David Kennedy North
DIRECTOR Of Photography & Editor
Over the course of my 14 years of filmmaking experience I have captured and experienced first hand what it means to be human. From the “Jungle” in Calais shooting a political feature documentary to secure asylum for children displaced by war. To the heights of human sporting achievement, which took me to the corners of the globe. I have travelled symbiotically with my camera as a tool of my expression. Telling stories that have meaning and impact with an acute cinematic flare.
Being a Director of Photograp
Awards
2024 Best Short Documentary: Doc.Boston Festival
2024 Grand Prize: Chamonix Adventure Film Festival
2024 Grand Prize - Int’l Mountaineering Film Festival
2024 Best Short Documentary: Shared Vision Festival
2024 Best Super Short Documentary: Doc.London Festival
2019 Best Climbing Film: Kendal International Mountain Film Festival
2019 Best Contribution to online film: Webby Awards
2017 Best Dramedy: London International Film Festival
EDUCATION
2015 Panavision- Camera floor technician
2015 MA Filmmaking (Cinematography) Goldsmiths- University of London
2014 PGCE-University of Essex
2011 Fine Art (Photography) University of Gloucestershire
Fesitval selections
2025
Cannes International Film Week - HOM
2024
Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival - HOM
DOC.Boston Film Festival - HOM
DOC. London Film Festival - HOM
Frontier Sapiens Film Festival (Tour) - HOM
Shared Vision Film Festival - HOM
London Director Awards - HOM
London Mountain Film Festival - TC
REEL ROCK 18 - Film Tour (WorldWide) - CND
Lookout Wild Film Festival - CND
Telluride Mountain Film Festival - CND
Lake Tahoe Doc Film Festival - CND
Ladek MT.Film Festival - CND
Pueblo Film Festival - CND
Hory A Mesto Bratislava - CND
Ulju Mt. Film Festival - CND
2023
Kendal Mountain Film Festival - TC
Sheffield Adventure Film Festival - WO & BB22
Adventure Uncovered - WO
Maria Lucia Film Festival - WO
2022
Kendal Mountain Film Festival - BB22 & WO
2021
CineMigrare - Rassegna Internazionale di Cinema Senza Frontiere - Watani: My Land
2020
BANFF Film Festival - TBB
Sheffield Adventure Film Festival - TBB
London Mountain Film Festival - TBB
FIBABC Festival: Watani: My Land
2019
Kendal Mountain Film Festival - TBB
Sheffield Adventure Film Festival - JPT&T
2018
London Short Film Festival - AG
Kendal Mountain Film Festival - JPT&T
2017
London Independent Film Awards - AG
London Independent Film Festival - AG
Kendal Mountain Film Festival - HA
Madrid Art Film Festival - AG
The Brightside Tavern Short Film Festival -AG
British Urban Film Festival - AG
Philip K Dick Sci-Fi Film Festival - G
Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival - G
Cosmic Film Festival - G
International Horror & Sci-Fi Festival - G
2016
LMFF - G
Gold On Film Festival - G
Love and Sex with Robots Festival - G
S.O.U.L Film Festival - G
