Antiguan cinematographer and director
Shabier Kirchner |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Sollers_Point_Movie_Set_DSCN5711_%2828995197751%29.jpg/220px-Sollers_Point_Movie_Set_DSCN5711_%2828995197751%29.jpg) Kirchner on the set of Sollers Point |
Born | 1987/1988 |
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Years active | 2010–present |
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Shabier Kirchner (born 1987/1988)[1] is an Antiguan cinematographer and director based between London, New York, and the Caribbean. He won a BAFTA for his work on Steve McQueen's five-part anthology series Small Axe (2020).[2]
Early life
Kirchner grew up in the Falmouth Harbour area of Antigua island. He also spent some of his childhood in Germany, the home country of his father Bert, who owns Papa Zouk in St. John's.[3] Kirchner had undiagnosed dyslexia and ADHD growing up. Struggling academically, he was introduced to camera work through his father, an underwater photographer and producer, as well as through a school workshop with a Dutch filmmaker.[4] At 18, Kirchner enrolled in an introductory program at a film school in Vancouver before opting to learn through practical experience instead, dropping out with four of his classmates, with whom he made the short film Memoirs of the Blue.[5]
Filmography
Short film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
2010 | Memoirs of the Blue | Luke Hansen-MacDonald | Also writer and producer |
2011 | Ugly | Diego Siragna | Also producer |
2014 | Wanderer |
2015 | I Am Selma | Yossera Bouchtia | |
Coke White, Starlight | Tristan Patterson | |
2016 | That One Day | Crystal Moselle | |
2018 | Dadli | Himself | Also producer |
Leaving Hope | Caspar Newbolt | |
2021 | Lizard | Akinola Davies | |
Feature film
Year | Title | Director |
2015 | Throuple | Phillips Payson |
2016 | We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew | Thomas Woodrow |
2017 | Sollers Point | Matthew Porterfield |
2018 | Skate Kitchen | Crystal Moselle |
Only You | Harry Wootliff |
2019 | Bull | Annie Silverstein |
2023 | Past Lives | Celine Song |
TBA | Carnation | Amiel Courtin-Wilson |
Augustown[6] | Himself |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
2020 | Small Axe | Steve McQueen | Miniseries |
TBA | Get Millie Black | Tanya Hamilton | |
Awards and nominations
References
- ^ Giardina, Carolyn (5 January 2021). "'Small Axe' Cinematographer Steps Into Spotlight With Steve McQueen's Film Series". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ McGovern, Joe (3 December 2020). "Steve McQueen Calls His New 'Small Axe' Cinematographer 'a Skater and a Sailor'". The Wrap. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ Uszerowicz, Monica (27 September 2018). ""I Only Want to Tell Caribbean Stories": DP Shabier Kirchner on His Directorial Debut, the Short Film Dadli". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Interview with Shabier Kirchner". The Citizen. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ Blair, Iain (17 May 2018). "Shabier Kirchner in Top 10 Cinematographers". AntiguaNice. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ Raup, Jordan (30 October 2020). "Small Axe Cinematographer Shabier Kirchner Reteams with Steve McQueen for Directorial Debut Augustown". The Film Stage. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "BSFC Winners 2020s". Boston Society of Film Critics. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ Lindahl, Chris; Blauvelt, Christian (December 18, 2020). "New York Film Critics Circle 2020 Winners: 'First Cow,' Chadwick Boseman, and More". IndieWire. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ "2020 FFCC Winners" (Press release). Florida Film Critics Circle. December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ Davis, Clayton (20 December 2020). "'Small Axe' Wins LAFCA Best Picture Despite Not Submitted for Oscars". Variety.
External links
- Shabier Kirchner at IMDb
- Shabier Kirchner at Rathaus Films