Nicholas de Pencier

Nicholas de Pencier
Nicholas de Pencier at a screening of Act of God
Occupation(s)	Filmmaker, cinematographer
Notable work	Manufactured Landscapes, Black Code, Long Time Running
Spouse	Jennifer Baichwal
Website	http://www.mercuryfilms.ca

Nicholas de Pencier is a Canadian cinematographer and filmmaker. ^[1] The spouse and professional partner of filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal in Mercury Films, ^[2] he is the cinematographer and producer on most of her films as well as codirector of the films Long Time Running . ^[3] and Anthropocene: The Human Epoch . He was also solo director of the 2016 documentary Black Code . ^[4]

He won a Genie Award in 2007, alongside Baichwal, Gerry Flahive, Daniel Iron and Peter Starr for Manufactured Landscapes and a Canadian Screen Award in 2011 alongside Baichwal, Iron and Edward Burtynsky for Watermark , ^[5] and was an Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Nature Programming in 2010 for "The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies", an episode of Nova .

Personal life

He is the son of magazine publisher Michael de Pencier, and the brother of film and television producer Miranda de Pencier. ^[6]

Filmography

Nick de Pencier and director Jennifer Baichwal introducing Act of God at the 44th KVIFF

• 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
• Act of God (2009) - cinematographer, producer
• Payback (2012) - cinematographer
• The End of Time (2012) - cinematographer
• Watermark (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

1. "Nicholas de Pencier on his Storied, “Hodge-Podge” Career". Point of View , June 16, 2015.
2. "Capturing water's world; Victoria-raised Jennifer Baichwal co-directs compelling work about essential resource". Victoria Times-Colonist , October 12, 2013.
3. "Sneak peek of Hip documentary unveiled". Halifax Chronicle-Herald , June 9, 2017.
4. "Big Brother is browsing you: The documentarian Nicholas de Pencier outlines the menace of modern surveillance". The Globe and Mail , April 14, 2017.
5. "Troubled waters". Telegraph-Journal , December 14, 2013.
6. "The Accidental Mogul". Toronto Life , November 3, 2016.

External links

• Nicholas de Pencier at IMDb
• Official biography, Mercury Films website