Vaida Nairn
Filmmaker & Photographer
Originally from Lithuania, Vaida Nairn has studied and worked in numerous countries before moving to St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada in 2018. Vaida is the owner of the film and TV production company Black Shore Productions Inc. With multiple directing, writing, and producing credits earned in 2022-2024, Vaida’s commitment to filmmaking was recently acknowledged as a selected participant in the Picture NL and Whistler Film Festival ‘Producer Accelerator Lab.’
Education
MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, London, UK (distinction), 2017
MA of Arts in Comparative Culture, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
BA of Arts in Theology, Kaunas, Lithuania, 2000
Awards
Linda Joy Award, Linda Joy Media Arts Society & AFCOOP, 2024
Labs
Producer Accelerator Lab, Whistler Film Festival & Picture NL, 2023-2024
Filmography
Director & Writer, A Place to Wait and Watch, Canada, Black Shore Productions Inc., 2024-2025 (in development)
Producer, Bedlamer, short narrative film, Writer & Director A.Jerrett, Bedlamer Pictures Inc., Canada, 2024
Producer, 73 Seconds, short narrative film, Writer & Director S.Gardner, Black Shore Productions Inc., Canada, 2024
Producer, Ballad of North Whale, Writer & Director E.Mohammadi, short narrative film, Black Shore Productions Inc., Canada, 2023
Production Manager, Pearls, Writer & Director Mike Simms, Best Short Narrative film Atlantic International Film Festival, Canada 2023
Production Manager, Northerner, short narrative film, Writer & Director Stephen Cadigan, Canada 2023
Co-Producer & Co-writer, The Gaze, short doc film, Director, Co-Producer & Co-Writer S. Gardner, Canada 2023
Director, Producer & Co-Writer, The Golden League, documentary film series, Bell Fibe TV1, Black Shore Productions Inc., Canada, 2023
Director & Co-Writer, Fishbowl, short narrative film, Black Shore Productions Inc., Canada, 2022
Co-Director & Co-Writer, Above Above, Below Below, short doc film, Canada, 2022
Film & TV Stills Photography
Blueberry Grunt, Feature, Bleuet Films Inc., St. John's, NL, Canada, 2024
Hudson & Rex, Season 7 (daily), TV Series, Pope Rex Season 7 Inc./Shaftesbury Rex VII Inc., St. John's, NL, Canada 2024
Son of a Critch, Seasons 3 & 4 (daily), TV Series, Project 10 Productions/Hawco Productions, St. John's, NL, Canada, 2023-2024
SurrealEstate, Season 2, TV Series, Take the Shot Productions/Blue Ice Pictures, St. John's, NL, Canada, 2022
Theatre photography
White Rooster Theatre, St. John's, NL, Canada
Echo Productions, Toronto, ON, Canada
Courtney Fowler Performance Academy, St.John's, NL, Canada
SignPost Players, St. John's, NL, Canada
Director C.Tomlinson, St. John's, NL, Canada
Opera on the Avalon, St.John's, NL, Canada
TODOS Productions, St.John's, NL, Canada
Music photography
Pussy Riot, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Mugenkyo Taiko, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Jeremy Dutcher, St.John's, NL, Canada
U.S. Girls, Toronto, ON, Canada
Bonjay, Toronto, ON, Canada
Renders, St.John's, NL, Canada
The Watershed Ansemble, St.John's, NL, Canada
Festivals Photography
Lawnya Vawnya, St.John's, NL, Canada
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Editorial Clients and Published Work
Edinburgh Guide, UK
The National, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Velhot, Creative Agency, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, Doha, Qatar
The Peninsula, Doha, Qatar
Oryx Advertising Co., Doha, Qatar
T Qatar - The New York Times Style Magazine, Doha, Qatar
Waqif Art Centre, Doha, Qatar
Royal Dutch Shell, Doha, Qatar
Photography Exhibitions
2018 Group Exhibition, Eastern Edge Gallery, St.John's, NL, Canada
2016 Group exhibition, Ugly Duck, London, UK
2009 Group exhibition, Waqif Art Center, Doha, Qatar
2007 Group exhibition, Musee de E’lysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
2006 Group exhibition, Fuji Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
Photo: ©Walaa Alshaer