Nathalie Lasselin
Filmmaker, Pixnat Productions
After receiving a degree in cinematography, Nathalie moved from France to Canada where she’s been working behind the camera for more than 16 years. She started her career at the National Film Board of Canada and collaborated on many award-winning documentaries. She is an IATSE Director of photography and underwater camera operator for feature films and documentaries. Visual passions from painting to film combined with the love and interest of the underwater environment pushed Nathalie to produce underwater documentaries. As an award winning producer and director, she tells stories from cave diving to wrecks to nature preservation. As a rebreather, cave, and cold water diver she always goes further, looking for pictures about this incredible heritage that we share and have to protect. Challenges always find her and with an emphasis on security, integrity and respect she persues her dream of letting people aware of underwater treasures.
Her cave diving film ''Facing Darkness'' has been well received as a documentary which demystifies the activity. Interviewing explorers such as Lamar Hires, Jim Bowden let non-cave divers know what cave diving is really about.
Through lectures to various audiences from children to elders, Nathalie tells and teaches about cinemaphotography and the world underwater that she has explored.
In 2008, among various projects, Nathalie will be part of a Yucatan cenotes expedition and will document some deep wrecks in the great lakes. You can learn more about the upcoming project by visiting the dedicated websites.