NFB Collection
The Portrait
201241 min 40 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Hubert Davis
Production: Lea MarinSilva Basmajian
Script: Hubert Davis
It’s the opportunity of a lifetime for portrait artist Phil Richards.
The renowned Toronto painter has been commissioned by the Government of
Canada to create a portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on the occasion
of her Diamond Jubilee. But this historic assignment also poses enormous
challenges for Richards, who’s accustomed to spending long hours with his
subjects, in person.
This time, he must take a dramatically different approach.
Directed by Academy Award® nominee Hubert Davis, The
Portrait follows Richards to Rideau Hall for a brief photo
session with Her Majesty. Then, Richards sets about creating an amazing world
of studies, maquettes, even doll-like sculptures, all to help him capture The
Queen’s likeness and spirit.
After months of solitary study and preparation, Richards travels to
Buckingham Palace for an all-important meeting with Her Majesty, to see if she
approves of his vision and approach. She does, to his great relief, and work
can now finally begin on the official portrait.
Under the watchful direction of Hubert Davis, we observe Richards as all
the months of painstaking study and preparation come to fruition, and Her
Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee portrait takes shape before our very eyes.
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Subject categories
- Women - Portraits > Women in Foreign Countries
- Arts Education > ArtVisual Arts
Credits
- writer
- Hubert Davis
- director
- Hubert Davis
- producer
- Lea Marin
- director of photography
- Jonathon Cliff
- editor
- Dave De Carlo
- original music score
- David Fleury
- visual effects
- Wendel
- motion graphics
- Wendel
- sound recordist
- Sanjay Mehta
- 1st assistant camera
- Scott Tremblay
- Jonathan Staav
- Viktor Cahoj
- Peter Thomas
- production supervisor
- Mark Wilson
- production coordinator
- Kate Vollum
- Sarah Arruda
- executive producer
- Silva Basmajian
- technical coordinator
- Marcus Matyas
- first assistant editor
- Vanessa Jung
- Drew Stevenson
- centre administrator
- Josiah Rothenberg
- visual researcher
- Elizabeth Klinck
- additional cinematography
- John Minh Tran
- Christian Bielz
- additional sound recording
- Scott Tremblay
- Mike Filippov
- 1st assistant director
- Simon Rodriguez
- gaffer
- Sean Paul Hearn
- key grip
- Rhys Brisbin
- electric
- Daniel Sturman
- best boy grip
- Daniel Sturman
- grip
- Fraser Brown
- art director
- Andrew Berry
- art department
- Damian Zuch
- camera prep
- Bart Bialasik
- DMT
- Jeff McNab
- VTR operator
- Nick Verlaine
- production assistant
- Chris Niesing
- Kendell Campbell
- Harry Greaves
- Tom Thurgood
- unit production manager
- Daniel-Konrad Cooper
- Katherine Wheatley
- second assistant editor
- Lauren Rempel
- Candice Bowers
- Jonathan Guevarra
- flame artist
- Kristi-Ann Webster
- 3D wire frame modelling
- Jamie Richards
- visual effects producer
- Russell Greene
- Karl Richter
- visual effects artist
- Philip Bowser
- Ryan Smith
- John Somerville
- sound editor
- Mark Dejczak
- re-recording mixer
- Rudy Michael
- re-recording assistant
- Lucas Roveda
- colourist
- Wade Odlum
- assistant colourist
- Tricia Hagoriles
- stills photographer
- Liam Maloney
- young artist
- Charley Atkinson
- Allison Humphries
- Laura Humphries
- Noah Hacco
- project manager
- Julie Huguet
- marketing manager
- Moira Keigher
- musician
- Melissa Wilmot
- Tanya Charles
- Keith Hamm
- Judith Manger
- Danielle Johannes
- David Fleury
- music production supervisor
- Maggie Blouin
Awards
- Best Director (Non-fiction)Yorkton Film Festival
- Documentary Arts and CultureYorkton Film Festival