Selected work

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Press

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2017

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GROW JOE – Short – NZFC
Curtis Vowell – 4 Knights Films

ZEALANDIA – NZFC Premiere Short Film
Dir : Bruno duBois – Oxygen Films

DEBTS WE PAY – Short
Dir : Sapna Samant – Film Inc And Holy Cow Media

WETA WORSHOP
In house DOP

 

2016-2015

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DEPT OF CORRECTION DOCUMENTARIES VIDEOS (5 videos) – Rimutaka Correction Facility
Dir: Sam Kelly – Flying Saucer

STATUS UPDATE – NZ Feature Film -B Camera Operator (DOP : Matthew Knight)
(in postproduction)
Dir : Ben Zolno

VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS – Feature Film – Reference Camera Operator (motion capture shoot)
Dir : Luc Besson- Weta Digital

STEVO – Documentary – New Zealand Film Commission
Dir: Heather Hayward – Makeshift studio

VAJAZZLE – Short Film
Dir: Natalie Boltt – Rodrigo Films

DANGEROUS GAME – Short Film
(in postproduction)
Dir: Bruno du Bois, Oxygen Films

 

2014

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ACTUALLY ALEX – Short Film – NZFC Fresh Short
Dir: Ness Simons – Lolly Jar Films

THE HOBBIT – Feature Film – Reference Camera Operator
Dir : Peter Jackson – Weta Digital

HARTCOURT corporate videos
Dir : Raquel Sims

FMS4 life Commercial
Dir : Daniel Gonazales – FMS productions

 

2013

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WHEN THERE IS LIFE – Feature documentary (additional dop)
Dir : Gwen Isaacs

GARDENING WITH THE SOUL – Feature documentary –DOP pick ups
Dir: Jess Feast – POP Films
Official Selection – New Zealand International Film Festival 2013

 

 

2012

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THE RED HOUSE – Feature film– NZFC
Dir: Alyx Duncan
Official Selection – New Zealand International Film Festival 2012
Best Self Funded Feature Film – MOA, New Zealand Film Awards 2012

EXISTENCE – Feature Film– NZFC
Dir : Juliet Bergh
Official Selection – New Zealand International Film Festival 2012
Official Selection – Citizen Jane Festival 2012, USA
Official Selection – Hanoi Film Festival 2012 , Vietnam

THE TINNY HOUSE – Short Film – NZFC
Dir: Rhys Morgan

ALWYN MOTEL – Short Film
Dir: Catherine Bisley Sheepdogs Films
New Zealand International Film Festival 2012

2011

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KA MATE HAKA – Documentary – Te Papa National Museum
Dir: Wiremu Grace

BYGONES – Short Film – Oxygen Films
Dir: Bruno du Bois

SHIHAD – Documentary – Ion Films (cam op, 2nd Unit DOP)
Dir: Sam Peacocke
Winner Best Director – MOA, New Zealand Film Awards

SEEKER – Music video – Alpha Bristol
Dir: Rollo Wenlock

 

2010

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DOUBLE HAPPY – Short Film – NZFC – (2nd unit DOP)
Dir: Shahir Daoud

AWAKENINGS – Corporate – Double Cove – (underwater cam op)

MARINE BIOLOGIST – Corporate – Nektar – (underwater cam op)

APPETITE – Short Film – Toi Whakaari
Dir : Alyx Duncan
Official Selection, Festival International du Film Independent, Brussels, Belgium

 

2008

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LA PLUS HAUTE BRANCHE – Short Film – S16 mm
Dir : Sophie Collay
Official Selection – Festival Le court en dit long, Paris

LETTER TO MY FATHER – Documentary – 16 mm
Dir : Natacha Gilson
Official selection Festival Filmer a tout prix (2006)
FESPACO, Ougadougou, Ivory Coast (2007)
Festival FILIMAGO, Lausanne, Switzerland( 2007)
Beste Franstalige Documentaire, Festival Het Grote Ongeduld, Gent , Belgium (2006)

SILENCIO – Documentary – DV / 8mm
Dir : Nicolas L’heureux
Festival Le Court en dit long , Paris (2007)
Best Film, Festival international du Film Indépendant, Brussels (2002)
Best Film, Festival de la vidéo, Vébron (2003)
First Prize Festival du court de Cabestany (2003)

FOREIGNERS (also director) – Documentary – DV
Festival du documentaire de creation, Saint Denis (2004)

3D – STEREOGRAPHY
2011 – 13 THE HOBBIT – 3Foot7 – Stereographer on set – Main Unit / Splinter Unit
Dir : Peter Jackson

 

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EDUCATION
2006 INSAS, Belgium, BA of Filmaking Study – Cinematography, Brussels, BELGIUM
2002 Hand on training in Documentary Filmmaking, Les Ateliers Documentaires, Saint Denis, FRANCE

TEACHING
2014 Guest Lecturer in Filmaking and Cinematography, Massey University, School of Media
2014 Filmmaking Workshop for teenagers, Te Manawa Museum, Palmerston North
2009 Guest Lecturer in Cinematography, Victoria University, Film Studies Dep.

SCHOLARSHIPS – RESIDENCE
2014 Fimmaker Artist in Residence, Massey University, School of Media
2008 Talent at Berlinale Talent Campus – Berlin International Film Festival, GERMANY
2007 Scholarship of the Budapest Cinematography Masterclass with Vilmos Szigmond, ASC., HUNGARIA