Stephen Campanelli

Stephen Campanelli is a movie cameraman and film director. He has been a long-term member of Clint Eastwood's film production crew. Campanelli can speak English, Italian and French.

Early life

Stephen Campanelli's mother Carmela emigrated from Italy to Canada. He traces his film interests to his mother sneaking into movies during WWII. Growing up in Montreal, he lived in Notre-Dame-de-Grace (NDG), Campanelli's childhood hero was Clint Eastwood. He named his dog "Clint".

Career

Stephen Campanelli first started camera work while at Marianopolis College, in Montreal, Quebec. He graduated from Marianopolis in 1978. Campanelli graduated from film studies from Concordia University, in Montreal, Quebec, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1983. During his time there, he won first place in a student film competition that took place in Concordia's Hall Amphitheatre, for ''From a Whisper to a Scream''. ''From a Whisper to a Scream'' later screened at the 1984 Montreal World Film Festival, receiving accolades. His first film job was on ''Meatballs III'', which was filmed in the Montreal suburb of Hudson, Quebec.

He worked with Jack Green, a frequent collaborator of Clint Eastwood's, who recommended him to Eastwood. Eastwood handled all the immigration papers to get Campanelli to be able to legally work in the United States. Campanelli went on to be a cameraman on Clint Eastwood's production film crew, starting as camera operator on ''The Bridges of Madison County''. In 2011, he was nominated for "Camera Operator of the Year" of the ''Society of Camera Operators'', for his work on ''Hereafter''. He worked on the Eastwood crew for 20 years, ending in the middle of shooting of ''American Sniper'', where he had to depart in mid-filming to pursue his directorial debut on 2015's ''Momentum''.

Campanelli directed his first film, ''Momentum'', in South Africa. The film premiered at the 2015 Fantasia International Film Festival, on 22 July 2015, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, screening in the same Hall Amphitheatre as he had screened his student film in, 30 years earlier.

His film '' Indian Horse'', an adaptation of the novel by Richard Wagamese, debuted at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival."Film adaptation of Richard Wagamese's novel Indian Horse to screen at VIFF 2017"
''The Georgia Straight'', August 23, 2017.

In 2019 his third film, the thriller-noir '' Grand Isle'' was presented at the Lone Star Film Festival and received positive reviews from ''Variety'', ''Fort Worth Weekly'' and other articles.

His fourth film, ''Drinkwater'', premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival in 2021.

In 2022, Sea to Sky Entertainment and Grinding Halt Films announced that Campanelli is slated to direct a film adaptation of Wagamese's 2009 novel ''Ragged Company''.

Accolades

Campanelli's film ''Indian Horse'' won the top award at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival. Grand Isle won the Spotlight Award at Lone Star Film Festival.

He was nominated for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award in 2017 for ''Indian Horse''.Barry Hertz
"Directors Guild of Canada reveals long list for Discovery Award"
'' The Globe and Mail'', September 5, 2017.

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Concordia University alumni
Film directors from Montreal
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)