ACT 1

A Canadian of East European heritage, Dimitri Quikchenlensky was born and brought up North of the Arctic Circle – an unlikely place to find a cinematographer as the place is dark as pitch for six months of the year. At the age of 17, and having an interest in rabid canines, he persuaded his long suffering father to lend him the money to train for Alaska’s famous Iditarod. Once he’d purchased a sled and trained his bunch of eager huskies he turned South and never returned home.

ACT 2

With the sled sold and the last of the dog meat gone Quikchenlensky found himself a year later in a much warmer, brighter climate: Minnesota. He soon realized that cinema was where it was at and that operating a camera meant he’d score more easily with the chicks. As no-one was able to pronounce his last name Quikchenlensky became known as D.Q. for a while but, to avoid being confused with Dairy Queen the famed food emporium, added the P, “Because it sounded cool and didn’t have any k’s in it.”

Such was his speed at lighting any scene, especially if he had lights at his disposal, Quikchenlensky soon became known as D.P. Quickly - a soubriquet that stuck to him like camera tape on a stand-in. He officially changed his named to D.P. Quickly when his political asylum papers were completed and he gained US citizenship.

Upon arriving in Hollywood Quickly became fast friends with a number of upcoming directors and it didn’t take him long to become one of the most sought after light-smiths in town.

He has since lensed a number of award winning masterpieces including a Julian Lennon video for director Nigel Dick.

ACT 3

D.P Quickly, known as Dim to his closest friends, says his work on Callback will be dedicated to his two musical heroes Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder.

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