Morrow Productions - Video & Film

Video and Film Services

We are a documentary team with a reputation for delivering the goods, no matter the elevation, longitude or latitude of the shoot location. Over the past 10 years, we have worked in the roles of DOP, camera operator, field producer and sound recordist on more than 40 film and video productions, most of them mountain-related.	Pat shooting high definition for Eco-Challenge in Argentina
Our clients include National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, TV Ontario, the Canadian International Development Agency, and CTV. We also produce our own documentary projects, from conception to final edit. We own a complete HDV camera and sound package, and a HDV edit facility in our dungeon.

SELECTED CREDITS

2007 Sept - DOP (HDV) on a 10 min "making of" film for a BBC Planet Earth series doc, At the Edge of the Great Forest, for River Road productions, Canada.

2007 July-Oct - camera operator (HD & HDV) on 4 part series of interpretive films in Kananaskis Country Parks (Alberta), for Skylight Pictures skylightpictures@gmail.com

2007 April – dop on “Lost Boys of Afghanistan”, shooting pickup scenes in Canadian Rockies, and interviews in Calgary for an NFB documentary.

2007 March – dop on documentary shot in Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, about the professional and family life of ski and mountain guide Ruedi Beglinger, for producer Stephen Grynberg, Los Angeles.

2006 Dec – dop, producer, writer, sound for a promo film about mountaineer Greg Mortenson’s NGO, Central Asia Institute. www.ikat.org Shot on location in Baltistan and Afghanistan.

2006 Feb/March – production manager (Baiba) on documentary about the Canadian Rockies, shot for German public television. Camera operator, (Pat) on 3 segments for that film.

2006 Jan – dop on instructional ice climbing in the Canadian Rockies dvd with Will Gadd.

2005 DOP/producers/sound/editors (Pat & Baiba), DV, 50-min doc,

The Magic Mountain Winner, People's Choice Award at 2005 Banff Mountain Film Festival. The breakneck life of artist and educator Cynthia Hunt as she helps to foster change in the remote Himalayan region of Ladakh, in India.

2005 July – camera & sound operators (Pat & Baiba) HD, for Les Productions Ivresse des Sommets inc. (Winnipeg). Climbing sequence of Everest Summitteers Laurie Skreslet and Sharon Wood on Mt Victoria for a doc about the history of Canadian mountaineering.

2005 June – camera operator (Pat) HD, Will Gadd climbing Labrador icebergs, in a film called Aweberg! for Redbull/FoxTVSports. Winner, Special Jury Mention, 2006 Banff Mountain Film Festival.

2005 March – camera operator (Pat) on a monastic dance project in Bhutan, for Honolulu Art Academy

2004 April – camera operator (Pat), Hi Def, The Shining Mountains, 4-hr documentary series about the Rocky Mountains for National Geographic and History Channel, producer Guy Clarkson (www.ravenpro.com).

2003 June – DOP, producer, sound (Pat & Baiba), DV, Postcards From the Lodge. 23-min. heliskiing promotional film for Banff’s Canadian Mountain Holidays.

2002 May – field producer,sound operator (Baiba), DV, for Summerhill Entertainment and Discovery Travel/USA, segment on Mt. Everest for Earth’s Natural Wonders.

2002 April – co-DOP, co-producer (Pat), DV, Musashi, 13-min. doc about the first ascent of “Musashi”, the world’s most difficult mixed climb. Winner, Best Mountaineering Film, 2003 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. Finalist at the 2002 Banff Mountain Film Festival and included on the World Tour.

2001 August – DOP, editor, (Pat), DV, 5-min. doc Sky busting: Over the Rockies, about craftsman and pilot Neil Davidson, builder of vintage aircraft. National Geographic Channel.

2001 April - camera operator (Pat) 16mm & DV, This Is My Life! A 4-min.profile of extreme athlete Will Gadd: (paragliding, ice climbing), for Redbull. Winner, Best Short Film, 2001 Banff Mountain Film Festival.

