A montage reel of my latest work.
Making friends is not part of the curriculum
Technical
Role: Director of Photography / Operator
Dir: Jonathan Brough / Sticky Pictures
Alexa / Blackmagic / 1:1.77
TV Pilot
16 year-old Rose wakes to a world where there are no adults, technology has mysteriously ceased to function and the rules by which she used to live no longer apply.
Technical
Role: Director of Photography / Operator
Director: Stephen J Campbell / Greenstone Pictures
Alexa / 1:1.77
6 x 1/2 hr episodes
A hit at SxSW in 2014, Housebound has been a critical and audience favourite around the globe. Shot on a shoe string and starting out as a 5 week shoot, Housebound became a 2 year adventure for a core group of film makers.
Technical.
Role: Director of Photography / Operator
1:2.35
Red One / Red Epic
DCP cinema release
Nominated for Best Cinematography, New Zealand Film Awards
When a murderous shrink moved to a trusting coastal town, both had a suprise in store.
Dunedins Head of Psychiatry thought he was clever enough to commit the perfect murder... and he almost got away with it.
Technical.
Role: Director of Photography / Operator
1:1.77
Red One
1 x 90 Minute TV Movie
A group of people missing loved ones discover that they have become part of a mysterious cult.
Technical.
Role: Director of Photography
Red One / 1:1.77
13 x 1 hour episodes
Winner, best cinematography, Qantas film and tv awards
Marley Spouting Commercial.
Technical.
Role: Director of Photography
Red Epic
Dir: Gregg Page, Flying Fish.
No light, no map, no clue.
After a night out drinking, Barry and Bryan wake up in a vast world of ice. Where are they and how did they get there? A comedy about friendship and finding your way home..
Technical.
Role: Director of Photography / Operator
Anamorphic 1:2.39
Sony F65
DCP Theatrical Short
Mr and Mrs Blackie are expecting the end. But instead they find a way to the other side.
Technical.
Role: Director of Photography / Operator
1:1.77
Sony F3
DCP Theatrical Short.
Winner: Best Cinematography, GreenBay Film Festival.
What would the first woman on the moon do if she saw a crew of astronauts attempting to claim the moon for themselves? She'd try to shoot them down with her space guns, of course.
Technical.
Role: Director of Photography (live action)
1:2.35
Sony F3
DCP Theatrical Short
A series of commercials for Massy University.
Technical.
Role: Director of Photography
Dir: Grant Lahood / FlyingFish.
A series of commercials for the Quit group.
Technical.
Role: Director of Photography
Dir: Chris Graham, Goodlife Films
A short film from Media Design School based on the sci-fi world of Dr Grordbort created by writer and artist Greg Broadmore from Weta Workshop.
Technical.
Role: Director of Photography (live action)
1:1.77
DCP Theatrical short
Underneath the Shade, Music video for local Hiphop act Homebrew.
Technical.
Role: Director of Photography / Operator
Dir: Chris Graham, Goodlife Fillms
In this age of instant photographic gratification, it is good to slow down. To contemplate photography one frame at a time.
Working with a view camera necessitates this.
Wet plate demands it.
A single exposure and limited time work wonders in focusing the mind on the image.
Technical.
Role: Photographer
1/2 Plate and modified Polaroid passport camera
Ambrotype and aluminotype
Das Tub kickstarted an award-winning run of CGI short films for Media Design School students working under their 3D animation tutor, director James Cunningham. Part live-action, part CGI, its tale of a German u-boat crew facing danger under the ocean pays homage to submarine classic Das Boot.
Technical.
Role: Director of Photographer (live action)
1:1.77
DCP Theatrical Short
A 13 part mini documentary series on New Zealand novels.
Technical.
Role: Director of Photography
Dir: Andrew Bancroft
