Robert Fresco (born 1943) is a Canadian cinematographer and documentary filmmaker.[1] He is most noted for his 1981 documentary film Steady as She Goes, for which he won the Bijou Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary[2] and was nominated for Best Director of a Documentary,[3] and as a Juno Award nominee for Video of the Year at the Juno Awards of 1984 for his video for The Parachute Club's "Rise Up".[4]
His other documentary films have included Mudflats Living,[5] The Salvage Prince, Easter in Iglooik: Peter's Story[6] and Love, Hope and Autism,[1] and as a music video director he also did noteworthy work for Martha and the Muffins, including the videos for "Black Stations/White Stations" and "Cooling the Medium".[7] As a cinematographer his credits have included the films Winter Kept Us Warm, Firebird 2015 AD, Poetry in Motion, Comic Book Confidential, Nightstick, Wisecracks, The Twist, My Own Private Oshawa and Grass, and episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Campbells[8] and Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science. He won a Gemini Award for Best Photography in an Information Program or Series at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001 for his work on the Exhibit A episode "Beauty Shop Bandit".[9]
He has also been a partner in Gloo Studios, a firm that produced short comedy videos and special effects work for collegehumor.com.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Emelie Peacock, "B.C. filmmaker brings life with autistic son to the small screen". Abbotsford News, February 28, 2018.
- ^ "War Brides top Bijou winner". Regina Leader-Post, October 30, 1981.
- ^ "Brides nominated for 7 awards". The Province, October 7, 1981.
- ^ "Final Juno nominees announced". The Globe and Mail, October 22, 1984.
- ^ John Goodman, "Mudflats Living filmmaker set to attend Cinematheque screening". North Shore News, January 19, 2018.
- ^ John Haslett Cuff, "Harmony in Iglooik and a crisis on Degrassi Street: From Arctic and inner city, a weekend of superb entertainment". The Globe and Mail, April 18, 1987.
- ^ Christopher Ward, Is this Live?: Inside the Wild Early Years of MuchMusic, the Nation's Music Station. Random House Canada, 2016. ISBN 9780345810342. pp, 153-154.
- ^ Bill Prentice, "New adventure series comes to life in abandoned school". The Globe and Mail, January 18, 1986.
- ^ "CBC News wins big on first night of Geminis". Peterborough Examiner, October 28, 2001.
- ^ Marke Andrews, "Gloo Studios sticks with shorts, for now; Parody videos aimed at the college crowd are keeping them busy, but they dream of TV". Vancouver Sun, March 12, 2010.