STEPHEN REIZES

From interview

[dir by Michael Daniele Driscoll, 2012]

STEPHEN REIZES CSC

Born: ?, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Education: McGill University, Montréal [Literature & Communications]; Concordia University [CU], Montréal [Film].

Career: 'I grew up in a home that had a predisposition towards the visual arts, but in a city, Montreal, where children under 10 [at that time] weren't allowed to go to movies. Also, we didn't have a television until a certain age, so I lived without that. So when my father sneaked us in to see 'The Bridge on the River Kwai', when I was eight or nine, while it was playing in reruns, it made a huge impression on me. I don't remember seeing many movies until I got to high school, when I started skipping classes to see films. When I was in high school, my friends and I had a Super 8 camera and we made some little movies. As it turned out in Canada, partly as the result of government policy and nationalism, they wanted to create a film industry. I was interested in storytelling. I was studying literature in Montreal. At one point I lost interest and I switched to communications because it was closer to film. At the same time, I shot some 16mm for a friend's short no-budget film. Then I transferred to Concordia, which has a film production program, probably the biggest in Quebec.'

Ph commercials and music videos.

Awards: Festival des Films du Monde 'Student Award' [1981; ex aequo] for 'Second Story Man'; Golden Sheaf Award nom [1994] for 'Gambit'; 'Gemini' Award nom [1997] for 'Little Criminals'; 'Leo' Award nom [200?] for 'Cold Squad' [ep #69 'The Shed' dir by Peter Mitchell]; 'Leo' Award nom [2008] for 'Intelligence' [ep #14 'A Man Escapes' dir by Stephen Surjik]; ASC TV Award nom [2008] for 'Flashpoint' [ep #5 'Who's George?' dir by Holly Dale].

Website: Stephen Reizes

Stephen Reizes: 'People talk about these hour-long tapes, but video cameras do not have the same sensibility as movie cameras. One has a different attitude when one's shooting this very precious and still magical chemical thing that has to go to the lab and you can't see the results 'til later. The whole experience of waiting to see how the images look is lovely, because they don't look the same as through the viewfinder or the video assist. It's somehow always better on film. If you can just roll the digital media 24 hours a day and capture it, you might capture some great moments, but the story may never be a reflection of what's in the director's head. There may never be the confluence of everybody's focus, like a live performance where all the pieces are in place, and it's rolling through the camera like that. I don't think things are going to change in the next while anyway.' [From interview with KODAK Canada OnFilm, 2008.]

