Mandy Walker

Return Home (Ray Argall, 1990) wr. Ray Argall, dp Mandy Walker (first feature); Dennis Coard, Frankie J. Holden, Ben Mendelsohn, Micki Camilleri, Rachel Rains; see also Eight Ball; two brothers reunited; AFI Best Director

Eight Ball (Ray Argall, 1991) wr. Ray Argall, Harry Kirchner, dp Mandy Walker; Matthew Fargher, Angie Milliken, Paul Stevn, Frankie J. Holden; promising architect and recently released prisoner meet when they both end up working on the same construction project

Parklands (Kathryn Millard, 1996) wr. Kathryn Millard, prod. Helen Bowden, dp Mandy Walker; Cate Blanchett (first feature), Tony Martin; set in Adelaide; on the Travelling Light DVD; 50 min.

Love Serenade (Shirley Barrett, 1996) wr. Shirley Barrett, dp Mandy Walker; Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith, George Shevtsov, John Alansu (Albert Lee); two sisters compete for the attentions of DJ new to small town, Sunray; the younger works in the Chinese restaurant; 101 min.

Life (Lawrence Johnston, 1995) aka Out of the Blue; wr. John Brumpton & Lawrence Johnston from the play Containment by John Brumpton (La Mama), prod. Elisa Argenzio for Rough Trade Pictures and AFI, dp Mandy Walker; John Brumpton, David Tredinnick, Robert Morgan, Belinda McClory, Libby Tanner, winner Int. Critics Prize Toronto, 4 AFI nominations; Ralph and Des share a cell in T2, the HIV isolation ward; R cert., 82 min.

Well, The (Samantha Lang, 1997) wr. Elizabeth Jolley (novel), Laura Jones, dp Mandy Walker; Pamela Rabe (Hester Harper), Miranda Otto (Katherine), Paul Chubb (Harry Bird), Frank Wilson (II) (Francis Harper), Steve Jacobs (Rod Borden), Genevieve Lemon (Jen Borden), Simon Lyndon (Jock); drama, thriller; Hester is obsessed with Katherine

Walk The Talk (Shirley Barrett, 2000) wr. Shirley Barrett; dp Mandy Walker; Nicki Bennett, Salvatore Coco, Sacha Horler; Nicki Bennett, a real-life singer, plays a singer who is managed by Salvatore Coco's character; Shirley Barrett's second feature started filming in Queensland on 1 November 1999; the story is based on events surrounding Gold Coast model Fairlie Arrow; comedy

Lantana (Ray Lawrence, 2001) wr. Andrew Bovell (play and screenplay), prod. Jan Chapman, dp Mandy Walker; Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Blake, Vince Colosimo, Russell Dykstra, Daniella Farinacci, Peter Phelps, Leah Purcell, Glenn Robbins, 115 min.; AFI 2001: best picture, direction, actor, actress ...

Australia (Baz Luhrmann, 2008) wr. Stuart Beattie, dp Mandy Walker; Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman

Australian Rules (Paul Goldman, 2002) wr. Phillip Gwynne (novel Deadly, Unna?), Paul Goldman, dp Mandy Walker; Nathan Phillips, Lisa Flanagan, Simon Westaway, Luke Carroll, Kevin Harrington, Martin Vaughan, Liz Black; national release 29 August; Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source AFI Awards 7 November 2002; 98 min.

Tracks (John Curran, 2013) prod. Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, wr. Marion Nelson, John Curran, dp Mandy Walker; Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver, Emma Booth; Robyn Davidson's story; premiere Adelaide FF October 2013

Plus American films Shattered Glass, Beastly, Red Riding Hood, Gilded Lilys, Only Human, Truth, Jane Got a Gun, Hidden Figures, The Mountain Between Us

