Ivars Berzins

Founder, and Chief Cameraman of Pacific Screen.

Ivars Berzins' love of cameras and story-telling began when he got his first instamatic camera as an eight year old. His high schools days were spent in his school's dark room, which turned out to be the prefect way to kick off his career in visual storytelling!
His film and TV work spans formats, locations and genres - starting out on 16mm and 35mm feature films and documentaries, then progressively specializing in video productions - travelling the world as a lighting cameraman on Current Affairs and Programme assignments.
He eventually left his position of Chief Cameraman in the Wellington Office of TVNZ in 1996, to start his own company - Pacific Crews (now Pacific Screen).

Ivars filming "Lost in Libya" Sahara Desert May 08

Ivars special interest is in people-based stories, arts, travel and documentary work. He's worked with people from all walks of life, in some of the world's most diverse locations - the beaches of East Timor, Champs Elysees in downtown Paris, the fjords of Norway and the United Nations in New York.

Ivars Berzins is passionate about his craft; he explains:
"TV is about relationships - a coming-together of personalities which makes for great story telling. We set out to create a company focused on quality, experience, creativity, and really excellent service. That's what I've been working towards and I think we've done it. Our clients think so, anyway! And I like coming to work - that's the real test!"