About.

Jasper Sassaman is a cinematographer based in Vancouver, Canada, whose work primarily spans commercials, documentaries, natural history, narratives, and music videos.

After graduating from film school on the Sunshine Coast, Jasper became very passionate about storytelling and fell in love with the cinematography art form. Along with his team, he has gone on to film award winning short form docs, feature docs, and narratives. Jasper values his relationships with the people he is working with over anything else and has proven himself to be an effective and efficient leader as a Director Of Photography on larger film set environments. Jasper is the co-founder of the BC based production company Sweet Sun Films which focuses on documentaries and outdoor adventure commercials.

Jasper is also a Certified Drone Pilot and Shotover M1 Operator/Tech.

Growing up in the small ski town of Nelson, BC, gave Jasper a strong drive to explore the beauty that Canada is famous for. Jasper is an avid rock climber, mountain biker, surfer, snowboarder, and environmentalist, and loves to incorporate these passions into his work.

“I acknowledge with respect the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples on whose traditional territory I am based and film on regularly.”