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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Selected Work

PuSh 2020

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Frontera

Frontera

DOXA 2019

Graduation

Third Coast Percussion

Third Coast Percussion

PuSh 2018

Dollhouse

DOXA 2017

The Eternal Tides

Freedom Road

Cutie and the Boxer

The Cat’s Miaow

The Issue of Mr. O’Dell

The Issue of Mr. O'Dell Festival Poster

Samurai

Aim for the Roses

Secret Sunshine

Repulsion

In the Dark

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Weekend

Title Treatments

Inferno featuring Romy Schneider

Pierrot le fou

Breathless

Vivre sa vie

Jean-Luc Godard Retrospective

L’Amour fou

Best of the Decade

Film Noir

Shohei Imamura Retrospective

Magazine Spreads

Hello!

I'm Steve Chow, a Graphic Designer based in Vancouver, Canada.

For someone who pretty much fell into design, I’ve been fortunate to work with some awesome organizations and people, including the Vancouver International Film Festival, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, the Criterion Collection and Janus Films, the National Film Board of Canada, Vancouver New Music, and the University of British Columbia. Collaborating with inspired art directors, talented film programmers and whip-smart marketing specialists — along with independent filmmakers like Marv Newland, Charles Wilkinson, Chris Chong Chan Fui, Joon Han Yeo, and Ileana Pietrobruno — has been exceptionally rewarding. 

For ten years, as the Communications Manager of The Cinematheque, I produced 60 issues of the program guide magazine, 100s of advertising and promotional pieces, and dozens of posters. I was also lead publicist for live events with Crispin Glover and Peter Greenaway; popular series like Studio Ghibli, Film Noir, the European Union Film Festival, Samurai, and The Cremaster Cycle; and many director retrospectives, including Godard, Kurosawa, Ozu, Antonioni, and Fellini.

KEEP IN TOUCH

Thanks for visiting. Feel free to drop me a line.

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    • hey! Pierrot le Fou returns to @criterioncollection with a new 2K restoration — and a brand new cover. unfortunately, we couldn't use my original art, but this gave me the chance to revisit work, retrace design decisions (from 13 years ago!) and come up with something new. when you crack it open in October, you might notice a bunch of other changes to the packaging. 
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#criterioncollection #pierrotlefou #jeanlucgodard #jeanpaulbelmondo #annakarina #raoulcoutard #graphicdesign #frenchnewwave #nouvellevague #arthousecinema
    • animated key art design for DOXA — streaming documentary goodness into your hearts and homes, pandemic be damned! until June 26 @ doxafestival.ca
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#DOXA2020 #DOXAFestival #documentary #filmfestival #bcfilm #cdnfilm #vancouver #yvrarts #documentaryfilm #cinema #graphicdesign #digitalcollage
    • poster for Haida Modern, Charles Wilkinson's new documentary, abt legendary visual artist Robert Davidson. world premiere @viffest last night. not quite a quad poster, but going horizontal was the best way to capture the energy of Times Square.
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#RobertDavidson #VIFF #HaidaArt #CanadianArt #documentary #filmposter #totempole #madeincanada #BCfilm #posterdesign #filmfestival
    • design for Vancouver New Music's 2019-2020 Season, feat. @okkyung_lee @absent1 @billcolemandance @giominz and more
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#yvrarts #yvrdesign #newmusic #vanarts #graphicdesign #futura
    • cover and packaging design for Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, for @criterioncollection. we actually started work on this title three (four?) years ago, but the film elements weren't ready, so it was put on hold until last year. 
released in 2007, it's still a sobering and urgent reminder that restricting and criminalizing reproductive healthcare can have devastating effects on the lives of women

#criterioncollection #criterion #mungiu #romaniancinema #arthousecinema #palmedor #cannesfilmfestival #bluray #specialedition
    • mom on a moto, before she moved to Canada by herself, became a high-school teacher and university professor, cultural activist and community organizer, historian and published author #1950s #malaysia #foundfilm #oldnegatives #vintagephoto #happymothersday #母親節
    • official DOXA Festival Guide, produced with @selinastarr and the @doxafestival crew, and powered by semi-professional sleep-deprivation and caffeine-addiction. 88pgs of 100% cinema-lovin' goodness by @mitchell.printers. #DOXA2019 #documentaryfilm #filmfestival #graphicdesign #offsetprinting #printdesign
    • my IG game has been brutal lately ... but here's something i made recently: TSA for your fave documentary film fest and mine, DOXA! large format printing by @eastvangraphics
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#DOXA2019 #posterdesign #cittagiardino #documentaryfilm #filmfestival #graphicdesign

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