FILMS
1981	Second Story Man [Stephen Surjik] c; short/16m; prod CU
1981	Terminal Case [Ray Roth] c; short/22m; prod CU
1983	Trilogy [Bachar Chbib (Bashar Shbib)] comp of 3 docudramas: 'Or d'ur' (16mm/b&w-c; 33m), 'Betsy' (16mm/c; 22m) & 'Amour impossible' (16mm/b&w-c; 26m); + co-ed seg 'Betsy'; 2uc ('Amour impossible'): Yves Bélanger; prod CU
1983	[Part Two of the Critical Years:] The Dexter Reports [Gérald L'Écuyer] 16mm/?; cph: G. L'Écuyer & Andrew Nevard; prod CU
1983	Lettre à Catherine [Marie Potvin] c; short/8m
1985	Cazalla de la sierra [Bachar Chbib (Bashar Shbib)] 16mm/c; doc/26m
1985	Sting of the Bee [Max Berdowski] c; short/12m
1986	Du pain et des jeux [Marie Potvin] c; short/15m
1988	The Expatriate/L'expatrie [James Dunnison] ?; short/22m
1988	Clair-obscur/The Stork [Bashar Shbib] c
1988	Horses in Winter [Rick Raxlen & Patrick Vallely] 16mm/c
1989	Seeing Double [Lois Siegel] ?; doc/?m; cph: Werner Volkmer & Daniel Villeneuve; filmed 1988-89
1989	15 Ugly Sisters [Bashar Shbib] c
1989	Julia Has Two Lovers [Bashar Shbib] c; addph: Geza Sinkovics; filmed 3 August-13 October
1989	Roger and Elvis [Don Terry] 16mm/c; filmed 22 August-14 September
1989	Crack Me Up [Bashar Shbib] c; released in 1994
1989	Lip Gloss [Lois Siegel] 16mm/c; doc (a behind-the-scenes look at female impersonators)/68m; cph: Jean-Yves Dion, Glen MacPherson, Andrew Nevard & Daniel Villeneuve; shot and compiled over a five-year period; released in 1993
1990	You're Driving Me Crazy [Michel Wachniuc] c; comp of 3 shorts (or tv-ep?); cph: Bruno Philip
1990	Lana in Love [Bashar Shbib] c
1991	Love $ Greed/Swift and Natural [Bashar Shbib] c
1991	With Friends Like These... [Chris Malazdrewicz, Tom Parkinson & Alain Zaloum] c/V; 3 seg; other ph: Michel Lamothe & Bruno Philip
1991	Canvas [: The Fine Art of Crime] [Alain Zaloum] c
1992	Rockhead's Paradise [Marie Potvin] 16mm/?; doc/8m
1992	Gambit/La combine [F.W. Samms] c; short/8m
1993	The Paper Boy [Douglas Jackson] c; 2uc; ph: Rodney Gibbons
1994	Fun and Games [Don Terry] c; prod CU
1994	Relative Fear/The Child [George Mihalka] c; co-2uc; ph: Rodney Gibbons
1994	Silent Hunter [Fred Williamson] c; cph: Curtis Petersen
1994	Broken Promises - The High Arctic Relocation [Patricia Tassinari] c; doc/52m
1995	Harm's Way [Yan Cui] 16mm/c; short/16m
1995	The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red [Rick Raxlen] 16mm/c
1995	Marked Man [Marc F. Voizard] c; 2uc: Jürgen Baum
1996	Hang the DJ/Disc Jockey [Marco & Mauro La Villa] b&w-c; doc/90m; cph: Steve Beasse & Bill St. John; filmed October 1996-February 1997
1998	Running Home [Marc F. Voizard] c
1998	Sway [Paul Carrière] 16mm/c; short/17m
1999	Deep Cut [William Phillips] 16mm/c; short/19m
1999	Saint Jude [John L'Ecuyer] s16/c
2007	Diamonds in a Bucket [Sherry White] c; short/21m
2008	Spoiled [Sherry White] c; short/15m
2008	Crackie [Sherry White] c
2011	Issues [Enrico Colantoni & Hugh Dillon] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c; short/6m
*2011*	Scholarship [Mike Barker] pre-production; looking for funds
2012	Momsters Playground [Stephen Roscoe] c; short/8m
2013	Ice Soldiers/The Frozen [Sturla Gunnarson] HD scope/c; 2uc: Glenn Warner
2014	Brent Carver - Home Through the Night/Brent Carver - Retour au bercail [Tim Southam] c; perf/7m; prod for the 2014 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
2016	Rendezvous [Marco & Mauro La Villa] c; short/?m

TELEVISION
1993	Sirens/La courte échelle [13 ep dir by various] 35-part series, 1993-95; 1st season, 1993 (13 ep)
1995	Little Criminals [Stephen Surjik] tvm
1995	Les nouveaux exploits d'Arsène Lupin [ep #8 'L'étrange demoiselle' dir by Marc F. Voizard] 8-part series, 1995-96
1995	Ready or Not/Les premières fois [13 ep dir by various] 65-part series, 1993-97; 4th season, 1996 (13 ep)
1996	The Rez [19 ep dir by various] 19-part series, 1996-97
1996	My Hometown [11 ep dir by Jean Mercier] pilot + 39-part series
1996	Ready or Not/Les premières fois [13 ep dir by various] 5th season, 1997 (13 ep); see 1995
1998	The Adventures of Shirley Holmes [, Detective] [20 ep dir by various] 52-part series, 1997-2000
1998	Escape From Wildcat Canyon [Marc F. Voizard] tvm; 2uc: Guy Kinkead
1999	Cold Feet [ep dir by Nicole Holofcener] 8-part (4 unaired) series, 1999; other ph: Roy H. Wagner (pilot) & Attila Szalay
1999	Cold Squad [13 ep dir by various] 98-part series/s16, 1998-2005; 3rd season, 1999-2000 (13 ep)
2000	Cold Squad [20 ep dir by various] 4th season, 2000-01 (20 ep); see 1999
2001	Murder Among Friends/Isabella Rocks [Michael Kennedy] tvm
2001	Cold Squad [11 ep dir by various] 5th season, 2001-02 (13 ep); other ph: Paul Mitchnick & A.J. Vesak; see 1999
2002	Cold Squad [ep #73 'Career Opportunists' dir by Gary Harvey (GH), #74 'Horton Killed a Wu' dir by GH, #79 'Back in the Day' dir by Julie Stewart, #80 'Survivor' dir by GH, #81 'Kill Me Twice' dir by Jason Furukawa, #82 'Bob & Carol & Len & Ali' dir by Peter Mitchell (PM), #83 'Killing Time' dir by PM & #84-85 'True Believers' (Part 1 & 2) dir by GH] 6th season, 2002-03 (13 ep); other ph: Mark Chow & Michael Balfry; see 1999
2003	[Zoe Busiek:] Wild Card [pilot dir by Stephen Surjik] 36-part series, 2003-05; 1st season, 2003-04; other ph: Milan Podsedly & Albert Dunk
2003	Beautiful Girl [Douglas Barr] tvm/b&w-c
2004	Instant Star [ep #1-4 dir by Pat Williams] 2-part pilot (2004) + 50-part series/s16-to-HD, 2005-08; 1st season, 2005 (11 ep); other ph: Philip Earnshaw
2004	Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery [Stephen Surjik] tvm/s16
2006	Rent-a-Goalie [ep #1 'The Arrivalist', #2 'The Irish Are Fags', #3 'Malta', #4 'Blue Balls', #5 'Bar Code', #6 'Shit Zone', #7 'Going to the Chapel' & #8 'Fire in the Hole' dir by T.W. Peacocke] 26-part series/HD, 2006-08; 1st season, 2006
2006	Proof of Lies/Trace Evidence [Peter Svatek] tvm
2006	Tipping Point [Michel Poulette] tvm

