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Work / Documentary

Northshore Trust2025

The Last Lighthouse Keeper

About the project

Forty-one years on the same rock. When the Northshore Trust automated its final manned lighthouse, we spent the keeper's last winter with him — three trips, two storms, one very small boat. The 22-minute film premiered at the Aurora Documentary Festival and now anchors the Trust's public archive. Shot on a two-person crew to keep the silence honest.

Credits

Director
Mara Ellison
Cinematography
Mara Ellison
Producer
Aya Tanaka
Editor
Theo Marchetti
Composer
Elliot Frei
Client
Northshore Trust

Stills & behind the scenes