Grant Baldwin

Grant Baldwin (born in Brighton, England) is an English-Canadian record producer, cinematographer and documentary filmmaker.

Life Baldwin was born in England, emigrated to Canada at an early age with his family and grew up in Nanaimo. After being schooled as an audio engineer, Baldwin worked as a composer of film and television music. Today, Baldwin lives in North Vancouver and works as a composer, screenwriter and director of documentary film and television.

Music Using the pseudonyms Earball and later Phontaine, Baldwin released his own music, mainly of the downtempo und ambient genres. For his music, Baldwin collaborated with the singer Nadia Clark several times, as well as with other singers und musicians.

Film and TV Together with his wife, producer Jenny Rustemeyer, Baldwin runs the Canadian production company Silvapark Films.

In addition to direction and cinematography, Baldwin is responsible for the film music of the productions. The topics of the documentaries are especially pollution (The Clean Bin Project), food loss and waste (Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story) and the interaction between people and nature (This Mountain Life).

Discography

Earball

2001: aqui

Phontaine

2004: Phontaine 2007: Bibliotec 2013: Resort

Filmography 2010 - The Clean Bin Project 2014 - Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story 2018 - This Mountain Life 2020–24 - Search and Rescue: North Shore (TV series)

Awards Award Year Category Work Result Ref Canadian Screen Awards 2020 Best Cinematography in a Documentary This Mountain Life Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2014 Earl A. Glick Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story Leo Awards 2015 Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series Best Musical Score in a Documentary Program or Series 2019 Best Direction in a Feature Length Documentary This Mountain Life Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary 2020 Because We Are Girls 2021 Best Direction in a Documentary Series Search and Rescue: North Shore Best Musical Score in a Documentary Series Search and Rescue: North Shorewith Stephen Fuller Best Cinematography in a Documentary Series Search and Rescue: North Shorewith Ian Christie 2024 Best Musical Score in a Feature Length Documentary Subterraneanwith Stephen Fuller 2025 Best Direction in a Documentary Series Search and Rescue: North Shore Best Cinematography in a Documentary Series Search and Rescue: North Shorewith Ian Christie Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2014 Best Canadian Documentary Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story 2018 Best British Columbia Film This Mountain Life Vancouver International Film Festival 2014 Impact Award Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story #MustSeeBC