UPDATE: Winner of 3 Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Director (Documentary) Best Biography and Best Visual Research!

Wow. What a treat it was to work on this film! Barry Avrich’s doc about jazz legend Oscar Peterson explores Oscar’s rise from Montreal piano prodigy to international star. I had an absolute blast working with the photos, posters and album covers to create the film’s many graphic elements. Many of the posters actually presented a challenge — to be able to drive a camera in tight, I had to rebuild many of them and use super hi-res paper textures to bring some detail back.

It was honour to work on this film and just being able to spend a few months with Oscar’s incredible body of work was an amazing experience.

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