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    live action : stop motion : trickatech 

     

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      Simon Higgins - Director of Photography

      live action : stop motion : trickatech 

       

      • Resume

        Selected Projects

        TVCS

        Dropbear - Vicinity Melb. - Photoplay

        Dropbear - NPLH Project - Direct

        Gen Kaiser - Xero - Pixel. Melbourne

        Gen Kaiser - Google - Entropico

        Peter Nizic - Big W - Hogarth

        Peter Nizic - Makers - The Funktion 

        Peter Nizic - Cobram Estate - Pixel.Melbourne *AEAF Award Winner

        Ben Hobbs - Inventory Plus - Xero

        Ben Hobbs - Project Plus - Xero

        Simon Rippingdale - Lego - Heckler

        Simon Rippingdale - Quilton - Heckler

        Simon Rippingdale - NRMA - Heckler

        Natasha Foster - CommBank - Entropico

        Simon Robson - Edith Cowan Uni Perth - McFly Films

        Simon Robson - Precinct - Rasic + partners

        Simon Robson - Swinburne RMIT - Sedona

        Simon Robson - RACV - Sedona

        Dropbear - NSW Govt DCS - Photoplay

        Dropbear - Big W Toymania - Photoplay

        Gen Kaiser - Flybuys - Pixel.Melbourne

        Gen Kaiser - Koala - Jack Nimble

        Gen Kaiser - Amex - Jack Nimble

        Gen Kaiser - Bunnings - Jack Nimble

        Darren Price - Self Wealth - Mighty Nice

        Darren Price - Samsung - Mighty Nice

        Josh Logue - Riverina - Papermoose

        Peter Nizic - Archie Rose Gin - Direct

        Peter Nizic - Felix - Papermoose

        Peter Nizic - Noosa - Papermoose

        Dropbear - Lipton - Playtime

        Dropbear - Ikea - Playtime

        Dropbear - British Paints - Playtime

        Dropbear - Woolies - Playtime

        Dropbear - NRMA - Playtime

        Dropbear - British Paints - Playtime

        Dropbear - Openshop - Playtime

        Norman Yeend - Atomic Monster (US) - Bewilderbeast *AEAF Award Winner

        Darren Price - Ethical Nutrients - Mighty Nice

        Darren Price - Toilet Duck - Mighty Nice

        Darren Price - Crown - Mighty Nice

        Darren Price - K-Mart - Mighty Nice

        Darren Price - Handy Wipes - Mighty Nice

        Alex Kery - Fox Movies - Foxtel Creative

        Jeremy Hudson - NSW Floods - Limehouse Creative

        Simon Robson - CoEx - Ogilvy X

        Josh Edwards - Emirates - Buck

        Josh Edwards - Sunbites - Buck

        Gareth O'Brien - Google - Buck

        Gareth O'Brien - KFC - Ogilvy X

        Simon Robson - CoEx - Ogilvy X

        Kyra Bartley - Lego - Sixty 40

        Kyra Bartley - XERO - Sixty 40 x 3 Campaigns

        Boca Ceravolo - McDonalds - Sixty 40

        Boca Ceravolo - Air NZ - Sixty 40

        Simon Robson - K-Mart - Mighty Nice

        Simon Robson - Coke Summer Classic - Emotive

        Simon Robson - Chartered Accountants - Sixty 40/ Heckler

        Simon Robson - Taubman's - Sixty 40/ Heckler

        Simon Robson - NRL 2016 - Sixty 40/ Heckler

        Simon Robson - St Vincent de Paul TVC - Sixty 40/ Kite Productions

        Simon Robson - emma software - Goodstuff

        Simon Robson - Bondi Hipsters Iconic - Mighty Nice

        Dean Friske - Woolworths Jamie's Table TVCS + Content - Spring

        Dean Friske - Jeans4Genes - Ideas of Dean

        Dean Friske - Yahoo - Ideas of Dean

        Dean Friske - Westpac - Ideas of Dean

        Dean Friske - Nissan - Thinkbone

        Sinead McDevitt - YBell Fitness - Finch

        Chris Nelius - Mountain Dew Pick Ups - Finch

        Chris Nelius - Hungry Jack's - Heckler

        Nick Reynolds - NRMA - Curious

        Nick Reynolds - Mentos - Plaza

        Phil Meatchem - Kirin - Film Graphics

        Phil Meatchem - AGL - Film Graphics

         

