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Stanislaw Barua is a gifted Kenyan/Polish director of photography who has a long list of awards tied to his name and craft.
His movies have covered everything from drama to documentaries. One of his films, ‘Raisin’ Kane’, won the HBO Documentary Prize at the 2001 Urban World Film Festival, New York, and Best Documentary at the 2001 ReelWorld Film Festival in Toronto. ‘Baba’s House’ won for the Best Canadian Short Drama in the Atlantic Film Festival in 2002 and was nominated for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series in the Gemini Awards. His recent work has included work in 2004 on the documentary series ‘My Brand New Life’ which was nominated in 2005 for a Gemini award for Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series; The musical television miniseries ‘The TO Variety Show’ which was nominated for the Gemini awards for Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series, Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series, Best Music, Variety Program or Series, Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series in 2006; and ‘Drag’ in 2007. He has also worked as a camera operator on the movie ‘The In-Laws’ featuring Michael Douglas in 2003, and as a cinematographer in 2005 on the movie ‘Smudge’.
Educated at the National Film School in Poland, he has worked hard to improve the exposure of film producers in Africa in general, and Kenya in particular. He has collaborated with his brother, Jakub, a film producer, on several movies, including the movie Shades of Poland, a documentary about Poland which garnered a lot if international interest and helped them break into the international market. He has been a supporter of the Zanzibar International Film Festival which promotes African film and film producers internationally.
You can learn more about his illustrious career here.
2 Responses to “Stan Barua – Reeling in the Awards”
Stan Barua says:
November 29th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Dear Editor,
I am grateful for your kind words in your article.
Please note that my name is not Stanley. My name has appeared as Stanislaw (the Polish form) Barua on occassion. However, Stan Barua – not Stanley Barua – is correct and sufficient.
I was again honoured with a nomination for the Gemini awards in 2007. This time it was for Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series (for an episode of “The TO Variety Show”). I am currently engaged as director of photography on the paranormal detective series “Psychic Investigators” broadcast on A&E in the United States, on W in Canada, and on Biography in the UK.
My director/producer brother Jakub Barua was Festival Director of the Zanzibar International Film Festival. His film “Shades of Poland”, however, was not the film which turned the spotlight onto us. Rather it was the earlier “Forgotten Places” (a film on the history and myths of the Swahili coast of Kenya, produced with Polish producer Kronika Film Studios, and screened at numerous festivals), as well as our short drama “The Rider”, the documentary poem “The Welcoming”, and Jakub’s work on large sections of the epic recreation of Amelia Earhart’s flight around the globe in the InCA California production of “No Limits” that got us noticed. “Shades of Poland” came later. Jakub’s latest film “My daddy was a cavalryman” – another history documentary several years in the making – was broadcast on Polish TVP1 in September 2007. I was director of photography on this film.
Thank you.
Stan Barua
Mississauga
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