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IvarsBerzins

  • Cinematographer
  • Director
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Ivars Berzins fell in love with photography aged eight, en route to TV assignments across New Zealand, in Norwegian fjords, and in East Timor. Berzins was chief cameraman in TVNZ's Wellington office before leaving in 1996 to start company Pacific Crews (now Pacific Screen), which he went on to run with his wife, producer Amanda Evans. These days he directs as well as films, including on documentary series New Zealand Stories.

Screenography

Reunited
2022 Camera Operator Series
David Lomas Investigates
2020 - 2021 Camera Operator Series
No Ordinary Sheila
2017 Camera Operator Film

Biography

Ivars Berzins, who co-runs Wellington company Pacific Screen with Amanda Evans, fell in love with photography at the age of eight — the age he first got his hands on a Kodak instamatic camera.

“It’s such a huge privilege to be let into peoples lives, and something I never take for granted. The ordinary can become extraordinary through the lens; and as such there are big responsibilities that come with documentary filmmaking.”

— Ivars Berzins

Related images

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On location in Paris in 1998, for TV series The $20 Challenge. From left to right, man on telephone, Scott Clotworthy, Roger Laxon, Ivars Berzins, Brian Shennan (in red), Craig Herd, Stephen Press and Dan Bevan (brother of Kiwi-born Atonement producer Tim Bevan).
Supplied by Ivars Berzins