David Eggby ACS | |
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Born | 1950 (age 73–74) London, England |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
David Eggby, A.C.S. (born 1950) is an English-born Australian cinematographer. [1]
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 ]
Year | Title | Director |
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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 |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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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
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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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
Year | Title | Director |
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1976 | Me & Mr Thorne | Paul Eddey |
1981 | Homicide Squad | Bob Meillon |
1986 | Charley's Web | Simon Heath |
1992 | Survive the Savage Sea | Kevin James Dobson |
1995 | Kansas | 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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