Gabriel Medina

Gabriel Medina is a Director of Photography and Camera Operator from Vancouver, BC. He has been immersed in the film industry his entire life, beginning his career in Mexico at the tender age of 8 as an actor, where he performed in numerous commercials, films and Mexican television. At the age of 22 he moved to Canada and turned his focus to the technical side of film. After studying Independent Filmmaking at Langara College, he proceeded to camera operate and DOP for a variety of award winning short and feature length films, such as "Locked in a Garage Band" (Feature, DOP), "Throw Away People" (Feature, DOP), “Neutral Territory” (Feature, B-CAM, 2nd UNIT), "Everything and Everyone" (Feature, A-CAM), "Afternoon at Gudrun" (Short Film, DOP), “Wait For Rain” (Short Film, CAM OP), “The Hostage” (Short Film, CAM OP), and many others. He has also worked in the camera department on a large number of music videos for singer and bands like NICKELBACK,LIL PRECIUS,MATT BREVNER and more. He is an Associate Member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers, and also runs his own production company, Red Eye Motion Pictures. He is enthusiastic, resourceful and passionate about filmmaking, and has the eye and craft needed to bring ideas to life using light and motion. Gabriel Medina is a member of I.A.T.S.E. Local 669 as Camera Operator.