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Gregory
Czaplak

Producer, director, editor, cinematographer, and animation director. Fifteen years across documentary, brand, institutional, and set-based production. Corporate or indie, the work gets done properly either way.

Overview

Gregory works across the full production chain and has done it across nearly every context: documentary features, MOWs, indie films, short films, branded content, institutional video, music videos, weddings, and events. He brings the same discipline to a corporate deliverable as to an independent film, and the same production instinct to a set as to a post suite.

He spent two years as Internal Brand Video Producer at Kit and Ace, defining the brand's motion identity from inside its creative team as the premium athleisure label scaled internationally. He was hired as the first internal video lead at St. Paul's Foundation, where he built the video function from scratch and developed the platform and content strategy that drove 76% quarter-over-quarter growth in views within two quarters.

His documentary work includes co-producing, shooting, and editing feature-length films. His set work includes camera operating and lighting on professional productions. His animation work spans 2D sequences for documentary and brand, and 3D integrated with live action. Use the sections below to find what you are actually looking for.

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Documentary Production

For independent
film and
co-production

DP Editor Co-Producer Camera Op Gaffer Post Supervisor

Gregory has worked as DP, editor, and co-producer on feature-length documentary films, and as a professional camera operator and lighting technician on MOWs, indie features, short films, and music videos. He knows how a set works because he has worked on sets, and he knows how a film is built in post because he has built them.

He co-produced, shot, and edited The Prop Master's Dream, a feature documentary about Cantonese Opera revival in Vancouver's Chinatown, produced through Saltwater City Films. He shot, edited, and produced A-Yi, a CBC-funded short documentary directed by Martyna Czaplak. Both films included original animated sequences he co-directed.

If you are an independent filmmaker who needs a DP, an editor, a post supervisor, or someone who can hold a production together across multiple roles, this is the conversation to have.

Selected Credits
The Prop Master's Dream
DP · Editor · Co-Producer · Saltwater City Films
A-Yi
DP · Editor · Producer · CBC · 2020
The Day Don Died
DP · Editor · Telus Funded · 2018
Synnopsis
Editor · Festival Selection · 2019
MOWs, Indie Features, Short Films
Camera Operator · Lighting · Set Work
02
Brand & Institutional

For brands and
organisations that
need it built right

Internal Producer Brand Video Content Strategy Platform Architecture Directing Scripting

From 2015 to 2017, Gregory was Internal Brand Video Producer at Kit and Ace, embedded within the brand's in-house creative agency as the premium athleisure label scaled internationally. He worked directly with the marketing and creative leadership team, helping define the brand's visual identity and motion language from the inside.

He was then hired as the first internal video lead at St. Paul's Foundation, where he built the video production function from the ground up: establishing workflows, defining standards within an existing brand system, aligning content with executive priorities, and developing the platform and content architecture for the Foundation's digital channels. A structured YouTube relaunch contributed to 76% quarter-over-quarter growth in views within two quarters, with improved depth metrics. He also produced an original animated explainer about the new Clinical Support and Research Centre on the Jim Pattison Medical Campus.

He has produced brand and corporate content for Fairmont Pacific Rim, Marcon Developments, Kits Eyewear, Monos, Lululemon, and others, and provides ongoing post services to Another Studios in Mount Pleasant for their client work.

Selected Credits
Kit and Ace
Internal Brand Video Producer · 2015–2017
St. Paul's Foundation
First Internal Video Lead · Platform Strategy · Animation
Fairmont Pacific Rim
DP · Editor · Very Polite Agency
Lululemon
Brand Video
Kits Eyewear · Monos · Marcon
Production · Editing · Post
Another Studios
Post Services · Ongoing
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Animation Direction

Translating vision
and story into
motion

2D Animation 3D + Live Action Co-Direction Scripting Explainer Brand Film

Gregory has directed and co-directed animated sequences across documentary, brand, and institutional contexts. The work starts with understanding what the director or brief is actually trying to say, then building a visual language that carries that intent through motion.

He co-directed 2D animated sequences for both A-Yi and The Prop Master's Dream, integrating hand-crafted animation into documentary storytelling where live action alone could not carry the moment. He wrote, shot, and co-directed a 3D animation integrated with live action for RotoMaster, translating a complex turbocharger development process into a precise, engineered brand film. He directed an animated explainer for St. Paul's Foundation documenting the new Clinical Support and Research Centre, designed to communicate institutional vision clearly to a public audience.

He works well as a collaborator on a director's vision or as the lead taking a brief from concept through delivery.

Selected Credits
A-Yi
2D Animation Co-Director · CBC Documentary · 2020
The Prop Master's Dream
2D Animation Co-Director · Feature Documentary
RotoMaster
Writer · Director · 3D Animation + Live Action
St. Paul's Foundation
Animated Explainer · Jim Pattison Medical Campus
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Editorial & Post

Editing, colour,
and concept
collaboration

Editing Colour Grading Post Supervision Concept Development Broadcast Delivery Social Formats

The cut is where a film finds its shape. Gregory edits across documentary, commercial, short-form, and social formats, and brings colour grading experience that spans broadcast delivery standards through to social and web optimisation. He approaches editing as a structural problem first: rhythm, pacing, and architecture before technical polish.

He provides ongoing editing and colour services to Another Studios in Mount Pleasant for their clients, and brings post supervision experience from feature documentary productions. He is also available for early-stage concept collaboration, working with directors or brands to develop the visual and narrative logic of a project before production begins.

For brands, this often means shaping a content series that holds together over time. For filmmakers, it means having an editorial voice in the room from the start rather than inheriting problems in the cut.

Available For
Feature and Short Documentary
Editing · Post Supervision · Colour
Brand and Commercial Content
Editing · Colour · Series Architecture
Social and Digital Formats
Short-Form Edit · Platform Adaptation
Concept Collaboration
Pre-Production · Visual Development · Scripting
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Work Together

Corporate brand or
indie project. Both welcome.

Whether you need a producer embedded in your team, a collaborator for an independent film, or someone to handle post from edit through delivery.

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