IEC
#1: From the doc "Cinematographer Style"
#3: 1980
MARK IRWIN CSC/ASC
Born: 7 August 1950, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Education: University of Waterloo [Political Science]; York University, Toronto [Filmmaking; 1970-73].
Career: 'My father was a metallurgist for the Royal Canadian Navy. He was also the superintendent of Sunday schools run by the United Church of Canada. When I was five or six years old, I was shown how to thread the filmstrip projector used at our Sunday school. He put me in charge of setting it up and threading it. One day I looked at the image in the gate and realized it was upside down and backward. I took it upon myself to unthread and respool it so it ended up in the gate right side up and frontward. Of course, it was projected upside down and backwards. That was my first lesson about optics. [...] There was an audio-visual department at school. I became the AV geek who pushed the little cart with the 16mm film, slide and filmstrip projectors from schoolroom to schoolroom. That led me to an interest in taking pictures. I began shooting little movies in 1963 or 1964. We bought a Bolex Double 8 camera.'
After graduating from the University, he went to work for Alar Kivilo. 'We were shooting short-ends with a big old Mitchell camera. It was actually a very low budget porno film. Jock Brandis, a gaffer who owned some lights, was the director of photography. Alar was the operator, because he knew how to use a gear head. I was the assistant. That first film led to other work. I bought a CP16 reflex camera around 1976 and was shooting very low budget films. I caught a break when Ed Hunt directed a film called 'Point of No Return'. He had an argument with the cinematographer who got angry and threw his light meter into the harbor and walked off the set on Thanksgiving Day. I got a call while I was home carving the turkey. Ed asked if I could take over that night. The following year I shot a science fiction film called 'Starship Invasions'. It was the first feature I shot in 35mm format.' [From the KODAK OnFilm website.]
Moved to Santa Barbara, Calif., USA, in 1987.
Ph 16mm doc's and industrial films.
Joined the CSC in 1970 as a film student. Became active member of the ASC in 1992.
Appeared in the CD-ROM 'Movie School Encyclopedia' [a crash course on how to prod, dir, write, shoot and edit movies] of the Cyber Film School and the doc's 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan] & 'Northern Lights' [2008, dir/ph by Antonio Galloro; 90m].
Awards: CSC Award [1983] & 'Genie' Award nom [1984] for 'Videodrome'; CSC Award [1984] for 'The Dead Zone'; CSC Award [1985] for 'Youngblood'; CSC Award [1986] for 'The Fly'.
Website: Mark Irwin
| FEATURE FILMS | |
|---|---|
|
1975 |
Point of No Return/Never Look Back [Ed Hunt] 16mm-35bu/c |
|
1976 |
Starship Invasions/Alien Encounter/War of the Aliens/Project Genocide [Ed Hunt] c; sfx ph: Dennis Pike |
|
1977 |
Blood & Guts [Paul Lynch] c |
|
1977 |
Plague/M3: The Gemini Strain/Mutation/Induced Syndrome [Ed Hunt] c |
|
1978 |
Fast Company [David Cronenberg] c; 2uc: Robert Holmes |
|
1978 |
The Brood/La clinique de la terreur [David Cronenberg] c |
