Vic Sarin
Encyclopedia
Vic Sarin is an India
n-born Canadian/American
film director
, producer
and screenwriter
. His work as a cinematographer includes Partition, Margaret's Museum
, Whale Music
, Nowhere to Hide
, Norman's Awesome Experience
, and Riel
. He also directed such projects as Partition, Left Behind
, and Wind at My Back
. Sarin was born in Kashmir
, India.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n-born Canadian/American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. His work as a cinematographer includes Partition, Margaret's Museum
Margaret's Museum
Margaret's Museum is a critically acclaimed 1995 British-Canadian dark film drama, directed by Mort Ransen and based on Sheldon Currie's novel The Glace Bay Miners' Museum....
, Whale Music
Whale Music
Whale Music is a novel by Canadian writer Paul Quarrington. It was first published by Doubleday Canada in 1989.The novel's central character is Desmond Howl, a reclusive former rock star who has lived in virtual seclusion from the world since the death of his brother Danny in a car accident...
, Nowhere to Hide
Nowhere to Hide (1987 film)
Nowhere to Hide is a 1987 thriller directed by Mario Azzopardi. It stars Amy Madigan, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Robin MacEachern, as a family on the run from corrupt Marine officers...
, Norman's Awesome Experience
Norman's Awesome Experience
Norman's Awesome Experience is a 1989 Canadian time-travel adventure comedy written and directed by Paul Donovan. Shot under the title A Switch in Time, the film was retitled to capitalize on the success of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure...
, and Riel
Riel (film)
Riel is a 1979 Canadian biographical television movie about Métis leader Louis Riel.-Plot:* Louis Riel leads the Red River and North-West Rebellions against the Canadian government's expansionist ideas leading up to his capture, trial and execution in 1885.-Cast:* Raymond Cloutier ... as Louis...
. He also directed such projects as Partition, Left Behind
Left Behind
Left Behind is a series of 16 best-selling novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, dealing with Christian dispensationalist End Times: pretribulation, premillennial, Christian eschatological viewpoint of the end of the world. The primary conflict of the series is the members of the Tribulation...
, and Wind at My Back
Wind at My Back
Wind at My Back is a television series which aired in Canada on CBC Television between 1996 and 2001. It was created and produced by Kevin Sullivan, best known for his adaptation of Anne of Green Gables and Road to Avonlea...
. Sarin was born in Kashmir
Kashmir
Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
, India.
Director
- A Shine of Rainbows
- Left Behind: The MovieLeft Behind: The MovieLeft Behind is a Christian based film released in 2000 and starring Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Gordon Currie and Clarence Gilyard. It was directed by Vic Sarin. Left Behind was proclaimed by its creators as the biggest and most ambitious Christian film ever made...
- Love on the Side
- Sea People
- Passengers
- Murder UnveiledMurder UnveiledMurder Unveiled is a 2005 Canadian television movie. The movie is based on the true story of the Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu murder. First Aired on CBC February 6, 2006....
- Partition
- Hard to Forget
- The Waiting Game
- Trial at Fortitude BayTrial at Fortitude BayTrial at Fortitude Bay is a TV movie released in 1994 and directed by Victor Sarin. It stars Henry Czerny, Raoul Trujillo, and Lolita Davidovich. Davidovitch plays Giana Antonelli, an attorney assigned to defend an Inuit youth from charges of sexual assault against a minor...
- Cold Comfort
- HueHueHue is one of the main properties of a color, defined technically , as "the degree to which a stimulus can be describedas similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue, and yellow,"...
(in development) - Wounded Heart
- The Legend of Gator FaceThe Legend of Gator FaceThe Legend of Gator Face is a 1996 Canadian comedy horror feature film written by David Covell, Alan Mruvka, and Sahara Riley, and directed by Vic Sarin. The film first aired as a Showtime Original Pictures for Kids on May 1996. In 1997 it was nominated for a Daytime Emmy...
- Flatland
Recognition
- 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in CinematographyGenie Award for Best Achievement in CinematographyThe Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian film cinematography.-16th Genie Awards:* Thomas Burstyn, Magic in the Water* Alain Dostie, Le Confessional...
- Partition - Nominee - 2007 Leo Award for Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Drama - Partition - Nominated
- 2007 Leo Award for Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama - Partition - Nominated
- 2007 Leo Award for Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Drama - Partition - Nominated (with Patricia Finn)
- 2006 Leo Award for Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama - Murder UnveiledMurder UnveiledMurder Unveiled is a 2005 Canadian television movie. The movie is based on the true story of the Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu murder. First Aired on CBC February 6, 2006....
- Nominated - 2001 DVD Exclusive Awards Video Premiere Award for Best Directing - Left Behind: The MovieLeft Behind: The MovieLeft Behind is a Christian based film released in 2000 and starring Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Gordon Currie and Clarence Gilyard. It was directed by Vic Sarin. Left Behind was proclaimed by its creators as the biggest and most ambitious Christian film ever made...
- Nominated - 2000 Daytime Emmy AwardDaytime Emmy AwardThe Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special - Sea People - Nominated - 1998 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special - In His Father's Shoes - Nominated
- 1996 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - Margaret's MuseumMargaret's MuseumMargaret's Museum is a critically acclaimed 1995 British-Canadian dark film drama, directed by Mort Ransen and based on Sheldon Currie's novel The Glace Bay Miners' Museum....
- Nominated - 1993 Australian Film InstituteAustralian Film InstituteThe Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
AFI Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - On My Own - Nominated - 1992 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming - Cinematography - Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World episode Strange Relations - Won (shared with Michael Boland)
- 1990 Gemini AwardGemini AwardThe Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series - Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher - Won - 1990 Gemini Award for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series - Divided Loyalties - Nominated
- 1988 Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - Family Reunion - Nominated
- 1988 Gemini Award for Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series - Family Reunion - Nominated
- 1987 Gemini Award for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series - The Last Season - Nominated
- 1986 Gemini Award for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series - The Suicide Murders - Nominated
- 1982 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - Heartaches - Nominated