Irwin moved to Los Angeles in 1987 and since then has primarily shot big-budget Hollywood films. Upon returning to Toronto, he attended York University’s film programme for three years and, while still a film student, joined the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) in 1970. After leaving university he went to London, England for nine months, where he worked as a television studio assistant. While studying kinesiology at the University of Waterloo, Irwin took a film course that would prove to be a turning point in his life. One of Canada’s most respected and gifted cinematographers, he worked on everything from horror movies to children’s films and made a name for himself primarily through his naturalistic, low-light shooting style and his close collaboration with David Cronenberg – factors which led director Ed Hunt to dub him “the prince of darkness.” Once described as the boy wonder of Canadian cinematographers, Mark Irwin had shot scores of feature films and documentaries (and sported a full head of silver grey hair) by the time he reached his mid-twenties.
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