|
1979 |
Tanya's Island [Alfred Sole] c |
|
1979 |
Funeral Home/Cries in the Night [William Fruet] c |
|
1979 |
Scanners/Telepathy 2000 [David Cronenberg] c |
|
1980 |
Bike Busters [?] ?; cph: Barry Stone & John Walker |
|
1980 |
Night School/Terror Eyes [Kenneth Hughes] c; addph: Austin de Besche |
|
1980 |
Trapped/Baker County, U.S.A./The Killer Instinct [William Fruet] c; cph: Matthew Patrick |
|
1981 |
Spasms/Death Bite [William Fruet] c; addph: Maris Jansons; 2uc: Miklos Lente, John Walker & Vic Sarin |
|
1981 |
Videodrome/Zonekiller [David Cronenberg] c |
|
1983 |
The Dead Zone [David Cronenberg] c; uwph: John Stoneman |
|
1985 |
The Protector/Wei long meng tan [Jackie Chan & James Glickenhaus] c; ph Hong Kong version: Chang Yao Chu; aph: Al Cerullo |
|
1985 |
Youngblood [Peter Markle] c; 2uc: Alec Hirschfeld |
|
1985 |
The Fly [David Cronenberg] c; addph: Kenneth Post & Robin Miller |
|
1986 |
The Hanoi Hilton [Lionel Chetwynd] c |
|
1987 |
Buckeye and Blue [J.C. Compton] c |
|
1987 |
Love at Stake/Burnin' Love [John Moffitt] c |
|
1987 |
Fright Night Part 2 [Tommy Lee Wallace] p/c; addph: Karen Grossman; vfx ph: John Huneck |
|
1988 |
The Blob [Chuck Russell] c; addph: Eric Goldstein; remake of film (1957, Irwin S. Yeaworth Jr,; ph: Thomas Spalding) |
|
1988 |
Paint It Black [Tim Hunter] c |
|
1988 |
Bat*21 [Peter Markle] c; + aerial & spotter plane ph; 2uc: Philip Holahan; vfx ph: John Huneck & Michael Griffin |
|
1988 |
Pass the Ammo [David Beaird] c; 2u c.op: Don Jones; video c.op: Bil Godsey |
|
1988 |
Class of 1999 [Mark L. Lester] c; 2uc (+ co-c.op): Marty Oppenheimer; sfx ph: Eric Goldstein |
|
1989 |
I Come in Peace/Dark Angel [Craig R. Baxley] c; addph: Arthur R. Botham |
|
1989 |
Terror Eyes [Eric Parkinson, Michael Rissi & Stephen Sommers] c; cph: Robert Grant |
[Right] with dir Irvin Kershner - "RoboCop 2"
|
1989 |
RoboCop 2 [Irvin Kershner] c; 2uc: Jamie Anderson |
|
1991 |
Showdown in Little Tokyo [Mark L. Lester] c |
|
1992 |
Passenger 57 [Kevin Hooks] J-D-C Scope/c |
|
1992 |
Extreme Justice [Mark L. Lester] c; addph: Edward Pei; 2uc (+ c.op 'b' cam): Eric Goldstein |
|
1992 |
Slaughter of the Innocents [James Glickenhaus] c |
|
1992 |
April One/Stand Off [Murray Battle] c |
|
1993 |
Man's Best Friend [John Lafia] c |
|
1993 |
The Mask [Charles Russell] c; addph; ph: John R. Leonetti |
|
1993 |
D2 - The Mighty Ducks [Sam Weisman] c; 2uc: Joel King |
|
1994 |
Wes Craven's New Nightmare/A Nightmare on Elm Street 7 [Wes Craven] c; 2uc: Eric Goldstein |
|
1994 |
Dumb & Dumber/Dumb Happens [Peter Farrelly] c; 2uc: Robert D. Tomer (Colorado), Michael Lund (Utah) & Brian Heller (Providence) |
|
1994 |
Night of the Running Man [Mark L. Lester] c |
|
1994 |
Vampire in Brooklyn [Wes Craven] c; vfx ph: Paul Gentry |
|
1995 |
Kingpin [Peter & Bobby Farrelly] s35/c; 2uc: Robert Tomer |
|
1996 |
Robin of Locksley [Michael Kennedy] c |
|
1996 |
Scream [Wes Craven] Clairmont-Scope/c; addph: Peter Deming |
|
1996 |
Steel [Kenneth Johnson] c |
|
1997 |
Misbegotten [Mark L. Lester] c |
|
1997 |
Zack and Reba [Nicole Bettauer] c; 2uc: Michael L. Schaertl |
|
1997 |
There's Something About Mary [Peter & Bobby Farrelly] c; 2uc: Gordon Miller |
