About

Dario Lozano-Thornton is a Cinematographer and Mastering Engineer 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.

Alongside their film work, an album that Dario recorded, mixed and mastered -”Lydium” by Behrooz Mihankhah was nominated for an East Coast Music Award for Best Jazz Recording, 2022. Furthermore, two albums that Dario mastered were shortlisted for ECMA’s: Cassie Josephine’s “Only Half Blue” & Terra Spencer’s “Other People’s Lives.” Their mastering work can be heard on Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp, Instagram and YouTube.

Dario has recorded and filmed for the Cecilia Concerts, Musique Royale, Everyseeker Festival, OBEY Convention and Scotia Festival of Music (including several concerts by Philip Glass), and has worked with hundreds of different acts from around the province and across Canada, specializing in high quality acoustic recording. A number of the concerts they recorded were mastered and exist as albums, including those by Hamid Drake, New Hermitage, 75 Dollar Bill/Cucina Povera, Anaïs Maviel, Hosta, and others.  

Complementing and informing the audio-visual projects listed above, Dario has also worked as a boom operator and has mixed the audio for a number of short films. They have composed the original scores for both feature-length and short films.

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.