DAVID CONNELL

#2: [Left] with ph Ross Berryman - "Division 4" [1974]

DAVID CONNELL ACS

Born: 1958, Melbourne, Australia.

Career: Started in 1973 at Crawford Productions as camera loader and worked his way up to focus puller. At the age of 17 he became a news cameraman for tv.

Ph commercials.

Active member of the ACS since 1988.

Awards: AFI [Aus] Award nom [1988] for 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'; CableACE Award nom [1996] for 'Twilight Man'; ACS 'Award of Distinction' [1999] for 'Moby Dick'; ACS 'Award of Distinction' [2006] for 'The Snow Walker'.

Website: David Connell

FILMS
1973	King of the Islands [Ken Sallows] b&w; short/25m
1975	Another Winter in Melbourne [Ken Sallows] c; exp doc/10m
1984	The Aviator [George Miller] c; spec aph: John Oaten & John Edwards
1984	Frog Dreaming/The Quest [Brian Trenchard-Smith (replaced Russell Hagg)] c; co-addph; ph: John McLean
1986	Slate, Wyn & Me [Don McLennan] p/c
1986	Les Patterson Saves the World [George Miller] c
1987	Boulevard of Broken Dreams [Pino Amenta] c
1988	Kylie [: The Videos] [: The Kylie Collection] [video 'Locomotion' dir by Chris Langman] c; music video collection/20m; other ph: Brett Anderson
1988	What the Moon Saw [Pino Amenta] c
1988	Heaven Tonight [Pino Amenta] c
1989	Hunting [Frank Howson] c; cph: Dan Burstall
1989	The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter [George Miller] p/c; 2uc: Karl-Walter Lindenlaub; aph: Ray Andrew; vfx ph: Paul Wilson
1990	Fifty-Fifty/50-50 [Charles Martin Smith] c; ph Italy: Roberto Forges Davanzati; 2uc: Ross Berryman
1991	Over the Hill/Round the Bend [George Miller] c
1991	Secrets/One Crazy Night [Michael Pattinson] c
1992	Gross Misconduct/Gross Indecency [George Miller] c
1992	Hercules Returns [David Parker] c
1993	Female Misbehavior [Charles Martin Smith & Monika Treut] c; doc/80m; cph: Ross Berryman & Elfie Mikesch
1994	The Ascent [Donald Shebib] p/c; 2uc: Scott Ramson
1994	Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe [George Miller & Rodney K. Hardy] c; 2uc: Brett Anderson; Introvision ph: John Mesa; 6 days of add shooting in January 1996 were dir by G. Miller; originally made as a tvm
1996	Zeus and Roxanne [George Miller] c; 2uc: Laszlo Baranyai; uwph: Paul Mockler
1996	Night Flier/Stephen King's The Night Flier [Mark Pavia] c
2002	The Snow Walker [Charles Martin Smith] s35/c; ph insert & winter units: Jon Joffin; ph British Columbia: Paul Sarossy
2004	News for the Church [Andrew McCarthy] s35/c; short/19m
2005	Left Behind: World at War [Craig R. Baxley] c/V
2005	December Boys [Rod Hardy] s35/c; 2uc: Dick Tummel
2006	Jack and Jill vs. the World [Vanessa Parise] c

TELEVISION
1982	Carson's Law [Brian Lennane] 6-part miniseries, 1983 (followed by 178-part series, 1983-84)
1982	Der schwarze Bumerang [Wolf Dietrich & George Miller] 4-part miniseries; cph: Peter Tost
1983	All the Rivers Run [George Miller (ep #1 & 3) & Pino Amenta (ep #2 & 4)] 4-part miniseries
1984	The Flying Doctors [Pino Amenta] 3-part miniseries (followed by 227-part series, 1986-91); cph: Greg Ryan
1985	Fortress [Arch Nicholson] tvm; uwph: Ron Taylor
1986	Alice to Nowhere [John Power] tvm
1986	Sword of Honour [Pino Amenta & Catherine Millar] 4-part miniseries
1986	Nancy Wake/True Colors [Pino Amenta] tvm
1987	Bushfire Moon/Miracle Down Under/The Christmas Visitor [George Miller] tvm; also ep ('Miracle Down Under') of PBS-tv series 'WonderWorks' (1988); also released theatrically
1988	Barracuda/The Rocks [Pino Amenta] tvm
1989	Trouble in Paradise [Di Drew] tvm; 2uc: Ross Berryman
1992	Rose Against the Odds [John Dixon] 2-part tvm
1992	Love, Lies and Lullabies/Sad Inheritance [Rod Hardy] tvm
1992	Rio Diablo [Rod Hardy] tvm; 2uc: Eric J. Goldstein
1992	Between Love and Hate [Rod Hardy] tvm
1992	Halfway Across the Galaxy - And Turn Left [Rod Hardy, Paul Moloney & Brendan Maher] 28-part series/16mm, 1993-94; other ph: David Eggby; for Seven Network
1993	My Name Is Kate [Rod Hardy] tvm
1993	A Day in the Life of Country Music [exec prod: Ken Kragen] mus special/120m; ph Fort Worth seq; other ph: Anghel Decca (Nashville), Daniel Pearl (Dallas), Edward Lachman (Fairfax), a.o.; shot on one day (7 May)
1993	The Only Way Out/Grounds for Murder [Rod Hardy] tvm
1993	The Yearling [Rod Hardy] tvm; 2uc: Eric J. Goldstein
1994	Buffalo Girls [Rod Hardy] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Douglas Milsome
1995	Silver Strand [George Miller] tvm
1995	Shadow-Ops [Craig R. Baxley] pilot; aph: Norman Kent
1996	An Unfinished Affair [Rod Hardy] tvm; 2uc: Douglas Milsome
1996	Twilight Man [Craig R. Baxley] tvm
1996	Bad Day On the Block/Under Pressure [Craig R. Baxley] tvm
1996	Clover [Jud Taylor] tvm
1997	Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone [Simon Langton] tvm; 2uc: Jamie Doolan