|
1998 |
10 Things I Hate About You [Gil Junger] c |
|
1999 |
Me, Myself & Irene [Bobby & Peter Farrelly] c; aph: Stan McClain |
|
1999 |
Road Trip [Todd Phillips] c; aph: John Trapman |
|
2000 |
Say It Isn't So [James B. Rogers] c |
|
2000 |
Freddy Got Fingered [Tom Green] c; 2uc: Branko Racki |
|
2000 |
Osmosis Jones [Bobby & Peter Farrelly; anim dir: Piet Kroon & Tom Sito] Clairmont-Scope/c; live action + anim/95m; ph live action seq |
|
2001 |
American Pie 2 [James B. Rogers] c |
|
2002 |
Old School [Todd Phillips] s35/c |
|
2002 |
Malibu's Most Wanted [John Whitesell] s35/c |
|
2003 |
Scary Movie 3 [David Zucker] c; addph (+ 2uc/2ud): Robert M. Stevens; 2uc: John Holbrook; optical ph: Mark Sawicki |
|
2003 |
The Ringer [Barry Blaustein] s35/c |
|
2005 |
Grandma's Boy [Nicholaus Goossen] s35/c |
|
2005 |
Big Momma's House 2 [John Whitesell] c; 2uc New Orleans: Robert Foster |
|
2006 |
Deck the Halls/All Lit Up [John Whitesell] s35-to-35mm/c; 2uc: Roger Vernon; model ph: Tim Angulo & (uncred) Dennis McHugh |
|
2006 |
Blonde Ambition [Scott Marshall] c; 2uc: Lyle Vincent |
|
2007 |
Sydney White [Joe Nussbaum] s35/c; 2uc: Stephen Campbell |
|
2008 |
Dance Flick/Snowflake [Damien Dante Wayans] s35-to-35mm/c; 2uc: David J. Frederick |
|
2008 |
The Shortcut [Nicholaus Goossen] HD (Sony F23)-to-35mm scope/c |
|
2008 |
All's Faire in Love [Scott Marshall] RED/c; 2uc: Matt Irwin |
|
2009 |
Valentine's Day [Garry Marshall] c; 2uc; ph: Charles Minsky |
|
2010 |
The Last Godfather [Shim Hyung-rae] HD (Sony F23)/c |
|
2011 |
Concrete Blondes [Nicholas Kalikow] c; 2uc: Matt Irwin |
|
2011 |
Santa Pups [Robert Vince] c/V |
|
2012 |
Defenders [Harvey Lowry] announced |
|
2012 |
Super Buddies [Robert Vince] c/V |
|
2014 |
Sandwitched [Harvey Lowry] pre-production/HD; scheduled for a Fall 2016 start |
|
2015 |
The Layover [William H. Macy] HD/c; addph: Rob Givens; uwph: Ian Takahashi |
| SHORTS & DOCUMENTARIES | |
|---|---|
|
1973 |
For the Love of a Horse [Mark Irwin] ?; doc/?m; ep of CBC-tv children's anthology series 'Along the Way' (1974) |
|
1975 |
Young and Just Beginning - Pierre/Jeune et débutant - Pierre [Mark Irwin & Ruth Hope] 16mm/c; doc/26m |
|
1976 |
The Duel - Fencing [Mark Irwin] ?; doc/?m; ep of CBC-tv series 'Journal' (1977) |
|
1976 |
Airplanes, Men and Memories [Jeff Street] 16mm/c; doc/25m; a doc on the rebuilding of Canadian World War II warplanes by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Group |
|
1976 |
Energy Management for the Future [Michael Hirsh] c; doc/24m |
|
1979 |
Track Stars. The Unseen Heroes of Movie Sound [Terry Burke] c; doc/8m |
|
1979 |
Jack Bush [Murray Battle] c; art doc/57m |
|
1980 |
Viola [David Fine] 16mm/c; mus doc/28m |
|
1980 |
The Cycle Story [Mark Irwin] c; doc/14m; traces the history of the wheel to present day cycling competitions in Canada |
|
1980 |
Shipyard/Le chantier [Rudy Buttignol] c; doc/14m |
|
1981 |
Bix [: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet] [Brigitte Berman] 16mm/c; dram mus doc/116m; cph: Edmund Long & Vic Sarin; took 4 years to make |
|
1981 |
Crisis in the Rain [Gloria Montero & David Fulton] c; doc/27m |
|
1981 |
