Nick Paton ACS PO Box 5124 Mt Gravatt East Q 4122 Australia 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 Bangkok 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, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri lanka, New Zealand, Cambodia, Kenya,The Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar, USA, Finland, Guatemala, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Japan. 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