Nathan Douglas is a Vancouver-based writer and director. Originally from Ajax and Cobourg, Ontario, he studied film at Simon Fraser University, graduating in 2012 with a BFA.

Since 2015, Nathan’s short films have screened worldwide at festivals including Locarno, Clermont-Ferrand, Busan ISFF, FNC Montreal, and the Vancouver International Film Festival.

In addition to his filmmaking, Nathan has worked extensively in educational media. From 2013 - 2020, he worked with the SFU Centre for Educational Excellence, producing hundreds of educational, documentary, and promotional videos for online courses offered at SFU.

Nathan writes about cinema, philosophy, and art at The Vocation of Cinema. He is a regular contributor to Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast and has appeared as a guest on the Film Formally Podcast and the Filmed in Canada Podcast.

Director's Statement
​I'm fascinated by the contemplative and liturgical properties of cinema. The act of seeing - of beholding - is the common ground between religious worship and film-watching and my work is focused on exploring this rich territory. I am less concerned with drama or psychological insight than with capturing the thickness of a moment – a look, a gesture, a movement, a word, a presence. The polyphony of life itself is revealed in cinema by its reorganization of time and the senses.

C.V. (2020)

Contact

nwd@motetfilms.ca