Michael Boland (cinematographer)
| Mike Boland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
December 16, 1949 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Ottawa Nationals (WHA) Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1970–1978 | ||
Michael Anthony Boland (born December 16, 1949) is a Canadian cinematographer and former professional ice hockey player.[1] He played two NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers during the 1974–75 season and also played 41 WHA games with the Ottawa Nationals, before beginning to work as a television and documentary film camera operator.[1]
Boland won a Primetime Emmy Award (shared with Vic Sarin) for his work on the 1992 episode "Strange Relations" of the television series Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World.[2] He and Sarin also won a Gemini Award for Best Photography in an Information/Documentary Program or Series for the same episode.[3]
In 2012 he published his memoir, Through the Lens of My Eye: Adventures of a Documentary Camerman.[4]
He was codirector with Roberto Verdecchia of "Gorilla Doctors", a 2014 episode of The Nature of Things which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.[5]
Career statistics[edit]
Regular season and playoffs[edit]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1967–68 | University of Toronto | CIAU | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 10 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Springfield Kings | AHL | 34 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 1971–72 | Springfield Kings | AHL | 48 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1972–73 | Ottawa Nationals | WHA | 41 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1973–74 | Richmond Robins | AHL | 38 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1974–75 | Philadelphia Firebirds | NAHL | 59 | 31 | 55 | 86 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1974–75 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Philadelphia Firebirds | NAHL | 13 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Cape Codders | NAHL | 35 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | FPS | FIN | 17 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | HIFK | FIn | 18 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978–79 | Philadelphia Firebirds | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 41 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lance Anderson, "The life of documentary cinematographer Mike Boland". My Kawartha, December 16, 2014.
- ^ "Michael Boland - Awards & Nominations". awardsandwinners.com. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
- ^ "Fifty-five Geminis and six special awards presented over three days". Montreal Gazette, March 8, 1993.
- ^ "Take a journey with filmmaker Michael Boland". Peterborough Examiner, April 28, 2013.
- ^ "Peterborough documentary cinematographer Michael Boland, and his team, nominated for Canadian Screen Award". Peterborough This Week, March 9, 2016.
External links[edit]
- Michael Boland at IMDb
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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