Nick Paton ACS PO Box 5124 Mt Gravatt East Q 4122 Tel: 0411 596 581 email:[email protected] web:www.nickpaton.com.au

Nick’s love of cinematography began with a chance encounter with a stills camera at age thirteen. Since then, he has never stopped capturing the world around him.

With strong connections made with his peers during his flm school education, Nick was offered the opportunity to shoot major projects in the drama, documentary and television promo spaces. These experiences and many thereafter have left Nick imbued with a strong sense of story, a keen sense of composition, and a solid understanding of light - both natural and artifcial.

Nick loves to span various forms of documentary and drama, he is well travelled having shot in over 25 countries. Nick enjoys the chance encounter, the happy accident and the shared experience of making flms in near and foreign lands.

Nick was accredited by the Australian Cinematographers Society in 2007, a testament to his ongoing efforts in the Cinematography space.

Awards

Winner - Best documentary Lost Contact St Kilda FF 2021

Silver - Web & New media Ainsley’s Story Qld ACS awards

Gold - Doc. Cinema & TV Voyage that Changed the world Qld ACS awards

Distinction - Doc. Cinema & TV Boulia National ACS awards

Gold - Documentary Cinema & TV Boulia Qld ACS awards

Silver - Documentary Cinema & TV Kensational Qld ACS awards

Silver - Station breaks and promos Disney “Donald” Qld ACS awards

HC - Station breaks and promos Disney “Pocohontas” Qld ACS awards

Gold - Station breaks and promos Disney “Tigger” Qld ACS awards

Silver - Documentary Cinema & TV Sindelar - portrait of the man Qld ACS awards

Silver - Tele-features and short flms Jack Bukowski Qld ACS awards

Gold - Station breaks and promos Oddsox Opener Qld ACS awards Documentary/Televison - Select credits

Going Country Additional cinematography Dir Kriv Stenders 2 x 1hr TV doc Eqmedia

Blurred Cinematographer Dir Jaina Kalifa/Amelia Paxman Short documentary Cracking Covid Additional cinematography Dir Sonya Pemberton Feature documentary Genepool productions

Catalyst 22 “Koalas” Additional cinematography Dir James Peyton/Randall Wood Episodic documentary ABC TV

Invisible Killers Additional cinematography Dir Emma Watts Episodic documentary Wild Bear Entertainment

Breaking Boundaries Additional cinematography Silverback Films (UK) Episodic documentary

India Film “Untitled” Cinematographer Dir Herman Van Eyken Short documentary

Chasing Glory Additional cinematography Red Bull Media House Television documentary

One night stand Camera operator Photoplay for ABC/JTV Music special

Summerfeld Dayze Additional cinematographer MTV Australia Music special

Medicine Woman Cinematographer Visionquest (Aus)/Four Square Films (Can) TV documentary series 13 x 30 minutes

Recipe to Riches Cinematographer Dir John Bisset Back stories x 5 Freemantle Media

CNN Heroes Cinematographer CNN New York Short documentary

Fake or Fortune -Tom Roberts Additional cinematographer BBC Bristol Episodic documentary

Go back to where you came.. Additional cinematographer CJZ Episodic documentary

Wanted down under Cinematographer Dir Emma Burman Observational series x 5 eps BBC Bristol

Banged up Abroad Additional cinematographer Dir Barbie MacLaurin underworld ser 5 National Geographic/Raw Tv Episodic documentary

Loggerheads the missing years Additional cinematographer Dir Jeremy Hogarth Gulliver Media/National Geographic

Empire of Cricket Additional cinematographer Dir Robert Murphy BBC Bristol Voyage that shook the world Cinematographer Dir Steve Murray Feature documentary Fathom Media

Rockhampton 4700 Cinematographer Dir Carita Farrer 30 Minute documentary SBS/Canelot

Boulia Cinematographer Dir Jason Webb 30 Documentary SBS/AMTV Drama - Select credits

Aftermath Cinematographer Six Shooter Films Short flm

Occupation C camera operator Dir Luke Sparke Action feature flm Quirky Man Productions

Lightning Point Cinematographer Jonathan M Shiff Productions Webisodes

Borderline Cinematographer Dir Ali Schaefer Short flm

Odd Sox Cinematographer Shane P Krause TV Pilot

Yep Cool Cinematographer Dir Michelle Papast Short flm

Turtle Cinematographer Dir Sophia Souris Short flm

Waiting room Cinematographer Dir Sophia Souris Short flm

Spectrum Cinematographer Dir Judd Tilyard Short flm Darcstorm

Sniffer Cinematographer Dir Judd Tilyard Carmel Rooney Productions

Golden Dragon II Cinematographer Dir Craig Proudley Short flm Providence flms

Living Colour Cinematographer Dir Neal Taylor Feature Film Renaissance Pictures

Content

Work for many large and small Australian companies. Telstra, CBA, Optus, RAF, Woolworths and many more.. Specialised Skills

Extensive experience working in foreign countries – adaptability to changing situations while delivering a high quality result.

Studio set and location lighting and their various requirements.

Extensive experience testing and selecting appropriate equipment for a project, weighing up transportation issues and carnet clearances. Ability to perform routine and basic emergency maintenance on location.

High level knowledge and use of most popular Digital & Film cameras systems and their workfows.

Management of crews of 3 to 50. Dealing with camera departments, grip and lighting departments within traditional flm and tv infrastructure.

Capacity as director/Cinematographer having shot and directed over thirty international mini documentaries for NGO organisations.

Experience in acquisition for post heavy projects, green and blue screen shooting, mixture of scale and models.

Countries I’ve Worked in

Canada, Wales, England, Ireland, Namibia, Ghana, , Democratic Republic of Congo, , , Cambodia, Kenya,The , , Myanmar, USA, , Guatemala, , , , , , , . Personal Education

Currently studying a Masters of screen production specialising in cinematography for both drama and documentary, Griffth Film School.

Accredited member (ACS) of the Australian Cinematographers Society 2007 Qld ACS awards certifcate number 314 since the societies inception.

Kodak Masterclass – Dante Spinotti ASC AIC

AFTRS/Kodak Masterclass – Jeffrey Darling

Bachelor of Art Film & Television Production – Qld College of Art 1990

Ongoing Education through Industry special interest evenings through the ACS