Cody Westman

Known for

Camera

Born

October 20, 1978

Birthplace

Smithers, British Columbia, Canada

Cody Westman is a director/shooter in St. John's NL Canada who owns and operates Cats Eye Cinema, making corporate and commercial videos as a day job, and has directed 3 short films to date (fiction and documentary). Cody was born in Smithers, British Columbia and discovered film as an extra in Montreal in 2000. He bought his first camera in 2013 and went straight to work on a short documentary. 2018 marked a new high as Cody's short film Casey was selected by Telefilm Canada to be featured in Canada's Not Short On Talent at the Festival De Cannes in Cannes, France. His feature documentary Hell Or Clean Water won 2 Audience Choice Awards at Hot Docs 2021 and now airs on Documentary Channel and CBC Gem.