George Pimentel

George Pimentel (born 20th century) is a Toronto-based celebrity photographer. He has covered the Oscars, the Cannes Film Festival, the Met Gala, the Venice Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival.

Personal life Pimentel is a third-generation photographer in his family. He is married with two children. His grandfather was the town photographer in a small island of the Azores and both his father and uncle were also photographers.

Career Pimental got his start in 1993 when he was mistaken for a credentialed photographer at the Toronto International Film Festival and managed to get a shot of Robert DeNiro.

Over 30 years, Pimentel worked his way up from being a streetside photographer to being invited to cover A-list events. His subjects have included Beyoncé, Tom Cruise, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Aniston and Taylor Swift, among many others.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Pimentel catalyzed Canada COVID Project, a collaborative photography initiative to document Canada during COVID.