Our Children Are Our Future [Tony Snowsill] 16mm/c; doc/51m; cph: Robert Nichol |
|
1982 |
Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis [Robert Collison & Peter Raymont] c; doc/58m; cph: René Ohashi; prod National Film Board of Canada |
|
1982 |
K.C.I.: Beyond the Three R's [Scott Barrie] c; doc/28m; prod National Film Board of Canada |
|
1982 |
Taxi! [Barry Greenwald] c; doc/57m; prod National Film Board of Canada |
|
1982 |
An Ounce of Cure [Don McBrearty] c; short/26m; ep #2 'The Canadian Literature Series' |
|
1982 |
Artie Shaw - Time Is All You've Got [Brigitte Berman] 16mm/b&w-c; mus doc/114m; cph: Jim Aquila |
|
1983 |
Storytelling [Kay Armatage] 16mm/c; doc/57m; cph: Steven Fierberg & Christopher Lowry |
|
1984 |
The Edit [Michael Todd] 16mm/c; short/13m |
|
1984 |
Neon: An Electric Memoir [Rudy Buttignol & Ken Ketter] c; doc/26m; cph: R. Buttignol, Chris Terry, John Walker & René Ohashi |
|
1984 |
October Stranger [Alan Collins] c; short/27m |
|
1985 |
By Our Own Hands [Philip Desjardins] ?; doc/?m |
|
1985 |
Pitchmen [Barry Greenwald] c; doc/52m; prod National Film Board of Canada |
|
1985 |
The Hospital/L'hôpital [Murray Battle] c; short/18m; ep #2 of 'Finding Our Way'-series; prod National Film Board of Canada |
|
1985 |
Left Out/Dans l'ombre [Jim Purdy] c; short/24m; ep #3 of 'Finding Our Way'-series; prod National Film Board of Canada |
|
1987 |
Those Roos Boys and Friends [Barbara Boyden] c; doc/58m |
|
2008 |
Congratulations, Mr. Levy [Robin Neinstein] c; short/5m; prod National Film Board of Canada for the 2008 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards |
| TELEVISION | |
|---|---|
|
1976 |
Jimmy Playing with Time [Kit Hood] doc/81m/16mm |
|
1978 |
World According to Nicholas [Bruce Pittman] 4-part series |
|
1978 |
Dentelle de Noël [George Mendeluk & Linda Sorensen] tvm/26m |
|
1979 |
The Newcomers [2 ep dir by various] 7-part docudrama series, 1977-79; for CBC-tv |
|
1979 |
A Path of His Own: The Story of David B. Milne [Paul Caulfield] docudrama/58m; cph: P. Caulfield |
|
1980 |
The View from Vinegar Hill [Barbara Boyden] art doc/12m; for CBC-tv |
|
1983 |
Special People [: Based on a True Story]/Blacklight [Marc Daniels] tvm |
|
1983 |
When We First Met [Paul Saltzman] tvm; for HBO-tv |
|
1983 |
Cornet at Night [Bruce Pittman] tvm/25m |
|
1983 |
Home from Far [Bruce Pittman] tvm/25m |
|
1983 |
The Moviemakers [Bruce Pittman] 13-part doc series |
|
1984 |
Full of Sound and Fury: Living with Schizophrenia [Deborah Magidson] doc/54m |
|
1985 |
Spearfield's Daughter [Gilbert Shilton] 3-part miniseries; cph: John McLean |
|
1985 |
The Ray Bradbury Theater [ep #2 'The Playground' dir by William Fruet, #4 'The Town Where No One Got Off' dir by Don McBrearty, #5 'The Screaming Woman' dir by Bruce Pittman & #6 'Banshee' dir by Douglas Jackson] 65-part series, 1985-86, 1988-90 & 1992; 2uc (#2): Rodney Charters & Douglas Keifer; ep #4, 5 & 6 shown on HBO-tv as 'Strange Tales: Ray Bradbury' |
|
1986 |
Adderly [ep #1 'Hit-Man Complex' dir by Don McBrearty & #5 'Backfire' dir by Gilbert Shilton] 44-part series, 1986-88; 1st season, 1986-87 |
|
1986 |
Really Weird Tales [John Blanchard, Paul Lynch & Don McBrearty] tvm; 3 seg |
