© Frederick M. Brown [2008]
© Douglas Kirkland
2008
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© Frederick M. Brown [2008] |
© Douglas Kirkland |
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Born: 1963, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, as Amanda Walker.
Career: While at high school she worked at a tv-station and did photography at school. After high school she completed a film criticism course through the Council of Adult Education with actor and academic John Flaus. 'I had always loved going to the movies; I find it is like entering a dream, being in that dark cinema and watching a story told in images on the big screen. I started in the film industry when I was 18. John Flaus, who was teaching a cinema studies short course I was enrolled in, gave me a few contacts. I rang many times until one of them gave me a job as a runner on a feature film. Then I pestered people in the camera department and worked for nothing on a few documentaries and music videos. Then, as a clapper loader on some features followed by focus puller. I was shooting student films and small doc's and music videos with people such as Ray Argall at the same time. Then, I shot my first feature film when I was 25, 'Return Home'.' [From interview with Rose Capp on the 'Senses of Cinema' website, 2002.]
Moved to the USA in 2005. Ph numerous commercials dir by Steve Rogers [for Nike, Toyota, a.o.], Diana Leach, Samantha Lang [for Caltex], Greta Morton, Baz Luhrmann [for Chanel No. 5 (with Nicole Kidman)], Peter Darley Miller [for Discovery Channel, a.o.], Dave Meyers [for Cingular Wireless], Nick Piper [for Foxwoods Casino], Terry Hall [for Longines], a.o. Ph music videos dir by Lucinda Clutterbuck, Jesse Peretz ['Big Me', 1996, a: Foo Fighters], Paul Goldman, a.o. Directed the short film 'Little Bits' [19??; + prod/ed; ph: ?]. Member of the ACS since 1999.
Awards: AFI [Aus] Award nom [1991] for 'As the Mirror Burns'; ACS Award of Distinction [1996] & AFI [Aus] Award [1996] for 'Parklands'; ACS Silver Award [1997] & AFI [Aus] Award nom [1997] for 'The Well'; Women in Film and Television Award [1999]; ACS 'Golden Tripod' Award for Commercials [2000]; ACS Award of Distinction [2002] for 'Lantana'; ACS [NSW State Award] Gold Award [2003] for Victoria Tourism commercial [d: Steve Rogers]; ACS [NSW State Award] Gold Award [2004] for 'Chanel No. 5' commercial; Independent Spirit Award nom [2004] for 'Shattered Glass'; Women in Film 'Kodak Vision Award' [2008]; Hollywood FF 'Cinematographer of the Year' [2008].
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FILMS |
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1984 |
Beards of Evil [Chris Windmill] 16mm/c; short/10m |
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1986 |
Painting the Town/A Palette for a Sword [Trevor Graham] 16mm/c; doc/60m; cph: John Whitteron |
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1987 |
Salt Saliva Sperm Sweat [Philip Brophy] ?; short/45m; cph: Ray Argall |
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1988 |
After School [Bill Mousoulis] 16mm/c; short/20m |
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1989 |
Return Home [Ray Argall] 16mm-35bu/c |
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1989 |
So Young [Fiona Cochrane] v/c; doc/50m |
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1989 |
Worse Than Xmas [Julie Harris] ?; short/28m |
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1990 |
God's Girls: Stories from an Australian Convent/Sisters of Mercy [Cherie Nowlan] 16mm/c; doc/49m |
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1990 |
As the Mirror Burns [Cristina Pozzan] 16mm/c; doc/59m |
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1991 |
The Art of Drowning [Jaems Grant] 16mm/c; short/28m |
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1991 |
Eight Ball [Ray Argall] c |
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1992 |
Koorie Culture, Koorie Control [Russell Porter] c; doc/31m |
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1993 |
Jardiwarnpa [: The Fire Ceremony] [: A Warlpiri Fire Ceremony] [Ned Lander & Rachel Perkins] c; doc/?m; co-2uc; ph: John Whitteron |
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1994 |
Bernie's Magic Moment [Mark Hanlin] c; short/6m; also part of 'Five Easy Pizzas' (5 short films) |
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1994 |
EnvironMental [Clayton Jacobson] c; short/6m; also part of 'Five Easy Pizzas' (5 short films) |
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1994 |
Midday Crisis [Garry Richards] c; short/6m; also part of 'Five Easy Pizzas' (5 short films) |
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1995 |
Life/Out of the Blue/Containment [Lawrence Johnston] c |
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1995 |
Love Serenade [Shirley Barrett] s35/c |
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1996 |
Parklands [Kathryn Millard] 16mm/c; short/51m |
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1996 |
The Well [Samantha Lang] c |
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1998 |
The Order [Aden Young] 16mm/c; short/24m |
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1999 |
Walk the Talk [Shirley Barrett] c |
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2000 |
Lantana [Ray Lawrence] s35/c |
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2001 |
Australian Rules/Deadly, Unna? [Paul Goldman] c; 2uc: Damian Wyvill |
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2002 |
Shattered Glass [Billy Ray] s35/c; addph: Phedon Papamichael |
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2005 |
Eucalyptus [Jocelyn Moorhouse] scheduled to start in February, but put on hold; Russell Crowe tried to revive the project as dir |
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2007 |
Australia [Baz Luhrmann] s35/c; 2uc: Greig Fraser, Nigel Bluck & Damian Wyvill |
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2009 |
Beastly [Daniel Barnz] c |
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TELEVISION |
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1986 |
Pop Movie/Fast Forward [Ray Argall] 6-part series/16mm; cph: Ray Argall |
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1995 |
Naked [: Stories of Men] [ep 'A Fallen Woman' dir by Geoffrey Wright] 6-part series/s16, 1996; other ph: Stephen Windon & Tristan Milani |
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1997 |
Raw FM [various] 13-part series/16mm; other ph: László Baranyai, Louis Irving & Clive Sell |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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1982 |
Dusty [John Richardson] prod runner; ph: Alex McPhee |
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1984 |
Strikebound [Richard Lowenstein] 3rd asst dir; ph: Andrew de Groot |
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1984 |
Wrong World [Ian Pringle] clapper loader; ph: Ray Argall |
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1986 |
Dogs in Space [Richard Lowenstein] clapper loader; ph: Andrew de Groot |
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1987 |
Bachelor Girl [Rivka Hartman] focus puller; ph: John Whitteron |
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1988 |
Jigsaw [Marc Gracie] focus puller; ph: Jaems Grant |
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1989 |
Tender Hooks [Mary Callaghan] focus puller; ph: Ray Argall |
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1989 |
A Kink in the Picasso [Marc Gracie] c.asst; ph: Jaems Grant |
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1990 |
Breakaway/Escape from Madness [Don McLennan] focus puller; ph: Zbigniew Friedrich |
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1990 |
The Castanet Club [Neil Armfield] c.op; ph: Ray Argall |
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1994 |
That Eye, the Sky [John Ruane] c.op; ph: Ellery Ryan |
