Susannah Haight

Cinematographer | Choreographer | Visual Artist

Susannah Haight is a Toronto-based artist and cinematographer dedicated to crafting new perspectives in visual storytelling and immersive art practices. Her work returns to the essence of humanity, exploring profound connections between nature, time, and our collective existence through multidisciplinary approaches.

As a cinematographer, Haight translates movement and emotion into striking visual narratives. Merging avant-garde aesthetics with experimental storytelling, Susannah’s cinematic style is rooted in a deep understanding of compositional blocking, movement and light that create images with emotional resonance.

Informed by her background in film and performance, Haight’s visual art practice transforms ordinary spaces and objects into evocative environments that reflect humanity's relationship with the natural world. Inspired by evolutionary science, her process integrates design into the choreography, creating performative ecosystems. This approach uses principles of ecological theatre, which combines evolutionary play and sensory-driven environments as part of processes in generating movement systems. Currently Susannah is working with durational performance frameworks as a way of creating political poetic encounters with time, labour, and environmental decay.

Grounded in inclusivity and expansive inquiry, Haight’s work challenges established boundaries, opening a space for audiences to reflect on the shifting bonds between selfhood, community, and environment.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA): Film Studies - Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto
+ Recipient of the “Achievement in Cinematography” award*

Arts, Literature and Communication: Creative Arts - La Salle College, Montréal
+ Recipient of “Special Distinction in Visual Arts” Award*

École de danse contemporaine de Montréal. Montréal

2020 - 2024

2018 - 2020

2014 - 2017

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Cinematographer:
“Laundry day” (Music Video) - Director: Gennelle Cruz, Producer: Kid. Studio
“Echoform” (Dance film)- Director: Christine Huyen Nhi Do, Producer: Breathe Ent.
“SLUDGE” (Short) - Director; Molly Cole, Producer; Nathalie Shnider
“Ceremony” (Short) –Director; Noah Nicholson, Producer; Victoria Learn
U3 (Editorial) – Producer/ Director; Daria Zapriagaeva
“Unity House” (Dance Film) – Director; Daria Zapriagaeva, Producer; Breathe Ent
“BATHTIME” (Short) – Director; James Salmon, Producer; Shayna Ross-Kelly

2nd Unit DOP
“SAJE EVERGREEN” (Commercial) - Director: Martin Wolfgang Klapperbein, DOP: Julian Lomaga, Producer: Plot Corp

Exhibition & Performance:
Upcoming
2025 NOCTURNE:GROUND FESTIVAL - Halifax, Nova scotia
Past
2024 Nuit Blanche, Factory Theater - Toronto
2023 Visual Connects, Winchester Street theater - Toronto
2022 Confluence, Artists: Stripped Cannary, The Bentway - Toronto
2021 Festival Quartier Danse, Habitat nos Mémoires - Artistic Director; Caroline Laurin Beaucage - Montréal
2021 The Mill, National Theatre School Foundation Project – Montréal
2020 The Evening, Deptford Does Art Gallery – London, England
2020 Fly, Le laboratoire de création – Artistic Director; Andrea Peña - Montréal
2019 FTA Festival, Innervision, 14 Lieux Compagnie - Artistic Director; Martin Messier & Caroline Laurin Beaucage - Montréal
2018 Freelance Dancer – Compagnie Marie Chouinard - Artistic Director; Marie Chouinard - Montréal

Residencies:
2025 BODY/ON DURATION performance residency, AADK - Artistic Director/Curator; Dr. Raegan Truax - Blanca, Spain
2025 Dance & Design Technical Residency, Arts Orillia – Artistic Director; Kate Hilliard – Orillia, Ontario
2024 Open Space residency at the National Ballet of Canada – Artistic Director; Rob Binet - Toronto
2023 NES Artist Residency -Artistic director; Vicky O’shea – Skagaströnd, Iceland
2022 L’interface. Lorganisme - Artistic Directors; Caroline Laurin Beaucage, Sebastian Provencher - Montréal
2021 Deep Sea Research - Artistic Directors; Jenna Berlyn & Tia Kushniruk - Vancouver
2018 Pilot Project Danse a La Carte - Artistic Director; Lisa Davies – Montréal

Choreographer:
“RAGS” (Music video) – Dir; Julia Henrickson Prod; Sara Claydon
“Unity House” (experimental Short) – Dir; Daria Zapriagaeva Prod, Breathe Ent, & Society of the Creative School
“Human Being” (music video) - Jane Inc – Director; Shelby Fenlon, Lee Henderson, Producer; Sarah Claydon
“The Routine” (CFC Production) – Composer; Alexandra Petkovski, Director; Roney, Producer; P. Scherzer
“Equinox” (short) – Director; Jonah Haber, Cinematographer; Julian Lomaga
“Forever a moment” (performance) - Carte Blanche, Danse à la Carte, Rialto Theater- Montréal
“Fragilité” (performance) – Carte Blanche, Danse à la Carte, Rialto Theater - Montréal
“Anoesis” (short) – Director; Sebastian Furtado & Susannah Haight, Le Livart - Montréal

Choreographic Assist:
“Wrap Me Up” (Music Video) – Sheenah Ko - Choreographer; Brittney Canda, Telescope Films
*Winner UKMVA Awards 2020 - Best Choreography
*Nominated - 2021 Juno Awards - Best Music Video of the Year
“Lady Winter” (Music Video) – The O’Pears – Choreographer; Brittney Canda, Telescope Films
“(AND)” (performance piece) - Compagnie ENTITY – Director; Jason Martin

1st Assistant Camera:
“Soul Patch” (Commercial) – Director; Walter Woodman, DOP; Nick Haight, Production; Shy kids
“Into the Blue” (Short) – Director; Melody Feng, DOP; Spencer Whither, Producer; Mario Spadafora
“Manly Enough” (Short) – Producer/Director; Chris Lawrence, DOP; Daniel Lane
“EY CcaSS” (Documentary) – Director; Rebeca Ortiz, DOP; Bryce Zimmerman, Producer ATOMIZED STUDIOS
“Notes Left Unsung” (Short) – Producer Daria Zapriagaeva, Lizzie Hann, DOP; Anthony Wegner

2nd Assistant Camera:
“How’s Archie” (Short) - Director; Jessie Posthumus Producers: Nancy Pettinicchio, Rebeca Ortiz DOP: Alice Stephens
SLASHER season 6: Hell Motel – Director; Adam Macdonald, DOP; Jordan Kennington, Production; Shaftesbury
“We Were” (Short) – Director; Jonah Haber, DOP; Diego Guijarro, Producer; Michael Ren
“Wildmen of the GTA” (short) – Director Solmund Macpherson, DOP; Julian Lomaga. Producer; Jesse Padveen
Deciem “Lash & Brow” (Commercial) – Director; Aref Mahabadi, DOP; Ali Khurshid, Producer; S. Trivieri
Canada Goose (Commercial) – Director; Allie Yonick, DOP; Julian Lomaga, Producer; Jordan Johnson (Makers)
“Carry my Couch” (Short) – Director; Chris Lawrence, DOP; Julian Lomaga, Producer; Shayna Ross-Kelly
“Tenth Generation” (Short) – Director; Mathew Downs, DOP; Susan Liu Producer; Lina Li.
19/99 Beauty (Commercial) – Director; Allie Yonick, DOP; Julian Lomaga, Production; p1m Agency
“Him & Her” (Short) – Producer/Director; Simonee Chichester, DOP; Nick Haight

*References available upon request