2011

                

 MIKE MOLLOY   ACS/BSC

Born: 5 January 1940, Sydney, Australia, as Michael Molloy.

Career: Ph 1,000+ commercials dir by Geoffrey Seymour, Tong Beng, Bob Nisbet [for Camel], Tracey Rowe [for LUX], Bruce Hurwitt [for Carlton Beer], a.o.

Member of the ACS since 1998.

Was member of the Camerimage Jury in 1998.

Appeared in the newsreel 'Cameraman Has a Day at the Circus' [1961, Cinesound Review No. 1537].

Awards: Creative Circle Gold Award for Best Cinematography [1986]; 'Genie' Award nom [1991, shared] & 'Gemini' Award nom [1993; shared] for 'Bethune: The Making of a Hero'.

Website: Mike Molloy



 FILMS

1962

Clement Meadmore [Bruce Beresford] 16mm/c; doc/13m

1962

Lend Me Your Stable [Richard Brennan] 16mm/b&w; short/50m

1963

It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain [Bruce Beresford & Albie Thoms] 16mm/b&w; short/6m; prod Sydney University Dramatic Society

1964

In Song and Dance [Lee Robinson] 16mm/b&w; doc/27m; cph: Kerry Brown & Ross Nichols

1964

The Magnetic North [Dennis A. Hill] 16mm/c; doc/28m

1966

Action in Vietnam [John Abbott] c; comm doc/25m; for the Department of the Army

1969

Supershow [John Crome] c; mus perf/93m; filmed March (Staines, UK)

1971

Glastonbury Fayre [Nicolas Roeg & (completion dir) Peter Neal] c; mus doc/91m; cph: N. Roeg, Tony Richmond, Eric van Haren Noman, Peter Sinclair, Terry Gould, a.o.; filmed 20-24 June (Glastonbury, UK)

1973

Finance in Europe [ep 'The Euro-Currency Market', 'Expanding in Europe', 'International Money Management', 'The City of London', 'The Eurobond Market' & 'The Financial Institutions of Europe' dir by Piers Jessop] series of comm doc's; for National Westminster Bank

1973

Up Marketing [Bruce Gowers] 16mm/c; comm doc/15m

1973

This Must Be London [Mike Molloy] c; comm doc/9m

1974

More by Design [David Cammell] c; comm doc/31m; for Clydesdale Bank

1974

Call for REME [Jonathan Ingrams] c; comm doc/18m; for Ministry of Defense

1975

James Dean - The First American Teenager [Ray Connolly] c; doc/77m; cph: Peter Hannan & Robert Gersicoff

1975

Robert Klippel [Keith Salvat] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/47m

1975

Mad Dog Morgan/Mad Dog [Philippe Mora] p/c; 2uc: Ron Horner

1976

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle [Julien Temple] c; mus doc/103m; cph: Nic Knowland, Adam Barker-Mill, John Metcalfe, a.o.; see 1999

1977

Summerfield [Ken Hannam] c

1977

The Shout [Jerzy Skolimowski] c

1977

Hardcore/Fiona/Frankly Fiona [James Kenelm Clarke] c

1978

12 Squadron Buccaneers [Hugh Hudson] c; comm doc/31m; for Ministry of Defense

1979

ROSC - The Poetry of Vision [CiarĂ­n Scott] 16mm/c; doc/27m; ph ROSC '71; cph: George Morrison (ROSC '67 & ROSC '77) & Seamus Deasy (ROSC '77)

1979

The Human Factor [Otto Preminger] p/c

1979

The Kidnapping of the President [George Mendeluk] c

1980

Shock Treatment [Jim Sharman] c

1981

Dead Easy [Bert Deling] c; cph: Tom Cowan

1981

The Return of Captain Invincible/Legend in Leotards [Philippe Mora] p/c; + aph; 2uc: Nixon Binney

1983

Two Foolish Men: Managing People [Arthur Ellis] c; comm short/?m; for Barclays Bank

1983

Two Foolish Men: Decisions in Academic Departments [Arthur Ellis] c; comm short/?m; for Barclays Bank

1983

The Hit [Stephen Frears] c

1985

Link [Richard Franklin] c; 2uc: Gale Tattersall (GB) & Mike Proudfoot (Scotland); process unit ph: Egil S. Woxholt

1985

Emma's War [Clytie Jessop] announced as doph, but film was ph by Tom Cowan

1987

Bethune: The Making of a Hero/Dr. Bethune [Phillip Borsos] c; cph: Raoul Coutard; loc shooting China (April-August); shooting continued in March 1988

1988

Scandal [Michael Caton-Jones] c; 2uc: Simon Archer

1994

Bauhaus in America [Judith Pearlman] c; doc/85m; cph: Terry Hopkins

1995

Bliss [Lance Young] c; addph: Tobias Schliessler

1996

Welcome to Woop Woop [Stephan Elliott] 2.35 Research/c

1997

All the Little Animals [Jeremy Thomas] 2.35 Research/c

1999

The Filth and the Fury [Julien Temple] c; mus doc/108m; re-edited version of 'The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle' (1976) + new material; all film shot between 1975-79; see 1976

2000

Shiner [John Irvin] p/c; optical ph: Richard Clare

2000

The Fourth Angel [John Irvin] s35/c

2002

The Ball [Anny Slater] c; short/5m

"Anima"

2011

Anima [Scott Mannion] HD (Genesis) scope/c; short/13m; pick-up ph: Jessica Clarke-Nash; time-lapse ph: Christoph Malin; macro ph: Andrew Rohrmann


 TELEVISION

1983

Reflections [Kevin Billington] tvm; also released theatrically

1998

Noah's Ark [John Irvin] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Ian Jones


 FILMS AS CAMERA OPERATOR

1968

Performance [Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg] ph: Nicolas Roeg

1969

Walkabout [Nicolas Roeg] ph: Nicolas Roeg

1970

A Clockwork Orange [Stanley Kubrick] co-c.op; ph: John Alcott

1973

Barry Lyndon [Stanley Kubrick] co-c.op; ph: John Alcott