Stephen Chung is an award-winning cinematographer with well over twenty five 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”
Most recently Stephen has completed his long awaited feature documentary as a producer
director, “It’s all gonna Break” a Broken Social Scene story.
