Robert Fresco (cinematographer)

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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]

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  2. "War Brides top Bijou winner". Regina Leader-Post , October 30, 1981.
  3. "Brides nominated for 7 awards". The Province , October 7, 1981.
  4. "Final Juno nominees announced". The Globe and Mail , October 22, 1984.
  5. John Goodman, "Mudflats Living filmmaker set to attend Cinematheque screening". North Shore News, January 19, 2018.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Bill Prentice, "New adventure series comes to life in abandoned school". The Globe and Mail , January 18, 1986.
  9. "CBC News wins big on first night of Geminis". Peterborough Examiner , October 28, 2001.
  10. 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.