        Drama & Documentary

         

        Junky’s Christmas 17 mins. 16mm short

        Written & Narrated By William S.Burroughs. Directed By Nick Donkin

        A Francis Ford Coppola Presents / VH-1 / Palomar Pictures Production

        Winner Jury Award Aspen Film Festival 1995

        Winner Lumiere Award New Orlens Film Festival 1995

        Nominated Best Animation Australian Film Institute Awards 1995

        Charlotte Grey (VFX Unit) 35mm - Miniature Title Elements - Animal Logic

        Director Belinda Bennetts

        Willfull (VFX Unit) 35mm - Pyrotechnic Title Elements - Animal Logic

        Director Belinda Bennetts

        Fight Science (35mm Tech Tests for series development teaser) - Animal Logic

        Director John Brenkus - Discovery Channel - Base Productions USA

        Monkey Puzzle" (2nd Unit) Feature S16mm Director: Mark Forstmann

        Dop: Justine Kerrigan - Totem Films

        Walking On Water" (2nd Unit) Feature 35mm Director: Tony Ayres, Producer: Liz Watts Dop: Bob Humphreys Porchlight Films

        Slava’s Snowshow Doco 60 mins digital Shared DOP credit with Justine Kerrigan Producer: Andrew Higgie FranceChannel 2/ BackRow/SFX Paris

        Are You Racist? Documentary (VFX Unit)

        Director Paul Scott, Mindful Media. SBS Australia

        Kangaroo Documentary Feature (Additional days)

        Director Kate Cleary-McIntyre, Hopping Pictures

         

         

        Broadcast Design & Promos, Station IDs for 

        Animal Logic, Tilt Design, Foxtel Area 51, Foxtel Graphics, Foxtel Movie Network,

        Channel Ten Promos, Network Seven Promos, SBS, Ambience,
        TCN Nine, Discovery Channel, Tactic, National Geographic,

        MTV, ZSpace, Engine, English & Pockett (UK), Astra (MALAYSIA),

        Bloomberg (UK), Knapman Wylde, Digital Pictures.

         

        Music Video (selected)

        Alice In Chains (USA), The VORS, Han, Josh Pyke ,

        You Am I (2), Primary, Max 22, Leah Heyward,

        Amateur Lovers (USA),

        One Nation Blue, Wicked Beats, Crash Palace, Leonardo’s Bride (3),

        Rumanastone, Christian Alexanda, The Whitlams (2), Bluebottle Kiss.

         

        Education

        Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) City Art Institute, Sydney 1989 (COFA).

        Master of Arts (Drama) AFTRS 1997

         

        Awards

        2007 National ACS Awards - Award of Distinction

        2006 NSW ACS Awards - Gold
        2003 NSW ACS Awards - Silver

        1997 ARIA Accredited Recognition Award - Music Video

         

        Relevant Skills

        Miniatures, scale models, VFX, stop motion & Dragonframe specialist.

        Founder of Showreelfinder.com online video portal for the screen production industry, established in 2005.

         

        Equipment

        Zeiss Classic Lens Extended Kit, Canon EOS bodies x 3, inc 8k video body.

        15 and 24mm Macro Probe Specialized Lens Kit, 24mm Periprobe, 25 mm 5x Macro lens, Dragon loaded laptop. Grip and lighting for tabletop.

        Trickatech tabletop motion control rig. 6 axis. Stop motion and tabletop testing studio.

         

         

      Resume

      Music Department

      Skeletons

      Top Techs +61 2 9958 1611

      crew@toptechsmanagement.com.au

       

       

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