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Stephen Chung is an award-winning cinematographer with well over twenty years of experience in moving images.  He is highly regarded for both his artistry and versatility.

Stephen's career began as a stills photographer, working in the commercial, fashion and music industries in Canada and Europe for over a decade. In the 90s, his photography evolved into cinematography, and his earliest credits were music videos for artists such as Feist, Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think, Buck 65 and Blue Rodeo, forming relationships with the musicians that have sustained to this day. 

Stephen's approach to cinematography is project-specific, centred on close collaboration and storytelling. He achieves a distinctive cinematic style, often working with available or natural light. His wide range of experience has taken him around the globe, working in virtually every format from film, documentaries, television, commercials, music videos and VR. Some of Stephen’s notable recent credits include the VICELAND television series “Mister Tachyon” winner of Canadian Society of Cinematographers award, feature documentary “The Defector” (Winner CSA - Best Documentary Film) and the short film “Odessa” (Official selection Cannes Short Film Corner). As well as HBO, Discovery, Nat Geo, History Chanel, 20th Century Fox, and The CBC.

His work has garnered several awards and nominations including best cinematography “COPA” Mockfest Film festival, , “The Defector” CSC nomination for Documentary Cinematography, Juno Award for (best album artwork) Tom Cochrane “Songs of a Circling Spirit”

Stephen was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He currently resides in Toronto with his family, where he’s significantly colder, but even happier.