Entry at www.cinematographers.nl:
Born: 1963, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, as Amanda Walker.
Career: While at high school she worked at a tv-station and did photography at school. After high school she completed a film criticism course through the Council of Adult Education with actor and academic John Flaus. 'I had always loved going to the movies; I find it is like entering a dream, being in that dark cinema and watching a story told in images on the big screen. I started in the film industry when I was 18. John Flaus, who was teaching a cinema studies short course I was enrolled in, gave me a few contacts. I rang many times until one of them gave me a job as a runner on a feature film. Then I pestered people in the camera department and worked for nothing on a few documentaries and music videos. Then, as a clapper loader on some features followed by focus puller. I was shooting student films and small doc's and music videos with people such as Ray Argall at the same time. Then, I shot my first feature film when I was 25, 'Return Home'.' [From interview with Rose Capp on the 'Senses of Cinema' website, 2002.]
Moved to the USA in 2005.
Ph numerous commercials dir by Steve Rogers [for Nike, Toyota, a.o.], Diana Leach, Samantha Lang [for Caltex], Greta Morton, Baz Luhrmann [for Chanel No. 5 (with Nicole Kidman [2004] & Gisele Bündchen [2014])], Peter Darley Miller [for Discovery Channel, a.o.], Dave Meyers [for Cingular Wireless], Nick Piper [for Foxwoods Casino], Terry Hall [for Longines], a.o. Ph music videos dir by Lucinda Clutterbuck, Jesse Peretz ['Big Me', 1996, a: Foo Fighters], Paul Goldman, a.o.
Member of the ACS since 1999 and the ASC since 2011.
Awards: AFI [Aus] Award nom [1991] for 'As the Mirror Burns'; ACS Award of Distinction [1996] & AFI [Aus] Award [1996] for 'Parklands'; ACS Silver Award [1997] & AFI [Aus] Award nom [1997] for 'The Well'; Women in Film and Television Award [1999]; ACS 'Golden Tripod' Award for Commercials [2000]; ACS Award of Distinction [2002] for 'Lantana'; ACS [NSW State Award] Gold Award [2003] for Victoria Tourism commercial [d: Steve Rogers]; ACS [NSW State Award] Gold Award [2004] for 'Chanel No. 5' commercial; Independent Spirit Award nom [2004] for 'Shattered Glass'; Women in Film 'Kodak Vision Award' [2008]; Hollywood FF 'Cinematographer of the Year' [2008]; AFI [Aus] Award nom [2009] for 'Australia'.
Website: Mandy Walker
FILMS
1984
Beards of Evil [Chris Windmill] 16mm/c; short/10m
1986
Painting the Town/A Palette for a Sword [Trevor Graham] 16mm/c; doc/60m; cph: John Whitteron
1986
Islands [Cristina Pozzan] 16mm/c; exp short/?m
1987
Salt Saliva Sperm and Sweat [Philip Brophy] 16mm/c; short/45m; cph: Ray Argall
1988
After School [Bill Mousoulis] 16mm/c; short/20m
1989
Return Home [Ray Argall] 16mm-35bu/c
1989
So Young [Fiona Cochrane] v/c; doc/50m
1989
Worse Than Xmas [Julie Harris] c; short/28m
1990
God's Girls: Stories from an Australian Convent/Sisters of Mercy [Cherie Nowlan] 16mm/c; doc/49m
1990
As the Mirror Burns [Cristina Pozzan] 16mm/c; doc/59m
1991
The Art of Drowning [Jaems Grant] 16mm/c; short/28m
1991
Eight Ball [Ray Argall] c
1992
Koorie Culture, Koorie Control [Russell Porter] c; doc/31m
1993
Jardiwarnpa [: The Fire Ceremony] [: A Warlpiri Fire Ceremony] [Ned Lander & Rachel Perkins] c; doc/?m; co-2uc; ph: John Whitteron
1994
Bernie's Magic Moment [Mark Hanlin] c; short/6m; also part of 'Five Easy Pizzas' (5 short films)