[Right] with Michel Poulette - "Too Young to Marry" - photo by Lois Siegel

2007	Too Young to Marry [Michel Poulette] tvm
2007	I Me Wed/Marry Me [Craig Pryce] tvm
2007	Intelligence [6 ep dir by various] pilot (2005) + 25-part series, 2006-07; 2nd season, 2007
2008	Flashpoint [7 ep dir by various] 75-part series, 2008-12; 1st season, 2008 (9 ep); other ph: David Perrault & Luc Montpellier
2008	Flashpoint [22 ep dir by various] 2nd season, 2009 (22 ep); see 2008
2009	Living in Your Car [13 ep dir by various] 21-part series, 2010-11; 1st season, 2010 (13 ep)
2011	The Listener [13 ep dir by various] 65-part series/RED-to-HD, 2009-14; 3rd season, 2012 (13 ep); 2uc: Glenn Warner

"Transporter: The Series" - from interview

2011	Transporter: The Series [(Canadian order) ep #1 'Trojan Horsepower' dir by Brad Turner, #4 'Harvest' dir by Andy Mikita & Brad Turner, #5 'Dead Drop' dir by T.J. Scott, #6 'Hot Ice' dir by Brad Turner, #7 'Give the Guy a Hand' dir by George Mihalka, #9 'City of Love' dir by Brad Turner & Andy Mikita, #11 '12 Hours' dir by Bruce McDonald & Brad Turner & #12 'Cherchez la femme' dir by Brad Turner] 24-part series/HD (ARRI ALEXA + Canon EOS C300 + GoPro), 2012-14; 1st season, 2013 (12 ep); cph: David Herrington (#4 & 9) & Derick Underschultz (#11); filmed 2011-12
2013	Hardsell [John L'Ecuyer] pilot/9m; for Bravo!FACT-tv
2013	Bitten [13 ep dir by various] 33-part series, 2014-16; 1st season, 2014 (13 ep); for Space-tv (Canada) & Syfy-tv (USA)
2013	Remedy [10 ep dir by various] 20-part series, 2014-15; 1st season, 2014 (10 ep)
2014	Remedy [8 ep dir by various] 2nd season, 2015 (10 ep); other ph (2 ep): D. Gregor Hagey; see 2013
2015	Houdini & Doyle [ep #9-10 dir by Jeff Renfroe] 10-part series/HD (Sony F65), 2016; other ph (8 ep): Philipp Blaubach

MISCELLANEOUS [e.g. as director]
1985	At the Wheel: Under the Influence/Facultés affaiblies [Paul Cowan; doc/69m] asst ed; ed: Margaret Wong; ph: P. Cowan & Mike Mahoney
1986	Evixion [Bashar Shbib] co-scrpl; ph: David Wellington
1990	A Bullet in the Head [Attila Bertalan & John Kay] co-add c.op; ph: Michel Lamothe
2001	Cold Squad [dir/cph ep #67 'The Needle and the Debutante'] 5th season, 2001-02; cph: Michael Balfry; see Television
2002	Cold Squad [dir ep #77 'Unfaithful' & #78 'Flamers'] 6th season, 2002-03; ph: Michael Balfry; see Television
2014	Remedy [dir ep #18 'Looking for Satellites'] 2nd season, 2015; ph: D. Gregor Hagey; see Television