|
1987 |
A Child's Christmas in Wales [Don McBrearty] tvm; cph: Tony Impey; for PBS-tv |
|
1988 |
My First Love/Second Chance/One More Time [Gilbert Cates] tvm |
|
1989 |
Do You Know the Muffin Man? [Gilbert Cates] tvm |
|
1990 |
So Proudly We Hail [Lionel Chetwynd] tvm |
|
1990 |
Heat Wave [Kevin Hooks] tvm |
|
1990 |
Call Me Anna [Gilbert Cates] tvm |
|
1990 |
[HBO's] Tales from the Crypt [ep #23 'My Brother's Keeper' dir by Peter S. Seaman] 93-part series, 1989-96; 2nd season, 1990 |
|
1991 |
Not of This World/Space Killers [Jon Daniel Hess] tvm |
|
1991 |
Nightmare Cafe [pilot dir by Phillip Noyce] 6-part series, 1992; other ph: Rodney Charters |
|
1991 |
Absolute Strangers [Gilbert Cates] tvm |
|
1991 |
Backfield in Motion [Richard Michaels] tvm |
|
1991 |
[In the Line of Duty:] Mob Justice/Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace [Peter Markle] tvm |
|
1992 |
Just Deserts [Dan Lerner] unsold pilot; for ABC-tv |
|
1992 |
Miracle Child [Michael Pressman] tvm |
|
1992 |
Keep the Change [Andy Tennant] tvm |
|
1995 |
The Avenging Angel [Craig R. Baxley] tvm |
|
1995 |
Innocent Victims [Gilbert Cates] 2-part tvm |
|
1996 |
Don't Look Back [Geoff Murphy] tvm |
|
1997 |
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way [Sturla Gunnarsson] tvm |
|
1997 |
Tidal Wave: No Escape [George Miller] tvm; 2uc: Robert D. Tomer |
|
1999 |
Can of Worms [Paul Schneider] tvm |
|
2002 |
The Next Big Thing [Murray Battle] 3-part doc/167m; Los Angeles ph; other ph: Peter Walker, M. Battle, Ali Kazimi, Pierre Letarte, Don Spence, Jason Rouse, a.o.; prod National Film Board of Canada |
|
2005 |
Flight 93 [Peter Markle] tvm |
|
2007 |
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr. [David Mickey Evans] tvm/16mm |
|
2010 |
My Future Boyfriend [Michael Lange] tvm/HD; for ABC Family |
|
2011 |
Carnal Innocence/Coupable innocence [Peter Markle] tvm/HD; uwph: Jess Haas |
|
2011 |
Silent Witness [Peter Markle] tvm/HD |
|
2012 |
Teen Beach Movie/Teen Beach Musical [Jeffrey Hornaday] tvm/HD (Genesis); for Disney Channel |
|
2013 |
The Christmas Spirit [Jack Angelo] tvm/HD; 2uc: Matt Irwin |
|
2014 |
Black Jesus [10 ep dir by Mike Clattenburg] series/HD, 2014-present; 1st season, 2014 (10 ep); for Adult Swim-tv |
|
2014 |
Teen Beach 2 [Jeffrey Hornaday] tvm |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
|---|---|
|
1974 |
Diary of a Sinner [Ed Hunt] focus puller; ph: Jock Brandis |
| FILMS AS DIRECTOR | |
|---|---|
|
1973 |
For the Love of a Horse [+ ph] see Shorts & Documentaries |
|
1975 |
Young and Just Beginning - Pierre/Jeune et débutant - Pierre [co-dir; + ph] see Shorts & Documentaries |
|
197? |
232 [doc/?m] ph: ?; ep of CBC-tv series 'Journal' (1977) |
|
197? |
Lacrosse [doc/?m] ph: ?; ep of CBC-tv series 'Journal' (1977) |
|
197? |
Sailaway [doc/?m] ph: ?; ep of CBC-tv series 'Journal' (1977) |
|
197? |
Step by Step [doc/?m] ph: ?; ep of CBC-tv series 'Journal' (1977) |
|
1976 |
The Duel - Fencing [+ ph] see Shorts & Documentaries |
|
1980 |
The Cycle Story [+ ph] see Shorts & Documentaries |
|
1999 |
The Perfect Day [feature; scheduled as dir] for Trinity Pictures; status unknown |
