Toby Oliver

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Toby Oliver
Born
Australia
Alma mater Swinburne University of Technology
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active1994–present
Website tobyoliver.com

Toby Oliver, ACS is an Australian film and television cinematographer best known for his work on over forty films including Get Out (2017), Happy Death Day (2017), and Insidious: The Last Key (2018). [1] [2] [3] [4] Variety named him one of the ten cinematographers to watch for in 2017. [5]

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Early life

Oliver was born in Australia and, after having moved to Los Angeles, California, currently resides in Sydney, Australia.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirector
1994Everynight... Everynight Alkinos Tsilimidos
1999 Fresh Air Neil Mansfield
2000 Looking for Alibrandi Kate Woods
2001 Silent Partner Alkinos Tsilimidos
2004 Tom White
Waiting Alone Dayyan Eng
2006 Last Train to Freo Jeremy Sims
Em 4 Jay Alkinos Tsilimidos
2007 Forbidden Lie$ Anna Broinowski
2009 The Combination David Field
2010 Cane Toads: The Conquest Mark Lewis
Beneath Hill 60 Jeremy Sims
2001 33 Postcards Pauline Chan
2013 Wolf Creek 2 Greg McLean
2016 The Darkness
Blood Father Jean-François Richet
Incarnate Brad Peyton
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele
Roller DreamsKate Hickey
Happy Death Day Christopher Landon
2018 Insidious: The Last Key Adam Robitel
Wildling Fritz Böhm
Breaking In James McTeigue
The Dirt Jeff Tremaine
2019 Happy Death Day 2U Christopher Landon
2020 Fantasy Island Jeff Wadlow
2021 Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar Josh Greenbaum
2022 Day Shift J. J. Perry

Short films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1994A Lamb of Our Own FlockMark Bellamy
The SuitLisetta Moscardo
1995StitchedGregor Jordan
1996Hey Amigos!Angus Strachan
1998Heaven on the 4th FloorMark Bellamy
2001The Big HouseRachel Ward
2002N.D.EEric B. Spoeth
2007My Greatest Day EverMark Bellamy
Counting HopeNatalie Rebecca Hechtman
2011The Golden RuleHimselfCo-director, co-producer
2013RefugeWarwick Young
The Woman on the Top FloorJason di RossoAlso co-producer
2014The Golden TruthNigel Deans

Television

YearTitleNotes
2001 Love Is a Four-Letter Word
2002 BloodSports TV short
Short Cuts
Dossa and Joe
2007 Lockie Leonard 26 episodes
2007–08 Stupid Stupid Man 8 episodes
2010 Miracles Episode: "Miracle in the Storm"
2011 Spirited 10 episodes
2012 Devil's Dust 2 episodes
2015Blood and Thunder: The Sound of AlbertsMini-series
2020 Dead to Me 10 episodes

TV movies

Web

YearTitleRole
2014Creating a Monster: The Making of Wolf Creek 2Himself
2017Play Dodgeball with Ben StillerCinematographer

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References

  1. Mulcahey, Matt (7 April 2017). "DP Toby Oliver on Get Out, Cheating the Sunken Place and Color Grading Trailers". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. "A Conversation with DP Toby Oliver on Crafting The Look of 'Get Out'". Film School Rejects. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. Eagan, Daniel (14 July 2020). ""Traveling By Plane at the Moment is One of the Tricky Things…" DP Toby Oliver on Production Restarting and His Work on the Netflix Series Dead to Me". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. "The Cinematography of Get Out (with Toby Oliver)". Go Creative Show. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  5. "Toby Oliver – Bio". tobyoliver.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.