2001 Apr - DOP + editor (Pat), DV, Profile of a father/son team of Ben and Will Gadd ski mountaineering in the Canadian Rockies. National Geographic Channel.

2001 Jan - camera operator (Betacam): FIS World Freestyle Ski Competition at Whistler, BC -- stand-up interviews and action coverage for TWI production house, for a two-hour sports special.

2000 Aug/Sept - DOP (Pat) and sound operator (Baiba), DV, for National Geographic Explorer. Beyond the Lava follows a German photographer and adventurer in the active volcanoes of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

2000 Apr/May - DOP (Pat), DV, 60-min. documentary, Shishapangma - Ski From the Death Zone, an American/Kazakh ascent of 8000m Mt. Shishapangma in Tibet, for American Adventure Productions. Broadcast on Outdoor Life Network.

1999 Dec - camera operator/ High Definition Video (Pat) and sound technician (Baiba), on Eco-Challenge for Discovery Channel, Bariloche, Argentina.

1999 Sept - DOP, 2nd unit (DV) on Heaven’s Pass, a film about the Kaska Indians in the northern Rockies of British Columbia.

1999 July - camera assistant (Arri35) , + large format plate stills, 2nd unit for The Vertical Limit, a Hollywood drama for Columbia TriStar in the Karakorum Range, about K2, in Pakistan.

1999 Feb/March - camera operator (16mm) on heliski promo film, A Guide’s Life, for Canadian Mountain Holidays.

1998 Oct - camera operator (Betacam, DV) on Eco-Challenge for Discovery Channel in Atlas Mountains, Morocco.

1997 Nov/Dec - DOP (Pat), sound/production asst (Baiba), DV - a corporate video for Canadian International Development Agency - "success stories" of Canada's foreign aid projects in Bolivia.

1997 Sept - camera operator (betacam), "Survival of the Fittest"; Coast Range near Whistler, British Columbia. Aired on ESPN in 1998.

1997 Sept – DOP, 5- min. introductory climbing video (DV) for Canadian Mountain Holidays, shot in the Bugaboo Range of British Columbia.

1997 Aug - camera operator (Betacam) on Eco-Challenge, Australia, for Discovery Channel.

1997 Mar/April - DOP (Pat), sound, field producer (Baiba), DV, corporate video for Canadian International Development Agency - "success stories" of Canada's foreign aid projects in Indonesia

1996 Oct/Nov - camera operator DV, second camera operator Beta SP, sound operator, (Pat) Sacred Peaks of Muli, cultural/climbing adventure documentary in Chinese Himalayas for American Adventure Productions. Broadcast on OLN (US).

1995 May - DOP (Pat), Hi8 video, Men of Steele, CBC Midday, an historical climb of 5073m Mt. Steele in the Yukon's St. Elias mountains.

1993 May/June - sound operator + camera assistant, 16mm (Pat), Surviving Denali, for American Adventure Productions. Aired on ESPN. Awarded an Emmy for cinematography (Michael Graber) and Best Film on Mountaineering, 1994 Trento Mountain Film Festival.

1992 May /June – DOP (Pat), Hi8, 30-min doc, The Measure of a Mountain, shot on for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and TV Ontario. An expedition of scientists re-measure the altitude of Canada's highest peak, Mt. Logan (5959 m).

1991 Aug-Oct - 16mm + video camera operator, 60-min documentary, Everest: Climb For Hope, a Canadian team tries to scale the North Col route of Mt Everest. Narrated by Leslie Neilsen. Produced by Yaletown Productions, aired on CTV. Winner Gold Award, 1992 New York International Film Festival.

1991 - DOP, producer (Pat), Hi8, 5-min video, Spirit Dancer. Premiere Canadian alpinist Barry Blanchard solo climbs on several waterfall ice climbs in the Canadian Rockies. Included in the Best of the Banff Mountain Film Festival world tour.