About

Dario Lozano-Thornton is a Director of Photography living in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Dario was born in Spain and raised in Ireland. Since moving to Halifax, they have worked on a variety of short films, documentaries, music videos, television shows, and commercials. Their film and video work is on Netflix, Crave, CBC Gem, Discovery Channel, BBC, YouTube, Instagram and countless other platforms, helping to bring lesser-heard voices to the forefront of international conversations.

In 2023, four documentaries that they were the cinematographer, colourist and editor on for Netflix Presents Being Black in Halifax, were nominated for a Canadian Screen Award.

In 2016, they graduated in the top three students of their year from Newcastle University with a degree in Music with a specialization in Recording. They have composed the original scores for both feature-length and short films.