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I am a Toronto and Ottawa-based Director & Cinematographer specializing in Documentary, Factual TV and Commercial content. I possess extensive training in cinematography from such renowned establishments as Toronto Metropolitan University and the Budapest Cinematography Masterclass and many high-profile credits including CSA winning series' COLD WATER COWBOYS (Discovery Canada), HEAVY RESCUE: 401 (Discovery Channel), ISLAND OF BRYAN / RENOVATION ISLAND (HGTV) and LETTERKENNY (Crave). Most recently I directed Season 8 of RESTORATION GARAGE for Discovery Velocity and DP'd Season 2 of LOST CAR RESCUE for The History Channel. In 2024 I served as camera operator on Mr. Beast's record breaking new competition series, BEAST GAMES, for Amazon Prime; and I just wrapped up a Director/DoP contract on a new adventure fishing series, THE LAST CAPTAINS, set to air on Crave in May 2025. I am a versatile, technically proficient visual storyteller who is always looking for new opportunities that will challenge me creatively and allow me to see the world in a new light.…I am a Toronto and Ottawa-based Director & Cinematographer specializing in Documentary, Factual TV and Commercial content. I possess extensive training in cinematography from such renowned establishments as Toronto Metropolitan University and the Budapest Cinematography Masterclass and many high-profile credits including CSA winning series' COLD WATER COWBOYS (Discovery Canada), HEAVY RESCUE: 401 (Discovery Channel), ISLAND OF BRYAN / RENOVATION ISLAND (HGTV) and LETTERKENNY (Crave). Most recently I directed Season 8 of RESTORATION GARAGE for Discovery Velocity and DP'd Season 2 of LOST CAR RESCUE for The History Channel. In 2024 I served as camera operator on Mr. Beast's record breaking new competition series, BEAST GAMES, for Amazon Prime; and I just wrapped up a Director/DoP contract on a new adventure fishing series, THE LAST CAPTAINS, set to air on Crave in May 2025. I am a versatile, technically proficient visual storyteller who is always looking for new opportunities that will challenge me creatively and allow me to see the world in a new light.

Adrian Merritt Smith

Director of Photography, Cinematographer, Camera Operator, +1

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I am a Toronto and Ottawa-based Director & Cinematographer specializing in Documentary, Factual TV and Commercial content. I possess extensive training in cinematography from such renowned establishments as Toronto Metropolitan University and the Budapest Cinematography Masterclass and many high-profile credits including CSA winning series' COLD WATER COWBOYS (Discovery Canada), HEAVY RESCUE: 401 (Discovery Channel), ISLAND OF BRYAN / RENOVATION ISLAND (HGTV) and LETTERKENNY (Crave). Most recently I directed Season 8 of RESTORATION GARAGE for Discovery Velocity and DP'd Season 2 of LOST CAR RESCUE for The History Channel. In 2024 I served as camera operator on Mr. Beast's record breaking new competition series, BEAST GAMES, for Amazon Prime; and I just wrapped up a Director/DoP contract on a new adventure fishing series, THE LAST CAPTAINS, set to air on Crave in May 2025. I am a versatile, technically proficient visual storyteller who is always looking for new opportunities that will challenge me creatively and allow me to see the world in a new light.…I am a Toronto and Ottawa-based Director & Cinematographer specializing in Documentary, Factual TV and Commercial content. I possess extensive training in cinematography from such renowned establishments as Toronto Metropolitan University and the Budapest Cinematography Masterclass and many high-profile credits including CSA winning series' COLD WATER COWBOYS (Discovery Canada), HEAVY RESCUE: 401 (Discovery Channel), ISLAND OF BRYAN / RENOVATION ISLAND (HGTV) and LETTERKENNY (Crave). Most recently I directed Season 8 of RESTORATION GARAGE for Discovery Velocity and DP'd Season 2 of LOST CAR RESCUE for The History Channel. In 2024 I served as camera operator on Mr. Beast's record breaking new competition series, BEAST GAMES, for Amazon Prime; and I just wrapped up a Director/DoP contract on a new adventure fishing series, THE LAST CAPTAINS, set to air on Crave in May 2025. I am a versatile, technically proficient visual storyteller who is always looking for new opportunities that will challenge me creatively and allow me to see the world in a new light.

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I am a Toronto and Ottawa-based Director & Cinematographer specializing in Documentary, Factual TV and Commercial content. I possess extensive training in cinematography from such renowned establishments as Toronto Metropolitan University and the Budapest Cinematography Masterclass and many high-profile credits including CSA winning series’ COLD WATER COWBOYS (Discovery Canada), HEAVY RESCUE: 401 (Discovery Channel), ISLAND OF BRYAN / RENOVATION ISLAND (HGTV) and LETTERKENNY (Crave).

Most recently I directed Season 8 of RESTORATION GARAGE for Discovery Velocity and DP’d Season 2 of LOST CAR RESCUE for The History Channel. In 2024 I served as camera operator on Mr. Beast’s record breaking new competition series, BEAST GAMES, for Amazon Prime; and I just wrapped up a Director/DoP contract on a new adventure fishing series, THE LAST CAPTAINS, set to air on Crave in May 2025.

I am a versatile, technically proficient visual storyteller who is always looking for new opportunities that will challenge me creatively and allow me to see the world in a new light.