Bonnie Elliott

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Bonnie Elliott is an Australian cinematographer. She has been nominated for and won numerous AACTA Awards in cinematography, including for Spear (2015), Seven Types of Ambiguity (2017), H Is for Happiness (2019), and Stateless (2020).

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While studying at the University of Technology Sydney, she was involved in the production of student films and the teen drama Heartbreak High . [1] Elliott's first feature film was My Tehran for Sale (2008). [1] At the 2012 Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards, she won Best Short Film Cinematography for I'm the One. [2]

In 2016, she was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Cinematography for Spear at the 6th AACTA Awards. [3] In 2017, she won the AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television for "Joe", the second episode of Seven Types of Ambiguity . [4] David Stratton praised Elliott's "attractive photography" in his review of Undertow (2018) in The Australian . [5]

In 2020, at the 10th AACTA Awards, she was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Cinematography for H Is for Happiness , [6] and won the AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television for "The Circumstances in Which They Come", the first episode of Stateless . [7] The same year, Elliott devised the concept for #whoisinyourcrew, a campaign to promote female representation in cinematography. [8]

In 2021, she had three nominations at the 11th AACTA Awards – the AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television for "Everything's Gone", the second episode of Fires , and the AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary for Freeman and Step into Paradise. [9] Of these three, she won only the first award. [10] In Comic Book Resources' review of Run Rabbit Run (2023), Josh Bell said that, as cinematographer, Elliott works with Daina Reid, the film's director, to "continue creating striking images even as the plot goes in circles." [11]

Awards and nominations

YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2012I'm the One Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Award for Best Short Film CinematographyWon [2]
2016 Spear AACTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated [3]
2017 Seven Types of Ambiguity , Episode: "Joe" AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television Won [4]
2020 H Is for Happiness AACTA Award for Best CinematographyNominated [6]
Stateless , Episode: "The Circumstances in Which They Come"AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in TelevisionWon [7]
2021Freeman AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary Nominated [9]
Step into ParadiseNominated
Fires , Episode: "Everything's Gone"AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in TelevisionWon [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Elliott, Bonnie. "Interview with acclaimed cinematographer Bonnie Elliott". Screen NSW (Interview). Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 "saMOA!". The New Zealand Film Awards. 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 Bulbeck, Pip (27 October 2016). "Australian Academy Awards: Mel Gibson's 'Hacksaw Ridge' Leads With 13 Nominations". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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  5. ↑ Stratton, David (7 March 2020), "Performances anchor tangled plot", The Australian
  6. 1 2 Keast, Jackie (2 November 2020). "'Babyteeth', 'Mystery Road', 'Stateless' score early AACTA nods". IF Magazine. Archived from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  7. 1 2 Frater, Patrick (30 November 2020). "'Stateless' and 'Babyteeth' Dominate Australian Academy Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  8. ↑ Groves, Don (30 August 2020). "Cinematographers Society embraces greater diversity". IF Magazine. Archived from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  9. 1 2 Keast, Jackie (4 November 2021). "Further AACTA nominations for 'The Newsreader', 'Nitram'". IF Magazine. Archived from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  10. 1 2 Slatter, Sean (6 December 2021). "'Fires', 'The Newsreader', 'New Gold Mountain', 'The Dry', 'Nitram', among early AACTA winners". IF Magazine. Archived from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  11. ↑ Bell, Josh (27 June 2023). "REVIEW: Netflix's Run Rabbit Run Is a Dull Exercise in Exploring Trauma Through Horror". CBR. Archived from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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