Maurice DePas

Maurice DePas started off his career in the entertainment industry as a singer/songwriter and was a member of the popular 1980's new wave band Maurice & the Cliches. M&TC released several albums, most notably their third; "C'est La Vie", which contained the radio and Billboard chart hit, "Soft Core". Originally hailing from Vancouver Canada, Maurice and the band moved to Los Angeles in 1983 upon signing an international deal with American record label Applause/RMS. Their music is still available on several 80's movie soundtracks, compilation CD's and through iTunes and similar digital outlets. The band went their separate ways in 1986 and Maurice transitioned into the film business as a Storyboard Artist for the prestigious commercial production house, N. Lee Lacy. In the late 80's when Steve Golin & Joni Sighvatsson left Lacy's to found Propaganda Films, Maurice came along as a Production Co-coordinator, and subsequently reached Producer status at that company. He continued as a Producer at Limelight, DNA and The Film Syndicate throughout the golden age of music video production working with high profile artists such as George Harrison, Rod Stewart and Aretha Franklin and many others. Maurice's camera career started with him shooting B camera material on these music video productions and he soon graduated into a talented Director of Photography in his own right. He was the DP on Peabody award (1993) winning projects and numerous productions and programs over the years. A cross trained film professional, he has worked in various departments including Post Production duties on the final season of the Buena Vista comedy series "Dinosaurs" (1994) As a Director, he is responsible for a number of music videos, commercials and documentary films. Of particular note are the History Channel's "The Personal Experience/Helicopter Warfare in Viet Nam" (2001) and his two independent feature length videos on historical re-enacting; "On His Majesty's Service" (2010) and "Living History" (2014). He continues to do occasional camera work as a non union operator. Most recently photographing the trial of convicted murderer Christian Gerhartsreiter and various interviews for the film; "My Friend Rockefeller" (2016). Since 2015 he has been working in the production accounting department on network television series.