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Vic Sarin

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Vic Sarin
CM
The Jury of Competition Section headed by Mr. Joao Batista de Andrade (Brazil), along with the members, Mr. Vic Sarin (Canada), Mr. Kenichi Okubu (Tokyo) Ms. Sarika (India) and Mr. Jean-Michel Frodon (France).jpg
Vic Sarin, IFFI (2009)
Born
India
NationalityCanadian, American
OccupationFilm director
AwardsList

Victor Sarin CM (born 1945) is an Indian-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.

Career

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Vic Sarin is a Canadian filmmaker. The recipient of the Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award and the Kodak Lifetime Achievement Award, Sarin was recently appointed to the Order of Canada, the country’s highest honour, for his contribution to Canadian culture as a visual artist of extraordinary calibre.

Born in Kashmir, India, Sarin is a director, writer and cinematographer. With a body of work spanning over 100 feature films, documentaries and television specials across multiple genres, Sarin’s films have been nominated for and won Emmys, Genies, Geminis and Canada Screen.

Sarin’s films have screened at film festivals including TIFF, Cannes, Berlin, Tribeca, London, Shanghai, San Sebastian, Sydney, and Goa.

Sarin’s feature films include Partition, a period love story between a Muslim and a Sikh, set against the partition of India, starring Irrfan Khan and Neve Campbell, A Shine of Rainbows, a magical family drama starring Connie Neilson and Aidan Quinn that debuted at TIFF and Cold Comfort.

Sarin directed Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World, for which he won an Emmy, The Boy from Geita, about the treatment of people with albinism in Tanzania, which was selected for a special screening at the United Nations, and Keepers of the Magic, which chronicles the magic of cinematography through such icons as Roger Deakins, Vittorio Storaro and Gordon Wills, who gave Sarin his final interview.

In 2003, Sarin co-founded Sepia Films.

Sarin’s career has been captured in the 2020 memoir, Eyepiece.

Filmography

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Director

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Writer

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  • A Shine on Rainbows
  • Partition

Executive producer

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Awards and accolades

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References

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  1. ^ "Order of Canada appointees – December 2022". Governor General of Canada. 29 December 2022. Archived from the original on 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. ^ Jay Scott, "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.
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