Draft:Grant Baldwin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Grant Baldwin (born in Brighton, England)[1] is an English-Canadian record producer, cinematographer and documentary filmmaker.

Life

Baldwin was born in England, emigrated to Canada at an early age with his family and grew up in Nanaimo.[2] After being schooled as an audio engineer, Baldwin worked as a composer of film and television music.[3] Today, Baldwin lives in North Vancouver and works as a composer, screenwriter and director of documentary films.

Music

Using the pseudonyms Earball and later Phontaine, Baldwin released his own music, mainly of the downtempo und ambient genres.[4][5] For his music, Baldwin collaborated with the singer Nadia Clark several times, as well as with other singers und musicians.[5]

Film and TV

Together with the producer Jenny Rustemeyer, Baldwin runs the Canadian production company Silvapark Films.[6] In addition to direction and cinematography, Baldwin is responsible for the film music of the productions. The topics of the documentaries are especially pollution (The Clean Bin Project), food loss and waste (Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story) and the interaction between people and nature (This Mountain Life).

Discography

Earball

  • 2001: aqui

Phontaine

  • 2004: Phontaine
  • 2007: Bibliotec
  • 2013: Resort

Filmography

Director and screenwriter

  • 2010: The Clean Bin Project
  • 2014: Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
  • 2018: This Mountain Life
  • 2020 – 2024: Search and Rescue: North Shore (TV series)

Awards

Leo Awards[7]

  • 2015: Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series (Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story)
  • 2015: Best Musical Score in a Documentary Program or Series (Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story)
  • 2019: Best Direction in a Feature Length Documentary (This Mountain Life)
  • 2019: Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary (This Mountain Life)
  • 2021: Best Direction in a Documentary Series (Search and Rescue: North Shore)
  • 2021: Best Musical Score in a Documentary Series (Search and Rescue: North Shore, shared with Stephen Fuller)
  • 2024: Best Musical Score in a Feature Length Documentary (Subterranean, shared with Stephen Fuller)

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI