Shabier Kirchner
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Antiguan-born Shabier Kirchner is certainly no stranger to the film industry. Having grown up with his film producer and cameraman father, Bert, (also the owner of Antigua’s famed Papa Zouk Rum Shop), he has paved his own way in the world of cinematography. Working on the award-winning Small Axe series of films under the helm of Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen, he has already won best cinematography awards in both the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. He has also received a nomination in this year’s prestigious BAFTA TV awards. His next major project will see him in the director’s chair for an adaptation of Kei Miller’s book, which takes place in the eponymous but fictional village Augustown in Jamaica during the 1980s. The Citizen caught up with Shabier during one of his visits back to the twin islands to find out more about his incredible journey and how his heritage is the engine that drives him.
