Born: 1956, Australia.

Career: Started as news ph for tv. Ph commercials and corporate films. Active as teacher/doph in workshops, e.g. the 'Dramatically Black'-project [2003] of the Australian Film Commission [Indigenous Unit] and at the Australian Film Television and Radio School [2000].

Awards: AFI [Aus] Award nom [1996] for 'Children of the Revolution'; AFI [Aus] Award nom [1997] for 'Blackrock'; ACS 'Milli' Award 'Cinematographer of the Year' [1994] for '[The] Seventh Floor'; ACS 'Award of Distinction' [1999] & AFI [Aus] Award [1999] for 'Passion'; AFI [Aus] 'Open Craft Award' [Television] nom [2000] & ACS 'Golden Tripod' Award [2001] for 'On the Beach'; ACS 'Golden Tripod' Award [2003] & ACS 'Milli' Award 'Cinematographer of the Year' [2003] for 'Swimming Upstream'.



FILMS

1981

Any Questions? [Ted Robinson] c; training film/3m

1981

Be Prepared [Ted Robinson] c; training film/3m

1981

The Briefing [Ted Robinson] c; training film/3m

1981

Well If You Ask Me [Ted Robinson] c; training film/3m

1982

Snow: The Movie/Snow Bunnies [Robert Gibson] c; cph: Tim Smart

1983

The Trombonist [Helen Gaynor] 16mm-35bu/c; short/35m

1983

The Cleaning [Robert Grant] c; short/24m

1984

Crikey, There's a Tractor on the Farm [Robert Grant] 16mm/c; doc/17m

1986

The Humpty Dumpty Man [P.J. Hogan] 16mm-35bu/c

1986

Watch the Shadows Dance/Nightmaster [Mark Joffe] c

1988

Weekend with Kate [Arch Nicholson] c; addph; ph: Dan Burstall

1989

This Time, Next Time [Robin de Crespigny] c; docudrama/54m

1990

Proof [Jocelyn Moorhouse] c; 2uc: John Bowering, Noel Jones & Roger Van Wensveen

1991

Come and Get It [Ron Becks] c; addph & 2uc: Dion Beebe

1992

Wet and Wild Summer!/Exchange Lifeguards [Maurice Murphy] c

1992

The Mystery of Edwin Drood [Timothy Forder] c

1993

Shimmer [Phillip Avalon] status unknown

1993

Signal One/Bullet Down Under [Rob Stewart] c

1993

The Seventh Floor [Ian Barry] c

1993

Muriel's Wedding [P.J. Hogan] c; 2uc: Bruce Phillips

1994

[Dad and Dave:] On Our Selection [George Whaley] c

1995

Bathing Boxes [Ann Turner] c; short/4m; seg of 'Picture House'-series

1995

Children of the Revolution [Peter Duncan] c

1995

River Street [Tony Mahood] c

1996

Gorilla Girls [Fiona Cochrane] 16mm/c; short/30m

1996

Blackrock [Steven Vidler] c

1996

The Sound of One Hand Clapping [Richard Flanagan] tvi/c

1997

A Little Bit of Soul [Peter Duncan] c; + co-prod

1997

Entertaining Angels [Michael Brindley] s16/c; short/?m

1997

In the Winter Dark [: A Mystery of the Heart] [James Bogle] c

1998

Kick/James [Lynda Heys] c

1998

Passion [: The Story of Percy Grainger] [Peter Duncan] p/c

1998

Fetch [Lynn-Maree Danzey] c; short/8m

1999

Unconditional Love/Who Shot Victor Fox? [P.J. Hogan] scheduled as ph, but film was ph by Remi Adefarasin

2001

My Boss's Daughter/The Guests [David Zucker] c; addph: Robert McLachlan

2001

The Pact [Strathford Hamilton] c

2001

Swimming Upstream [Russell Mulcahy] c

2002

Danny Deckchair [Jeff Balsmeyer] c

2002

Love Smarts [Steven Vidler] announced; status unknown

2002

Peter Pan [P.J. Hogan] p/c; 2uc; ph: Donald McAlpine

2003

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [George Lucas] HD-to-35mm scope & 70mm (IMAX)/c; addph; ph: David Tattersall

2003

Son of the Mask [Lawrence Guterman] c; chase unit ph; ph: Greg Gardiner

2004

Everything Goes [Andrew Kotatko] c; short/18m; 2uc: Peter Borosh

2005

Irresistible [Ann Turner] c

[Center] with dir Khoa Do [left] - "Footy Legends"

2005

Footy Legends [Khoa Do] c

2007

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce [Michael James Rowland] c

2009

Being in Heaven [Michael Domeyko Rowland] HD/c

TELEVISION

1986

Shark's Paradise [Michael Jenkins] tvm/16mm; visual superv: Yuri Sokol

1987

Michael Willesee's Australians [ep (48m) 'Errol Flynn' dir by Michael Carson] series

1987

I've Come About the Suicide/Pigs Will Fly [Sophia Turkiewicz] tvm

1987

Future Past/Hold the Circus [Rob Stewart] tvm/16mm

1987

[Tomorrow's News:] Computer Ghosts/The Colonial Cavalry [Marcus Cole] tvm/16mm

1989

The Elite [Bill Corcoran] pilot

1990

E.A.R.T.H. Force [Bill Corcoran] 3-part series

1990

Boys from the Bush [Shirley Barrett & Robert Marchand] 20-part series, 1991-92

1992

Clowning Around [: Encore] [2] [George Whaley] 16-part series

1993

Singapore Sling [Robert Marchand] tvm

1994

Spellbinder [Noel Price] 26-part children's series; other ph: Danny Batterham & Geoff Burton

1995

Singapore Sling: Midnight Orchid/Asian Connection: Midnight Orchid [Geoffrey Nottage] tvm

1995

Blue Murder [Michael Jenkins] 2-part tvm

1995

Little White Lies [Pauline Chan] tvm

1997

The Ripper [Janet Meyers] tvm

1997

Never Tell Me Never [David Elfick] tvm

1999

Airtight [Ian Barry] tvm

1999

On the Beach [Russell Mulcahy] 3-part miniseries/s16; 2uc: László Baranyai; addph: Ian McMillan

2000

Do or Die/The Rubicon [Rowan Woods] 2-part tvm

2003

BlackJack [ep #1 'In the Money' dir by Ian Watson & #2 'Ace Point Game' dir by Peter Andrikidis] 3-part tvm-series/s16; aph: Daniel Janjic; filmed 2003-04; followed the tvm 'BlackJack' (2003; d: Peter Andrikidis; ph: Mark Wareham)

2005

Perfect Disaster/Perfect Disasters [ep #5 'Fire Storm' dir by Jeremy Turner] 6-part series

2008

The Cut [Mandy Smith (1-3) & Karl Zwicky (4-6)] 6-part miniseries, 2009

MISCELLANEOUS

1993

Shotgun Wedding [Paul Harmon] co-thanks; ph: Kim Batterham