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Algis Kemezys

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Hampstead, Quebec, Canada, HXE 2E6

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About Me: Algis Kemezys is a seasoned image maker both in still photography and video. His photography has been exhibited worldwide while his mostly-documentary videos have played in international festivals and won prizes. He conceives, he directs, he shoots, he edits, and does voice-overs. C.V. P R O F I L E "Algis Kemezys is a guy who can photograph anything , and isn't it wonderful to see a real artist at work! " Mary Hardiman, The New York Times, 1999 " Kemezys is like a modern day Henri Cartier Bresson, only with multiple levels of perception.” Popular Photography Magazine, 1985 RECENT CREDITS: 2010 Net Shows Main-Stage: Reading a book underwater, April 2010 http://netshowscommunity.ning.com/video/reading-a-book-underwater Open Salon: Editors Picks 2010 http://open.salon.com/blog/alkeme Instant Gratiﬁcation: A Polaroid Party ISM: a community project and Hibbleton Gallery pay tribute to instant ﬁlm and the discontinued Polaroid 600 Series with a gallery exhibition + limited edition book. August 2010 CTV Weather PIX Montreal Current 2008 & 09 IMDB Listing http://imdb.com/name/nm2681518/ 1 Platinum Remi Winner at the 42nd WorldFest - Houston Int. Film Fest. for Masterclass, April 2009 4th Video Festival, City of Imperia, Italy. MasterClass, April 14-18, 2009 11 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece 2009. MasterClass in the ofﬁcial program. http://tdf.ﬁlmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en- US&loc=6&page=779&SectionID=33&MovieID=261 Slusser Gallery U. of Michigan, Feb 2009, Flowering Universe: Movie MasterClass an ofﬁcial program selection of the Florida Media Market Global Conference, Miami, Florida. MasterClass in the ofﬁcial program. Media Factory Show TV #23 by NetShows on the Cox Cable Network Shapeshifter Prequil, (shown across the USA and Europe) Yahoo Video Assignment Earth: Blue Green Algae Webshots.com, April 2008, Natural Stone Sculptures on Crete, Greece Yahoo Video: Quantum Physics In India, featured in Science & Env. Chicago Short Film Festival, 2008, Shapeshifter in ofﬁcial program. Festival De Cine International De Barcelona, 2008, Shapeshifter United Nations Environmental Film Festival: 2008, Mimetoliths INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEO (as Director, Cinematographer, Editor) MasterClass (2008) 45 minutes. A portrait of Oscar-winning cinematographer Walter Lassally near his home in Crete. Shapeshifter (2007) 30 minutes. Reality-drama about a man facing his own mortality. Shot in India and Montreal Mimetoliths (2006) 60 minutes. Documentary about mythology and the rock formations of Greece. Featured in: Cyprus International Film Festival; Asterfest, Macedonia; Ecoﬁlms Festival, Rodos; Cackalaky Film Festival, Charlotte, N.C.; and in all four locations (Alaska, Arizona, Oregon, New Zealand) of the Night Gallery Film Festival. Distributor TPI International (Chantilly, Virginia) http://mimetoliths.blogspot.com/ http://imdb.com/title/tt1050252 Faces of Myth (2004) 60 minutes. Documentary about Crete. 2 Ofﬁcial selection: Thessaloniki Documentary Festival; Maine International Film Festival; Ecoﬁlms Festival, Rodos. Co-produced by the NFB. Distributor: Vtape (Toronto). Wall Stories (1990) 60 minutes. Art video of personal peoples stories in front of a wall of images. Ofﬁcial selection at Torino International Film Festival and various video-art events. Distributor: VTape (Toronto The Civil Servant (1989), Starring role. 30-minute dramatic ﬁlm. Shown on the CBC, and festivals. Lawn & Order (1986) Major participant. Gemini-nominated ﬁlm about gardens. CBC. Algis, Mon Beau Jardin (1986) Starring role and subject of 20-minute, prize winning video (First and Second prize at Video-Est). Shown on Radio- Canada, and festivals. (Other Art-Videos) Talk Kids; Marie Antoinette; Imelda; Chichenitza Ah; The Big One (1984-86) videographer/director/actor Distributed by VTape (Televised documentaries about Kemezys' work) Portrait in Stone (CBC, 1994) about GRAVEN IMAGES. My Motherʼs Red Wig (CBC, 1995) Holy Cow (CNBC, 1998) Movies on the WEB http://video.yahoo.com/playlist/1679615 http://www.youtube.com/proﬁle?user=AlgisKemezys JOURNALISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY (photography samples) http://www.pbase.com/alkeme) Montreal Gazette * Freelance Travel / Article Photographer 2000-09 Globe & Mail Freelance NOW Magazine (Toronto) over 1,000 photographs on wide variety of subjects: Editorial, events, politics, arts-- during ten years on staff (1985-1995) 3 Photo Life (Toronto) HOLY COW articles in 1991 and 1992. Photo Digest (Toronto) ALTERED STATES in 1993 and 1994 Photo Selection (Montreal) STREET MYSTERIES (1984); SELF PORTRAIT(1985); ALTERED STATES (1994); HOLY COW (1998) Darkroom Photography (California) ALTERED STATES (1989); with interview and 5 pages of ALTERED STATES (1990). Popular Photography (New York) 1984. Rave review of STREET MYSTERIES Also published in: CTV MONTREAL, L.A.TIMES; BOSTON HERALD; PEOPLE ; CAMERA CANADA; TORONTO STAR FACES OF CANADA; TORONTO LIFE; MORNING SENTINEL; MACLEANS; HINDUSTANI TIMES; TIMES OF INDIA; INDIA EXPRESS; PHOTOGRAPHERS FORUM; JAZZIZ MAGAZINE; AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE; EAST ANGLIA TIMES; YANKEE MAGAZINE. Photographic Portfolios : 1975/2008 Neo Crete Sculptures 2008 Al Greco's Crete 2005 Amid Summer's Wildﬂowers 2004 Cartoon Society 1998-2000 Greenwich Village Cartoons 2000 Sacred Sadhus Portraits 1998 Holy Cow 1988 Celebrity Portraits 1987 My Mothers Red Wig Polaroids 1988 Altered States & Meltdown 1984 Toronto Ghost Photographs 1995 Tell Me Something Portraits 1984 Graven Images 1985 Street Mysteries NYC 1983 Pictures from Around the World 1977 / 2008 E D U C AT I O N Maine Media Workshop (2009) with Oscar Winning DP Walter Lassally RYERSON UNIVERSITY Toronto, 1994 Multimedia Program, Literature, Semiotics, Art History, Film, Video, Computer Graphics, R O B E R T L Y O N (M.I.T. photographer) 1993-94, apprentice B E R E N I C E A B B O T T, 1979-80, archivist, printer, assistant 4 S K I L L S Final Cut Studio , Adobe Photoshop 7, Motion, Live Type, SoundTrack Pro, Macromedia Director, Adobe Pagemill 2.0, HTML coding, DVD Authoring Software, Multi Platform Video Scaling for the WEB. 5

Awards: Platinum Remy: Documentary MasterClass 2009 Houston World Film Festival ********* Best Documentary Award: Thessaloniki Greece with Mimetoliths. 2008 ***** City of Montreal: Fantasy Garden Award: Best New Garden 2003 ***** Gold Award: "Earth Everybodies Home" Photographic Competition Vilnius, Lithuania 1995 **** Key to the City: Mumbai, India Holy Cow Photographs @ NCPA 1998

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