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Simon Higgins - Director of Photography

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live action : stop motion : trickatech 

 

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Simon Higgins - Director of Photography

live action : stop motion : trickatech 

 

  • Resume

    Selected Projects

    TVCS

    Dropbear - Vicinity Melb. - Photoplay

    Dropbear - NPLH Project - Direct

    Gen Kaiser - Xero - Pixel. Melbourne

    Gen Kaiser - Google - Entropico

    Peter Nizic - Big W - Hogarth

    Peter Nizic - Makers - The Funktion 

    Peter Nizic - Cobram Estate - Pixel.Melbourne *AEAF Award Winner

    Ben Hobbs - Inventory Plus - Xero

    Ben Hobbs - Project Plus - Xero

    Simon Rippingdale - Lego - Heckler

    Simon Rippingdale - Quilton - Heckler

    Simon Rippingdale - NRMA - Heckler

    Natasha Foster - CommBank - Entropico

    Simon Robson - Edith Cowan Uni Perth - McFly Films

    Simon Robson - Precinct - Rasic + partners

    Simon Robson - Swinburne RMIT - Sedona

    Simon Robson - RACV - Sedona

    Dropbear - NSW Govt DCS - Photoplay

    Dropbear - Big W Toymania - Photoplay

    Gen Kaiser - Flybuys - Pixel.Melbourne

    Gen Kaiser - Koala - Jack Nimble

    Gen Kaiser - Amex - Jack Nimble

    Gen Kaiser - Bunnings - Jack Nimble

    Darren Price - Self Wealth - Mighty Nice

    Darren Price - Samsung - Mighty Nice

    Josh Logue - Riverina - Papermoose

    Peter Nizic - Archie Rose Gin - Direct

    Peter Nizic - Felix - Papermoose

    Peter Nizic - Noosa - Papermoose

    Dropbear - Lipton - Playtime

    Dropbear - Ikea - Playtime

    Dropbear - British Paints - Playtime

    Dropbear - Woolies - Playtime

    Dropbear - NRMA - Playtime

    Dropbear - British Paints - Playtime

    Dropbear - Openshop - Playtime

    Norman Yeend - Atomic Monster (US) - Bewilderbeast *AEAF Award Winner

    Darren Price - Ethical Nutrients - Mighty Nice

    Darren Price - Toilet Duck - Mighty Nice

    Darren Price - Crown - Mighty Nice

    Darren Price - K-Mart - Mighty Nice

    Darren Price - Handy Wipes - Mighty Nice

    Alex Kery - Fox Movies - Foxtel Creative

    Jeremy Hudson - NSW Floods - Limehouse Creative

    Simon Robson - CoEx - Ogilvy X

    Josh Edwards - Emirates - Buck

    Josh Edwards - Sunbites - Buck

    Gareth O'Brien - Google - Buck

    Gareth O'Brien - KFC - Ogilvy X

    Simon Robson - CoEx - Ogilvy X

    Kyra Bartley - Lego - Sixty 40

    Kyra Bartley - XERO - Sixty 40 x 3 Campaigns

    Boca Ceravolo - McDonalds - Sixty 40

    Boca Ceravolo - Air NZ - Sixty 40

    Simon Robson - K-Mart - Mighty Nice

    Simon Robson - Coke Summer Classic - Emotive

    Simon Robson - Chartered Accountants - Sixty 40/ Heckler

    Simon Robson - Taubman's - Sixty 40/ Heckler

    Simon Robson - NRL 2016 - Sixty 40/ Heckler

    Simon Robson - St Vincent de Paul TVC - Sixty 40/ Kite Productions

    Simon Robson - emma software - Goodstuff

    Simon Robson - Bondi Hipsters Iconic - Mighty Nice

    Dean Friske - Woolworths Jamie's Table TVCS + Content - Spring

    Dean Friske - Jeans4Genes - Ideas of Dean

    Dean Friske - Yahoo - Ideas of Dean

    Dean Friske - Westpac - Ideas of Dean

    Dean Friske - Nissan - Thinkbone

    Sinead McDevitt - YBell Fitness - Finch

    Chris Nelius - Mountain Dew Pick Ups - Finch

    Chris Nelius - Hungry Jack's - Heckler

    Nick Reynolds - NRMA - Curious

    Nick Reynolds - Mentos - Plaza

    Phil Meatchem - Kirin - Film Graphics

    Phil Meatchem - AGL - Film Graphics

     

