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I’m a freelance director working with powersports, sport, and gritty, real environments.

Movement.

Sport, powersport, active apparel and the outdoors.

Sweat.

A certain grit in everything I make.

Touch.

Moments that are physical and sensory.

Selected work11 projects

We crafted a multi-part series with some punk rock art direction that took a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to engineer the world’s best winter ride.

Additional credits
  • Executive ProducerDavid Boisvert
  • ProducerSarah Longpré
  • ProducerArianne Sahlin-Kuyk
  • WriterChris MacArthur
  • CinematographyOli Jobin
  • Social ContentThomas Fortier
  • 1st ACJeremie Aubut
  • GafferGonzalo Mariojoules
  • Key GripKyle Ruggiero
  • SoundJeremie Aubut
  • Line ProducerStephanie Lambert
  • EditorStefan Szary
  • Motion DesignVénus Grivegnée, Stefan Szary
  • ColourBeatrice Tremblay
  • Sound DesignCULT Studio, Stefan Szary
  • MusicUniversal, CULT Studio
Stef on set with a cinema camera on a boat

About me

Creatively, I lean into the gritty and tactile side of sport and active living. The movements, moods and textures of these worlds create an imperfect, hyper human style that AI seems to optimize against. As content has gotten more polished, my style has gotten more raw.

Recognition & press

  • Cannes Lions
  • D&AD
  • CLIOS
  • ADCC
  • LIA
  • Behance
  • WARC
  • IDÉA
  • Adage
  • Applied Arts
  • Communication Arts
  • Marketing Mag
  • Strategy
  • BBC
  • Four Wheeler
  • La Presse
  • Le Devoir
  • Globe & Mail

Little Black Book · 2025One of Canada’s brightest rising directors.

  • Friendly.
  • Bilingual.
  • O-1 Visa.
  • No food allergies.
  • Can lift heavy things.

How I work

Two ways in. I can freelance with your production company to help win the job, or work directly with your agency or brand and build the right team for it.

Crew on a sunset stage behind the camera01

With production companies

I freelance with production companies to help win jobs: the treatment, the pitch call, a clear point of view. Then I direct it.

Agency and crew gathered at the monitor on set02

With agencies & brands

I work directly with agencies and brands and build the right team for the job. A one-man shoot, a small run-and-gun crew, or a multi-day production with pro talent.

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Let’s chat.

stef@stefanszary.com
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