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Markham Nigel
Nigel Markham has lived in St. John's, Newfoundland for twenty years. He began working for CBC in the Atlantic region as a cameraman for Newfoundland programs such as Here and Now and, later on, for such shows as The National and Telejournal. He subsequently began his own independent film projects.
Nigel Markham has directed four films for the NFB's Atlantic Centre. The first was THE LAST DAYS OF OKAK, a disturbing account of the ravages of the 1919 influenza epidemic on the Inuit of Labrador. It was followed by PELTS: POLITICS OF THE FUR TRADE, about the public relations war between the fur industry and its opponents: HUNTERS AND BOMBERS (co-produced with Nexus Television in association with Britain's Channel Four), a look at the Innu of Sheshashit, Labrador and their opposition to NATO's low-level flight training in that region; and, most recently, TAKING STOCK, a look at the rise and fall of the North Atlantic cod fishery, and its impact on the people of Newfoundland. His films are noted for a combination of compassion for individuals and an ability to see the broad picture.
Markham's other work includes cinematography on THINKING POSITIVE, another NFB Atlantic Centre film, and DISTRESS SIGNALS, an Orbis Films production about the globalization of television.