1994
EnvironMental [Clayton Jacobson] c; short/6m; also part of 'Five Easy Pizzas' (5 short films)
1994
Midday Crisis [Garry Richards] c; short/6m; also part of 'Five Easy Pizzas' (5 short films)
1995
Life/Out of the Blue/Containment [Lawrence Johnston] c
1995
Love Serenade [Shirley Barrett] s35/c
1996
Parklands [Kathryn Millard] 16mm/c; short/51m
1996
The Well [Samantha Lang] c
1998
The Order [Aden Young] 16mm/c; short/24m
1999
Walk the Talk [Shirley Barrett] c
2000
Lantana [Ray Lawrence] s35/c
2001
Australian Rules/Deadly, Unna? [Paul Goldman] c; 2uc: Damian Wyvill
2002
Shattered Glass [Billy Ray] s35/c; addph: Phedon Papamichael
2005
Eucalyptus [Jocelyn Moorhouse] scheduled to start in February, but put on hold; Russell Crowe tried to revive the project as dir
With dir Baz Luhrmann - "Australia"
2007
Australia [Baz Luhrmann] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Greig Fraser, Nigel Bluck & Damian Wyvill
2009
Beastly [Daniel Barnz] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; insert ph: Sylvaine Dufaux
"Red Riding Hood"
2010
Red Riding Hood [Catherine Hardwicke] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Roger Vernon & Ryan Bailey; splinter unit ph: Don McCuaig
2012
Tracks [John Curran] p (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (+ c.op 'a' cam): Jason Ellson; uncred addph: Damian Wyvill
2013
Jane Got a Gun [Gavin O'Connor (replaced Lynne Ramsay)] p (+ D-Cinema)/c; + 2ud; scheduled ph Darius Khondji left the prod in solidarity with dir L. Ramsay; released in 2016
2014
Truth [James Vanderbilt] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/p)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c
2016
Hidden Figures [Theodore Melfi] p+s16-to-D-Cinema (scope)/b&w-c
2016
The Mountain Between Us [Hany Abu-Assad] HD (ARRI ALEXA 65, SXT/p & Mini/p)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; 2uc: Roger Vernon; aph: Hans Bjerno; filmed 2016-17
2017
Mulan [Niki Caro] pre-production
TELEVISION
1986
Pop Movie/Fast Forward [Ray Argall] 6-part mus series/16mm; cph: R. Argall; ep: 'The Myth of Stardom', 'The Myth Continues', 'Radio', 'Rock 'n' Roll High School', 'Miles of Music' & 'One Step Ahead'
1995
Naked [: Stories of Men] [ep 'A Fallen Woman' dir by Geoffrey Wright] 6-part series/s16, 1996; other ph: Stephen Windon & Tristan Milani
1997
Raw FM [various] 13-part series/16mm; other ph: László Baranyai, Louis Irving & Clive Sell
2012
Gilded Lilys [Brian Kirk] pilot; for ABC-tv
2014
Only Human [Gavin O'Connor] pilot; for CBS-tv
MISCELLANEOUS
1982
Dusty [John Richardson] prod runner; ph: Alex McPhee
1983
Little Bits [dir; + prod/ed] exp short/?m; ph: ?
1984
Strikebound [Richard Lowenstein] 3rd asst dir; ph: Andrew de Groot
1984
Wrong World [Ian Pringle] clapper-loader; ph: Ray Argall
1985
Sky Pirates [Colin Eggleston] loader 2u; 2uc: John Wheeler; ph: Garry Wapshott
1986
Dogs in Space [Richard Lowenstein] clapper-loader; ph: Andrew de Groot
1987
Bachelor Girl [Rivka Hartman] focus puller; ph: John Whitteron
1988
Jigsaw [Marc Gracie] focus puller; ph: Jaems Grant
1989
Tender Hooks [Mary Callaghan] focus puller; ph: Ray Argall
1989
A Kink in the Picasso [Marc Gracie] c.asst; ph: Jaems Grant
1990
Breakaway/Escape from Madness [Don McLennan] focus puller; ph: Zbigniew Friedrich
1990
The Castanet Club [Neil Armfield] c.op; ph: Ray Argall
1994
That Eye, the Sky [John Ruane] c.op; ph: Ellery Ryan

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