Welcome, Algis Kemezys!

Algis Kemezys Multi Media Artist * Photography / Video / Editor
312-5725 Cote St Luc, Hampstead, H3X ZE6 CANADA
Tel. 514 278 5397 algis.kemezys@gmail.com
2010
P R O F I L E

Algis Kemezys is a seasoned image maker both in still
photography and video. His photography has been exhibited
worldwide while his mostly-documentary videos have played in international festivals
and won prizes. He conceives, directs, shoots, and edits.

IMDB Listing.
http://imdb.com/name/nm2681518/
"Algis Kemezys is a guy who can photograph anything , and isn't it wonderful to see a
real artist at work...! " Mary Hardiman The New York Times 1999
" Kemezys is like a modern day Henri Cartier Bresson, only with multiple levels of per-
ception. Popular Photography Magazine
RECENT CREDITS: 2010
NETSHOWS STAGE: APRIL 11 2012
MAIN STAGE: Reading a book underwater
http://netshowscommunity.ning.com/video/reading-a-book-underwater
Open Salon: Editors Picks 2010
http://open.salon.com/blog/alkeme
Instant Gratification: A Polaroid Party ISM: a community project and
Hibbleton Gallery pay tribute to instant film and the discontinued
Polaroid 600 Series with a gallery exhibition + limited edition
book. August 2010
CTV Weather PIX Montreal Current 2008 & 09
Platinum Remi Winner at the 42nd WorldFest . Houston International Film
Festival for Masterclass April 2009
MasterClass 4th Video Festival, City of Imperia, Italy April 14th to 18th 2009
MaSTerClasS 11 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece 2009
http://tdf.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&loc=6&page=779&SectionID=33&MovieID=261
The Flowering Universe: Movie Slusser Gallery Un.of Michigan Feb 2009
MasterClass an official program selection of the Florida Media Market Global

Conference
2008 (screening on October 25, 2008 at 8:15 pm)
Media Factory Show TV #23 by NetShows on the Cox Cable Network

Shapeshifter Prequil Video Shown across the USA and Europe
Assignment Earth Yahoo Video: Blue Green Algae
Webshots.com Featured Photographic Portfolio, April 2008 “My natural stone

sculptures on
Crete, Greece”
Yahoo Video @ yahoo.com Featured Video “Quantum Physics In India” under

Science
& Environment
Chicago Short Film Festival Shapeshifter 30-minute version
Festival De Cine International De Barcelona Shapeshifter
United Nations Environmental Film Festival: Mimetoliths
INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEO
as Director, Cinematographer, Editor:
MasterClass (2008) 45 minutes. Interview with Oscar-winning cinematographer Walter Lassally at and
near his home in Crete.
Shapeshifter (2007) 30 minutes. Reality-drama about a man facing his own mortality. Shot in India and
Montreal
Mimetoliths (2006) 60 minutes. Documentary about mythology and the rock formations of Greece.
Featured in: Cyprus International Film Festival; Asterfest, Macedonia;
Ecofilms Festival, Rodos; Charlotte, North Carolinaʼs Cackalaky
Film Festival; and in all four locations (Alaska, Arizona, Oregon, New
Zealand) of the Night Gallery Film Festival.
Distributor TPI International (Chantilly, Virginia)
http://mimetoliths.blogspot.com/
http://imdb.com/title/tt1050252
Faces of Myth (2004) 60 minutes. Documentary about Crete.
Official selection Thessaloniki Documentary Festival; Maine International Film Festival; Ecofilms Festival,
Rodos; co-produced by the NFB.
Distributor: Vtape (Toronto).
Wall Stories (1990) 60 minutes. Art video of personal peoples stories in front of a wall of images. Official
selection at Torino International Film Festival and various video-art events. Distributor: VTape (Toronto
THE CIVIL SERVANT: Starring role. 30-minute dramatic film. Shown on the CBC, and
festivals.
LAWN & ORDER: major participant. Gemini-nominated film about gardens. CBC.
ALGIS, MON BEAU JARDIN: starring role and subject of 20-minute, prize winning
video (First and Second prize at Video-Est). Shown on Radio-Canada, and festivals.
Other Art-Videos:
TALK KIDS; MARIE ANTOINETTE; IMELDA; CHICHENITZ AH; THE BIG ONE:
videographer/director/actor
Televised documentaries about Kemezys' work:
PORTRAIT in STONE (CBC, 1994) about GRAVEN IMAGES.
MY MOTHER'S RED WIG (CBC, 1995).
HOLY COW (CNBC, 1998).
My Movies on the WEB.
http://video.yahoo.com/playlist/1679615
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=AlgisKemezys
JOURNALISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY
Travel Photographer, Montreal Gazette, Montreal, Quebec — 1995-2009
Feature travel photography, on location, all over the world.
Photography samples:
http://www.pbase.com/alkeme
Photographer various publications
Montreal Gazette * Freelance Travel / Article Photographer 2000-09
GLOBE AND MAIL Freelance
NOW MAGAZINE (Toronto) over 1,000 photographs on wide variety of subjects
--Editorial, events, politics, arts-- during ten years on staff (1985-1995).
PHOTO LIFE (Toronto) Holy Cow articles in 1991 and 1992.
PHOTO DIGEST (Toronto) ALTERED STATES (1993); article (1994).
PHOTO SELECTION (Montreal) STREET MYSTERIES (1984); SELF

PORTRAIT
(1985); ALTERED STATES (1994); HOLY COW (1998).
DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY (California) ALTERED STATES (1989); with

interview and 5 pages of ALTERED STATES (1990).
POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY (New York) 1984. Rave review of STREET MYSTERIES
Also published in: CTV MONTREAL, L.A.TIMES; BOSTON HERALD; PEOPLE ; CAMERA CANADA;
TORONTO STAR FACES OF CANADA; TORONTO LIFE; MORNING SENTINEL MACLEANS;
HINDUSTANI TIMES; TIMES OF INDIA; INDIA EXPRESS; PHOTOGRAPHERS FORUM; JAZZIZ
MAGAZINE; AMERICAN THEATRE
MAGAZINE; EAST ANGLIA TIMES; MORNING SENTINEL; YANKEE MAGAZINE.
Photographic Portfolios : 1975/2008
Neo Crete Sculptures 2008
Al Greco's Crete 2005
Amid Summer's Wildflowers 2004
Cartoon Society 1998/2000
Greenwich Village Cartoons 2000
Sacred Sadhus Portraits 1998
Holy Cow 1988
Celebrity Portraits 1987
My Mothers Red Wig Polaroids 1988
Altered States & Meltdown 1984
Toronto Ghost Photographs 1995
Tell Me Something Portraits 1984
Graven Images 1985
Street Mysteries NYC 1983
Pictures from Around the World 1977 / 2008
E D U C AT I O N:
MasterClass DOP Maine Media Workshop with Oscar Winning DP Walter Lassally Sept 2009
RYERSON UNIVERSITY, Toronto, 1994 Multimedia Program. Literature,
Semiotics, Art History, Film, Video, Computer Graphics,
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S K I L L S
Final Cut Studio , Adobe Photoshop 7, Motion, Live Type, SoundTrack Pro,
Macromedia Director, Adobe Pagemill 2.0, HTML coding, DVD Authoring
Software, Multi Platform Video Scaling for the WEB Outliner Macintosh
Computer,