ABOUT | Jeff Maher

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About

Jeff Maher is a Toronto based cinematographer known for his work in film and television. Recent works include The Oak Room which premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival where it won the audience award and went on to win Best Cinematography at both the South African Horrorfest and the Jelly Fest and was nominated for a Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award (CSC) for Best Cinematography in the feature film category. Other works include the award winning series Blood and Water: Fire and Ice as well as Parapan Am Games : Are You Ready for which he won a Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award (CSC) for commercial cinematography.

Recently, he shot the Shudder original Vicious Fun, directed by

Cody Calahan, and Eli Roth's Urban Legends and The Haunted Museum horror anthologies.

Maher’s commercial clients include Samsung, Lincoln, Mini, Kawasaki, Famers Insurance, AARP, Dyson, Bose, Sonic and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

"I haven’t directed anything without him as the Director of Photography and I don’t know if I ever would, because the amazing thing about Jeff is, besides being a brilliant cinematographer, he really gives a s**t about the story. It’s hard to make movies at this budget unless you really trust everybody, and of course I trust him with my life, but on set he’s just amazing because it feels like he’s not just there for how it looks, but he wants the content to be the best it can be. And you can’t ask for anything more."

"What is consistent throughout is the excellent cinematography from Jeff Maher. He is able to set the tone and dark foreboding from the start. Maher utilizes shadows expertly, and even in the day time scenes, we never feel safe or sully secure with the room that we are in. This is never highlighted more than in those final perfect scenes that have us on the edge of our seat."

"Jeff Maher's cinematography paints a bleak yet beautiful picture with a faintly threatening air of repressed violence from first frame to last."

"One of the most impressive things about Vicious Fun is how much it looks and feels like an ’80s film. This is achieved not by carbon-copying every convention, but by capturing the nostalgia and memory of that time in cinema. Jeff Maher’s cinematography shines through in this respect. Every shot is drenched in neon and a fine layer of grain as if we were watching it on an aged VHS tape."

AWARDS

THE OAK ROOM

CANADIAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS

Best Cinematography in Theatrical Feature - 2021 Nominee

PARAPAN AM GAMES

CANADIAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS

Best Cinematography in Branded - Winner

THE OAK ROOM

SOUTH AFRICAN HORROR FEST

Best Cinematography - Winner

THE OAK ROOM

JELLY FILM FESTIVAL

Best Cinematography - Winner

BED OF THE DEAD

OTHER WORLDS AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL

Best Feature Director - Nominee

PARALLEL MINDS

MILWAUKEE TWISTED DREAMS FESTIVAL

Best Cinematography in Feature - Winner

LEFT HANDED

CANADIAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS

Best Cinematography in Student - Winner

CREDITS

2022

ELI ROTH'S URBAN LEGEND

THE HAUNTED MUSEUM SEASON 2

LOVE IN WOLF CREEK

LOVE IN WOLF CREEK 2

OLYMPIANS AT HEART

CHRISTMAS ON 5TH AVENUE

CHRISTMAS IN MAPLE HILLS

COUNTRY ROADS CHRISTMAS

Cream Productions – SERIES

Brain Power Studios – FEATURE

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2008

BLOOD AND WATER

THE HAUNTED MUSEUM

2021 INDSPIRE AWARDS

VICIOUS FUN

PARALLEL MINDS

THE WEDDING PLANNERS

CHRISTMAS IN THE ROCKIES

CHRISTMAS EXCHANGE

A VERY COUNTRY CHRISTMAS HOMECOMING

LOVE IN HARMONY VALLEY

CHRISTMAS DANCE

LOVE IN THE WILDS

LOVE IN THE WILDS 2

THE OAKROOM

TWINKLE ALL THE WAY

CHRISTMAS WITH A PRINCE 2

CHRISTMAS IN PARIS

ART OF FALLING IN LOVE

LOVE ALASKA

A VERY COUNTRY WEDDING

PONY SITTERS – THE FALL

CHRISTMAS WITH A PRINCE

CHRISTMAS CATCH

I’LL TAKE YOUR DEAD

DEAD SIGHT

THE CLEANERS

CREEP NATION

LET HER OUT

HERETICS

BED OF THE DEAD

ANTISOCIAL 2

BITE

HELLMOUTH

MONKEY IN THE MIDDLE

ANTISOCIAL

CALCUTTA TAXI

SHAPE

GODS OF ACCIDENT

ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS

KENNY VS. SPENNY

TESTEES

COCK’D GUNNS

Breakthrough Entertainment -SERIES

Cream Productions -SERIES

Redcloud Studios -AWARD SHOW

Breakthrough Entertainment -FEATURE

Prairie Fox Entertainment –FEATURE

Brain Power Studios –SERIES

Brain Power Studios –FEATURE

Breakthrough Entertainment -FEATURE

Marvista Entertainment –FEATURE

Brain Power Studios –FEATURE

Breakthrough Entertainment –FEATURE

Foresite Features –FEATURE

Breakthrough Entertainment –PILOT

Foresite Features –FEATURE

Breakthrough Entertainment –FEATURE

Foresight Features –FEATURE

Marvista Entertainment -FEATURE

Breakthrough Entertainment -FEATURE

Bravo Channel -SHORT

Fox FX –PILOT

Go West Entertainment –FEATURE

Showcase Network -CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Fox FX –PILOT

Showcase -SERIES