Chris Romeike csc
Selected CV
chris@chrisromeike.com
416-993-2550
Documentary Films
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal
4 x 1 hour Documentary Series
WINNER of TIFF 2024 People’s Choice Award for Documentary.
WINNER of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Photography in a Documentary amongst other CSAs.
Canadian Society of Cinematographers Nominee in Documentary.
Director: Mike Downie
Amazon Canada
The Birdman of Cooper Island .
WINNER of the CSA for Best Science or Nature Program
Planet in Focus 2025
Director: Kevin McMahon
Primitive, AFD, TVO.
Black Ice
Exec: Vinay Virmani, Drake, LeBron James
WINNER of the TIFF 2022 - People’s Choice for Best Documentary
CSC Nominee for Best Documentary Cinematography
Director: Hubert Davis
Crave, Uninterrupted
The Nest.
Feature Hybrid Documentary
Hot Docs 2025
Directors: Chase Joynt and Julietta Singh
NFB
The ASD Band: The Movie .
HotDocs 2022 – Audience Award
Director: Mark Bone
Edelman, Escarpment Films
Inconvenient Indian
WINNER of the TIFF 2020 – Best Canadian Feature Film.
WINNER of the TIFF People’s Choice Award for Best Documentary.
Director: Michelle Latimer
90th Parallel, NFB
9/11 Kids
Premiered at Hot Docs 2020 – Top 5 Audience Award
CSA Nominee for Best Photography in a Documentary Program 2021
Director: Elizabeth St. Phillip
Saloon Media. Blue Ant Media.
Giants Of Africa
Premiered at TIFF 2016.
CSA Nomination for Best Feature Documentary Cinematography 2017
Director: Hubert Davis
MLSE, ESPN
Hurt – Feature
WINNER of the Platform Prize TIFF 2015 and CSA for Best Feature Documentary 2016.
D.P: Chris Romeike, Jonathan Cliff, Ian Kerr
Director: Alan Zweig
MDF Productions
The Team – Feature
Premiered at IDFA in 2010 and Hot Docs in 2011.
2013 CSA Nominee for Best Photography in a Documentary Program
Director: Patrick Reed
White Pine Pictures
My Piece of the City – Feature
Director: Moze Mossanen
Design Canada – Feature
Director: Greg Durrell. Producer: Jessica Edwards.
Unsung: Behind the Glee
WINNER CSA for Best Arts Program.
Director: Moze Mossanen, Shaftesbury
The Faith Project
Director: Chris Romeike, NFB
Interactive Documentary Film Series.
Alias - Feature
Premiered at Hot Docs 2013.
Jackpot – TV Feature
Director: Alan Black
Hot Docs 2009. WINNER of Best Documentary, Yorkton Film Festival.
Invisible City – Feature
WINNER of the Best Canadian Documentary Award, Hot Docs 2009
Director: Hubert Davis
NFB
Souvenir of Canada – Hybrid Feature
Director: Robin Neinstein. Media Head Quarters, NFB, CBC
Premiered at TIFF 2005 followed by National Theatrical Release
9 Months 6 Blocks – Short
Hot Docs 2005, honorable mention for best direction.
Director: Chris Romeike.
NFB, TVO
Zero Degrees of Separation
Director: Elle Flanders
Premiered at Hot Docs and Berlin 2005
Graphic Pictures, NFB
The Skin We’re In
Dir: Charles Officer
90th Parallel, CBC
Tina In Mexico – Feature
Dir: Brenda Longfellow
WINNER of the Golden Sheaf Award for Cinematography 2003
Hot Docs 2002.
Television Documentary & Series
The Great Martian War – TV Special.
Dir: Mike Slee
2015 CSA Nominee
Saloon Media
RISE – Series
WINNER- 2018 CSA Best Documentary Program
Dir: Michelle Latimer
Viceland Canada
The Nature of Things and Project X - various seasons.
Various Directors.
CBC
Weather Report
Dir: Brenda Longfellow
Sienna Films, NFB, CBC
National Parks Project - Series
Various Directors
Discovery Channel, Primitive Entertainment
Real Vikings: Ep - Viking Women
Dir: Rebecca Snow
WINNER - 2018 Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction.
Museum Secrets Series- - 3 Seasons
Various Directors
WINNER of Multiple CSA Awards over the three season broadcast.
Kensington Communications, History Channel, Nat Geo.
Visions of Canada – 6 x 30min Series.
Dir: Chris Romeike
Vision Television
Sinking Cities: 3 x 1hr Series.
Dir: Martin Pupp
PBS, Cineflix
Things That Move - Series - 3 Seasons.
Various Directors
Primitive, History Channel
Bloodlines - Series
Various Directors. YAP, History
Treasures Decoded – Blackbeard’s Ship
Dir: Graeme Ball, Pier 21, History
Beasts of the Bible – TV Movie
Dir: Graham Ball
Associated Producers, Animal Planet
The Body Machine – Mini Series.
Dir: Robin Bicknell
MB Media, Discovery Channel
Move your Mind, 6 min short
Dir: Hubert Davis, NFB
The Struggle for Freedom of Speech in Turkey
Dir: Liz Marshall. Book Television
WINNER of the 2002 Canadian Association of Broadcasters Award
In the Making - Series
Various Directors including Chris Romeike
CBC
The Last Farmer – Short
Dir: Chris Romeike
Bravo Channel
Four Seasons Mosaic -
Dir: Ann Shin
Gemini Nomination for Best Photography in a Performance Arts Program
Short Dramatic Fiction
Be Free
Dir: Hubert Davis, Bravo Channel
Seven Persons
Dir: Chris Romeike, Bravo Channel
We’ll Always Have Paris
Dir: Boaz Beeri
Sheket
Dir: Andrea Cohen-B
EKLA Productions-France
How are You?
Dir: Martha Burns, Susan Coyne
Devil’s Gap Productions.
TIFF 2008
Nickelodeon’s Sam Digital In The 21st Century
Dir: Steve Angel
Cuppa Coffee Animation
Children & Comedy
Punched Up (Comedy Network), Kenny vs Spenny (CBC), CrashBox (HBO Family), Pitch (Feature).
Commercials
Becel, Nature Valley, HP, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, Tim Horton’s, Petro-Canada, Volkswagen, Turner Classic Movies.
Awards
2025 WINNER of the CSA for Best Photography in a Documentary Program - The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal.
2025 CSC Nomination for Best Documentary Cinematography: The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal.
2024 CSC Nomination for Best Documentary Cinematography: Black Ice
2021 CSA Nomination for Best Photography in a Documentary Program: 911 Kids
2017 CSA Nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary Film: Giants of Africa
2013 CSA Nomination for Best Photography in a Documentary Program: The Team
2005 Gemini Nomination for Best Photography in a Performing Arts Program: Four Seasons Mosaic
2003 WINNER of the Golden Sheaf Award for Best Cinematography: Tine in Mexico
1995 WINNER of the Much Music Video Award for Best Rap Video Musical Essence
1999 WINNER of the Houston International Festival Gold Award for Best Show Opener TCM Movies Inside Out
Associations
Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC), Full Member | I.A.T.S.E 667, Full Member
Educator: Contract Professor and Course Director, Cinematography 2 and 3 – Third and Fourth year Advanced Cinematography, York University 2016-Present.
Cinematography Contract Professor: Sheridan College 2024-
Education: BFA - Toronto Metropolitan University, Media Arts 1994.
MFA - York University, Film Production 2012.