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Edward Burtynsky Biography
Birth Name:Edward Burtynsky
Birth Place:St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Profession Director, Producer, Camera department
Fast Facts
- Won the 2014 Canadian Screen Award for the film "Watermark․"
- In 2006, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada
- Attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, where he studied photographic arts
- Graduated from Niagara College with a degree in graphic arts
- Started learning how to develop photographs when he was 11 years old
- Is best known for his photographs of industrial landscapes
- Has served as chairman of the board of the magazine Worldchanging
Awards
- 2013Rogers Award-Best Canadian Film: winner
- 2014Canadian Screen Award-Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award: winner
- 2014Depth of Field Competition-: nominated
- 2018Rogers Award-Best Canadian Film: winner
- 2018Best Canadian Feature Film-: nominated
- 2019Canadian Screen Award-Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award: winner
- 2019Global Health Competition-Best Film: nominated
- 2019Excellence in Documentary-Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary: winner
- 2019Jury Award-Best International Documentary: nominated
- 2019Green Dox-: nominated
- 2019Documentary Award-Best International Feature Documentary: nominated
- 2019Pare Lorentz Award - Honorable Mention-: winner
- 2019Best Testimony on Nature-: winner
- 2019Documentary Award-: nominated
- 2019International Award-: nominated