Dr. Gary Gould

Gary is a professional cinematographer, editor and photographer. He is also a PADI-certified underwater photographer and videographer who loves telling stories above and below the waves. Gary joined the School of Journalism in 1988 after working at CBC’s flagship current affairs program, The Journal. For 13 summers, Gary taught media courses (including Television Journalism and Advanced Film Studies) at the Oxford Media School in England. He has spent the last 7 summers teaching photography around the world in countries such as France, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and most recently in Hawaii. His recent work involves shooting high def 360 stories.

His production credits also include work for CBC, CTV, the National Film Board of Canada, Discovery Channel, Toronto EMS, the Mayor of Toronto, the Canadian National Exhibition, The National Newspaper Awards, and various non-profit and Christian relief agencies around the world. This work has taken him to places like West Africa, Albania, the Amazon, Machu Picchu, Europe, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Mexico and Nicaragua.

Gary has a Ph.D. in Communications from Regent University in Virginia with a focus on television and film. His dissertation examined television and film heroes and how audiences identify with them through costumes. He has a Master of Theological Studies from Ontario Theological Studies and a B.A.A. in Radio and Television from Ryerson (now Toronto Metropolitan University).

An interesting fact about Gary is that during his time teaching at Oxford he was in a photo shoot with Gwyneth Paltrow and ended up in Vogue magazine with her.

Gary provides production and technical support to all students and is teaching Intermediate Single camera production techniques. Some of the courses he has taught include Photojournalism, Documentary Survey, JRN 271: Designing Journalism, and JRN 310 Video Production Techniques