Grant Baldwin (born in Brighton, England) is an English-Canadian record producer, cinematographer and documentary filmmaker.Dana Gee, "North Shore Rescue team's work back in much deserved TV spotlight". Vancouver Sun, May 24, 2024.
Life Baldwin was born in England, emigrated to Canada at an early age with his family and grew up in Nanaimo. After being schooled as an audio engineer, Baldwin worked as a composer of film and television music. Today, Baldwin lives in North Vancouver and works as a composer, screenwriter and director of documentary film and television.
Music Using the pseudonyms Earball and later Phontaine, Baldwin released his own music, mainly of the downtempo und ambient genres. For his music, Baldwin collaborated with the singer Nadia Clark several times, as well as with other singers und musicians.
Film and TV Together with his wife, producer Jenny Rustemeyer, Baldwin runs the Canadian production company Silvapark Films.
In addition to direction and cinematography, Baldwin is responsible for the film music of the productions. The topics of the documentaries are especially pollution (The Clean Bin Project), food loss and waste (Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story) and the interaction between people and nature (This Mountain Life).
Discography
Earball
2001: aqui
Phontaine
2004: Phontaine 2007: Bibliotec 2013: Resort
Filmography 2010 - The Clean Bin Project 2014 - Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story 2018 - This Mountain Life 2020–24 - Search and Rescue: North Shore (TV series)
Awards Award Year Category Work Result Ref Canadian Screen Awards 2020 Best Cinematography in a Documentary This Mountain Life "Canadian Screen Awards for Documentary & Factual". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, May 25, 2020. Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2014 Earl A. Glick Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story Paula Bernstein, "Hot Docs 2014 Winners Announced: ‘Out of Mind, Out of Sight’ Wins Best Canadian Feature Documentary". IndieWire, May 3, 2014. Leo Awards 2015 Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series Sabrina Furminger, "Leo Awards 2015: Laughing it up at the second ceremony". Vancouver Is Awesome, June 14, 2015. Best Musical Score in a Documentary Program or Series 2019 Best Direction in a Feature Length Documentary This Mountain Life Sabrina Furminger, "‘Salt, Fresh & Field’ and ‘Finding Big Country’ win big at #LeoAwards19’s second ceremony". YVR Screen Scene, May 27, 2019. Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary 2020 Because We Are Girls 2021 Best Direction in a Documentary Series Search and Rescue: North Shore Ben Bengtson, "Documentary series on North Shore Rescue wins 3 Leo Awards". North Shore News, July 8, 2021. Best Musical Score in a Documentary Series Search and Rescue: North Shorewith Stephen Fuller Best Cinematography in a Documentary Series Search and Rescue: North Shorewith Ian Christie 2024 Best Musical Score in a Feature Length Documentary Subterraneanwith Stephen Fuller Howard Druckman, "Nine SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore win in 2024 LEO Awards". Words & Music, July 11, 2024. 2025 Best Direction in a Documentary Series Search and Rescue: North Shore Best Cinematography in a Documentary Series Search and Rescue: North Shorewith Ian Christie Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2014 Best Canadian Documentary Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story 2018 Best British Columbia Film This Mountain Life Vancouver International Film Festival 2014 Impact Award Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story Bethany Lindsay, "Baseball film hits home run at VIFF; The Vancouver Asahi takes people's choice award". Vancouver Sun, October 11, 2014. #MustSeeBC
References
External links Official website Grant Baldwin at IMDb