    Drama & Documentary

     

    Junky’s Christmas 17 mins. 16mm short

    Written & Narrated By William S.Burroughs. Directed By Nick Donkin

    A Francis Ford Coppola Presents / VH-1 / Palomar Pictures Production

    Winner Jury Award Aspen Film Festival 1995

    Winner Lumiere Award New Orlens Film Festival 1995

    Nominated Best Animation Australian Film Institute Awards 1995

    Charlotte Grey (VFX Unit) 35mm - Miniature Title Elements - Animal Logic

    Director Belinda Bennetts

    Willfull (VFX Unit) 35mm - Pyrotechnic Title Elements - Animal Logic

    Director Belinda Bennetts

    Fight Science (35mm Tech Tests for series development teaser) - Animal Logic

    Director John Brenkus - Discovery Channel - Base Productions USA

    Monkey Puzzle" (2nd Unit) Feature S16mm Director: Mark Forstmann

    Dop: Justine Kerrigan - Totem Films

    Walking On Water" (2nd Unit) Feature 35mm Director: Tony Ayres, Producer: Liz Watts Dop: Bob Humphreys Porchlight Films

    Slava’s Snowshow Doco 60 mins digital Shared DOP credit with Justine Kerrigan Producer: Andrew Higgie FranceChannel 2/ BackRow/SFX Paris

    Are You Racist? Documentary (VFX Unit)

    Director Paul Scott, Mindful Media. SBS Australia

    Kangaroo Documentary Feature (Additional days)

    Director Kate Cleary-McIntyre, Hopping Pictures

     

     

    Broadcast Design & Promos, Station IDs for 

    Animal Logic, Tilt Design, Foxtel Area 51, Foxtel Graphics, Foxtel Movie Network,

    Channel Ten Promos, Network Seven Promos, SBS, Ambience,
    TCN Nine, Discovery Channel, Tactic, National Geographic,

    MTV, ZSpace, Engine, English & Pockett (UK), Astra (MALAYSIA),

    Bloomberg (UK), Knapman Wylde, Digital Pictures.

     

    Music Video (selected)

    Alice In Chains (USA), The VORS, Han, Josh Pyke ,

    You Am I (2), Primary, Max 22, Leah Heyward,

    Amateur Lovers (USA),

    One Nation Blue, Wicked Beats, Crash Palace, Leonardo’s Bride (3),

    Rumanastone, Christian Alexanda, The Whitlams (2), Bluebottle Kiss.

     

    Education

    Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) City Art Institute, Sydney 1989 (COFA).

    Master of Arts (Drama) AFTRS 1997

     

    Awards

    2007 National ACS Awards - Award of Distinction

    2006 NSW ACS Awards - Gold
    2003 NSW ACS Awards - Silver

    1997 ARIA Accredited Recognition Award - Music Video

     

    Relevant Skills

    Miniatures, scale models, VFX, stop motion & Dragonframe specialist.

    Founder of Showreelfinder.com online video portal for the screen production industry, established in 2005.

     

    Equipment

    Zeiss Classic Lens Extended Kit, Canon EOS bodies x 3, inc 8k video body.

    15 and 24mm Macro Probe Specialized Lens Kit, 24mm Periprobe, 25 mm 5x Macro lens, Dragon loaded laptop. Grip and lighting for tabletop.

    Trickatech tabletop motion control rig. 6 axis. Stop motion and tabletop testing studio.

     

     

Resume

Music Department

Skeletons

Top Techs +61 2 9958 1611

crew@toptechsmanagement.com.au

 

 

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