidental Mogul"
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Toronto Life ''Toronto Life'' is a monthly magazine about entertainment, politics and life in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ''Toronto Life'' also publishes a number of annual special interest guides about the city, including ''Real Estate'', ''Stylebook'', ''Eati ...

'', November 3, 2016.

Filmography

*'' Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles'' (1998) - cinematographer, producer *'' The Uncles'' (2000) - producer *'' The Holier It Gets'' (2000) - cinematographer, producer *'' The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia'' (2002) - cinematographer, producer *'' Manufactured Landscapes'' (2006) - cinematographer, producer *'' One Week'' (2008) - producer *''

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'' (2009) - cinematographer, producer *'' Payback'' (2012) - cinematographer *'' The End of Time'' (2012) - cinematographer *''

'' (2013) - producer, cinematographer *'' The Ghosts in Our Machine'' (2013) - cinematographer *'' Al Purdy Was Here'' (2015) - cinematographer *'' Black Code'' (2016) - director, producer *'' Long Time Running'' (2017) - director, editor *'' Anthropocene: The Human Epoch'' (2018) - director, producer, cinematographer *'' Into the Weeds'' (2022) - producer, cinematographer *'' The Colour of Ink'' (2022) - cinematographer * '' An Optimist's Guide to the Planet'' (2024) - executive producer

References

External links

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Official biography
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