About
Bryan Smith
Director / Producer / Cinematography
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Bryan Smith is an adventure filmmaker and expedition kayaker based out of Squamish, British Columbia. His involvement in adventure film grew out of a passion for exploring wild places by kayak. He built an impressive set of credentials on the sea through the British Canoe Union, co-founded Body Boat Blade International sea kayaking school and has lead several first descents on steep, difficult rivers in India, Peru and across North America. His first documentary 49 Megawatts was acclaimed both for its amazing kayaking footage and for exposing the controversy over British Columbia’s river based energy production. It was a finalist at Toronto’s Planet in Focus Film Festival and won “best environmental film” at the 2008 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. He then went on to direct and produce the award winning sea kayaking films Pacific Horizons and Eastern Horizons. His photographs, stories and adventures have appeared in Men’s Journal, Canoe and Kayak, Kayak Session and Outside Magazine. Currently Bryan has been working on assignment for National Geographic shooting a variety of adventure sports, DP for a new television series and recently launched a new 6 episode web series called Fringe Elements at the National Geographic Adventure website.
Matt Maddaloni
Rigger / Industrial Designer
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Matt Maddaloni is a rigger, industrial designer and the mind behind the Sea to Sky Cable Cam. He has been a sponsored rock climber for 15 years and lives in Squamish, British Columbia. His passion for climbing has taken him to remote locations like Pakistan, Baffin Island and India. For 8 years he worked as Ziptrek Ecotours lead rigger and machine designer and currently holds 3 patents. He has turned his energy to rigging for film in adventure sports and documentaries. His first cable cam was human powered for Bryan Smith’s 49 Megawatts documentary showcasing white water kayaking. The danger involved, lack of strong anchors, heavy equipment and major limitations in finding appropriate locations made him realize the need for the Sea to Sky Cam. Now in it’s third year of development, Matt now offers the Sea to Sky Cam as a commercially available professional product with innovations such as affordable stabilization, high torque and speed and all within a portable and fast deployed unit.
Christian Begin
Director / Producer / Cinematography
Christian Begin began his filmmaking career 20 years ago. As a sherpa and keen understudy for director Bill Heath, he carried a 16mm camera package on a Warren Miller ski shoot in the Kooteny mountains of British Columbia. After learning the craft of shooting film, he was then hired to travel the world as the main cinematographer for two of the most prominent ski and snowboard film companies at the time: Greg Stump and Adventurescope Films. In 1997, he founded Radical Films. The three Kranked movies that he directed revolutionized mountain biking and was internationally acclaimed to bring extreme free riding to the world. Many projects later he sold his share of the company to expand his horizon as a freelance director and DOP. Christian just finished his first feature film as director of photography with 2 Frogs in the West.
Tim Loubier
Cinematography / Editor
With a strong background in storytelling and adventure sport film production, Tim spends his time exploring the world around him. Tim currently works as a Freelance Camera Operator. He can be found capturing moments that range from jam-packed stadiums at the world’s largest live events to some of the world’s most remote places with a group of friends. Some of Tim’s recent clients include: Red Bull, National Geographic Adventure, Whistler Blackcomb, Subaru’s Freeskiing World Tour, dose.ca, Whistler Live and the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
David Pearson
Cinematography / Editor / Rigger
David hails from Australia and during the past 8 years has been traveling around the world documenting his passion – rock climbing. His first ‘serious’ camera was during high school where he says, ‘my life began.’ Now residing in Canada, David is creating product videos for Cascade Designs and M.S.R. between helping Sea to Sky Cam develop new technologies. A true ‘tech’ genius, his computer skills and processing determination have made him indispensible to the team. Other than his amazing hand eye co-ordination for keeping the talent in frame his ability to find solutions to ‘the impossible’ has earned him a Sea to Sky Cam seat anytime he wants it.
Kevin Rigney
Cinematography / Editor / Equipment Engineer
Kevin runs SIM Video in Vancouver, and only a year and a half ago ran the SIM Video in Toronto. The biggest block busters get Kevin to rig up their gear. With an endless supply of million dollar equipment at his finger tips Kevin has had the opportunity to become familiar with everything from 3D REDs to Phantom Golds. His film company Assembly Productions specialize in Music Videos and Commercials. A local star in the music video world, his creative talents are turning heads. Kevin ran camera with Sea to Sky Cable Cam at the Red Carpet Event at the 40th anniversary of the Juno Awards in March 2011.
Fitz Cahall
Director / Producer / Writer / Rigger
Fitz is a professional story teller. His online audio website “Dirt Bag Diaries” has been a sensation with outdoor adventure audiences across North America. Fitz and Bryan Smiths’ The Season web episodes for Arc’teryx and New Belgium Brewing first brought on the Sea to Sky Cam back in 2009. Even before motorized capability Fitz was hand pulling the trolley for shots of climbing, trail running and white water kayaking. Mostly on the production side of things now Fitz still gets in the last word towards many video projects, coaxing the stories nuances from the complex environments that the Sea to Sky Cam works in.