[Right] with dir Franc Roddam - "Moby Dick"

1997	Moby Dick [Franc Roddam] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Jamie Doolan
1997	Two for Texas [Rod Hardy] tvm; 2uc: Jerry G. Callaway
1998	Stephen King's Storm of the Century [Craig R. Baxley] 3-part miniseries; aph: Dylan Gross; miniatures ph: David Stump
1998	Witch Hunt [Scott Hartford-Davis] tvm; 2uc: Dick Tummel
1998	Cleopatra [Franc Roddam] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Mike Frift; ph UK: Michael Brewster
1999	Chameleon II: Death Match [Craig R. Baxley & Russell King] tvm; 2uc: Dick Tummel
1999	Don Quixote [Peter Yates] tvm
1999	Hell Swarm [Tim Matheson] tvm
2000	The Lost Empire [: The Legend of the Monkey King] [Peter MacDonald] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Martin Grosup; 3uc: Dick Tummel
2000	Stephen King's Rose Red [Craig R. Baxley] 3-part miniseries; 2uc: Dick Tummel; vfx superv: Stuart Robertson
2001	Disappearance [Walter Klenhard] tvm
2001	Mark Twain's Roughing It [Charles Martin Smith] 2-part tvm
2002	Sniper 2/Sniper II [Craig R. Baxley] tvm; 2uc: Michael Satrazemis
2002	La Femme Musketeer [Steve Boyum] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Bo B. Randulff
2003	Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital [Craig R. Baxley] 13-part series, 2004
2004	Frederick Forsyth's Icon [Charles Martin Smith] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Dick Tummel
2005	The Triangle [Craig R. Baxley] 3-part miniseries; 2uc: Andrew Topp
2006	Jericho [pilot 'The First 17 Hours' dir by Jon Turteltaub] 29-part series, 2006-08
2006	The Lost Room [Craig R. Baxley (part #1 & 3) & Michael W. Watkins (part #2)] 3-part miniseries
2007	Cane [pilot dir by Christian Duguay] 13-part series; other ph: Rick Bota
2007	Leverage [pilot/ep #1 'The Nigerian Job' dir by Dean Devlin] followed by 76-part series, 2008-12; aired December 2008
2007	The Verdict [Mark Piznarski] pilot; for Lifetime-tv
2008	Leverage [12 ep dir by various] 1st season/RED, 2008-09; see 2007
2008	The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice [Jonathan Frakes] tvm/RED-to-HD
2009	Leverage [all (15) ep dir by various] 2nd season/RED, 2009-10; see 2007
2009	The Quickening [Mark Piznarski] pilot/RED+HD (Sony PMW-EX1 & EX3); for A&E-tv
2010	Leverage [all (16) ep dir by various] 3rd season/RED, 2010; see 2007

[Left] with dir Dean Devlin - "Brain Trust"

2010	Brain Trust [Dean Devlin] pilot/RED; for TBS-tv
2011	Hound Dogs [Ron Shelton] pilot; for TBS-tv
2011	Leverage [16 ep (#46-57 & #59-62) dir by various] 4th season/RED, 2011-12 (18 ep); other ph: Alan Caso (ep #45) & Neil Holcomb (ep #58); see 2007
2012	Leverage [14 ep (#63-69 & #71-77) dir by various] 5th season/RED Epic, 2012 (15 ep); other ph: Neil Holcomb (ep #70); see 2007

FILMS & TELEVISION AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR
1974	Division 4 [various] c.asst; ph: Ross Berryman (301-part tv-series, 1969-75)
1975	Homicide [various] c.asst; ph: Ross Berryman (pilot + 509-part tv-series, 1964-76)
1976	Solo One [various] c.asst; ph: Ross Berryman (?) (13-part tv-series)

[Left] with ph Ross Berryman and dir Gary Conway - "The Sullivans"

1976	The Sullivans [various] c.asst; ph: Ross Berryman & Phillip Lambert (1.114-part tv-series, 1976-82)
1980	Dead Man's Float/Smuggler's Cove [Peter Sharp] c.asst; ph: David Eggby
1982	Phar Lap [Simon Wincer] co-add c.op; ph: Russell Boyd
1982	Early Frost [David Hannay] c.asst; ph: David Eggby
1983	The Slim Dusty Movie [Rob Stewart; docudrama] co-c.op; ph: David Eggby
1985	Anzacs [: The War Down Under] [George Miller, Pino Amenta & John Dixon; tv-miniseries] co-c.op; ph: Keith Wagstaff