David Eggby

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David Eggby ACS
Born1950 (age 7374)
London, England
OccupationCinematographer

David Eggby, A.C.S. (born 1950) is an English-born Australian cinematographer. [1]

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Eggby was born in 1950 in London, but has lived in Melbourne since childhood. He received the Cinematographer of the Year Award (2001) and the Golden Tripod from the Australian Cinematographers Society, both for his work on the film Pitch Black .

Beginning his career as a photographer for the Royal Australian Navy, Eggby then moved on to work for Australian television production company Crawford Productions, working on such shows as Homicide and Matlock Police . Eggby's lucky break would be the low budget action film Mad Max . [2] Often risking personal injury, Eggby would perch himself onto the back of a speeding motorbike to achieve adrenaline-pumping shots for the cult favourite.[ tone ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirector
1979 Mad Max George Miller
1980 Dead Man's Float Peter Sharp
1982 Early Frost Brian McDuffie
1983 At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture Simon Heath
Buddies Arch Nicholson
1984 The Slim Dusty Movie Rob Stewart
1985 The Naked Country Tim Burstall
1988 Kansas David Stevens
1989 Warlock Steve Miner
The Blood of Heroes David Peoples
1990 Quigley Down Under Simon Wincer
1991 Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1993 Fortress Stuart Gordon
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Rob Cohen
1994 Lightning Jack Simon Wincer
1996 Dragonheart Rob Cohen
Daylight
1999 Virus John Bruno
Blue Streak Les Mayfield
2000 Pitch Black David Twohy
2002 Scooby-Doo Raja Gosnell
2003 Horseplay Stavros Kazantzidis
2004 EuroTrip Jeff Schaffer
2005 Racing Stripes Frederik Du Chau
2006 The Marine John Bonito
2007 Underdog Frederik Du Chau
2008 The Secret of Moonacre Gábor Csupó
2011 Ironclad Jonathan English
2013 Riddick David Twohy
2017 2:22 Paul Currie

Ref.: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1977 Bluey George Miller Episode "The Mooball Man"
1994 Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Brendan Maher Episodes "Strange Encounters" and "Growing Up Quick"
1995 Space: Above and Beyond David Nutter Episode "Pilot"

Miniseries

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1985 A Thousand Skies David Stevens
1986 Dream West Dick Lowry With Robert M. Baldwin and Jack Wallner
1993 The Tommyknockers John Power With Dan Burstall

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
1976Me & Mr ThornePaul Eddey
1981Homicide SquadBob Meillon
1986 Charley's Web Simon Heath
1992Survive the Savage Sea Kevin James Dobson
1995Kansas Robert Mandel
1998 The Echo of Thunder Simon Wincer
2000 Rip Girls Joyce Chopra
Stepsister from Planet Weird Steve Boyum
2001 Crossfire Trail Simon Wincer
2003 Monte Walsh

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