Non-Fiction Narrative Storytelling

Michael Parfit is a filmmaker, writer, and photographer based in British Columbia, Canada. He has edited, written, filmed and directed television and theatrical films. He has written IMAX scripts and narration, magazine articles, book reviews and books. He has been a photographer for newspapers, magazines, and film, and has also been a newspaper publisher. His work in all these categories has won awards and peer recognition. Parfit’s editing credits include the theatrical films Saving Luna, which won over 25 industry and festival awards; The Whale, which was Critic’s Pick at the New York Times and Washington Post, and All the Time in the World, which won numerous awards at festivals and was in the top 20 for the audience award at the prestigious Hot Docs festival. He has also edited films for television, including Call of the Baby Beluga, which was shown worldwide on Nat Geo Wild, and numerous short documentaries for the National Geographic Channel. He co-wrote the script for the giant-screen film Antarctica, and wrote the script for the award-winning giant screen film Ocean Oasis. He also filmed, edited, and wrote The Search for the Never Never, a one-hour educational documentary about the Australian environment, and Letters from the Forgotten People, about refugees in Tanzania, shown on Montana PBS. Parfit has written five books, including a New York Times Notable Book of the Year about Antarctica, South Light, and numerous magazine articles for National Geographic, Smithsonian and others. He has also written book reviews for the New York Times. Parfit is a licenced private pilot with an instrument rating and has logged over 8000 hours of flight time. He is also a certified drone pilot in both Canada and the United States.