David Eggby ACS
Born1950 (age 73–74)
London, England
OccupationCinematographer

David Eggby, A.C.S. (born 1950) is an English-born Australian cinematographer.[1]

Eggby was born in 1950 in London, but has lived in Melbourne since childhood. He received the Cinematographer of the Year Award (2001) and the Golden Tripod from the Australian Cinematographers Society, both for his work on the film Pitch Black.

Beginning his career as a photographer for the Royal Australian Navy, Eggby then moved on to work for Australian television production company Crawford Productions, working on such shows as Homicide and Matlock Police. Eggby's lucky break would be the low budget action film Mad Max.[2] Often risking personal injury, Eggby would perch himself onto the back of a speeding motorbike to achieve adrenaline-pumping shots for the cult favourite.[tone]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Ref.
1979 Mad Max George Miller [2]
1980 Dead Man's Float Peter Sharp
1982 Early Frost Brian McDuffie
1983 At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture Simon Heath
Buddies Arch Nicholson
1984 The Slim Dusty Movie Rob Stewart
1985 The Naked Country Tim Burstall
1988 Kansas David Stevens
1989 Warlock Steve Miner [3]
The Blood of Heroes David Webb Peoples
1990 Quigley Down Under Simon Wincer
1991 Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man [4]
1993 Fortress Stuart Gordon [5]
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Rob Cohen
1994 Lightning Jack Simon Wincer
1996 Dragonheart Rob Cohen
Daylight
1999 Virus John Bruno [6]
Blue Streak Les Mayfield
2000 Pitch Black David Twohy [7]
2002 Scooby-Doo Raja Gosnell [8]
2003 Horseplay Stavros Kazantzidis
2004 EuroTrip Jeff Schaffer
2005 Racing Stripes Frederik Du Chau [9]
2006 The Marine John Bonito [10]
2007 Underdog Frederik Du Chau
2008 The Secret of Moonacre Gábor Csupó
2011 Ironclad Jonathan English
2013 Riddick David Twohy
2017 2:22 Paul Currie

Television

TV series

Year Title Director Notes
1977 Bluey George Miller Episode "The Mooball Man"
1994 Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Brendan Maher Episodes "Strange Encounters" and "Growing Up Quick";
With David Connell
1995 Space: Above and Beyond David Nutter Episode "Pilot"

Miniseries

Year Title Director Notes
1985 A Thousand Skies David Stevens
1986 Dream West Dick Lowry With Robert M. Baldwin and Jack Wallner
1993 The Tommyknockers John Power With Dan Burstall

TV movies

Year Title Director
1976 Me & Mr Thorne Paul Eddey
1981 Homicide Squad Bob Meillon
1986 Charley's Web Simon Heath
1992 Survive the Savage Sea Kevin James Dobson
1995 Kansas Robert Mandel
1998 The Echo of Thunder Simon Wincer
2000 Rip Girls Joyce Chopra
Stepsister from Planet Weird Steve Boyum
2001 Crossfire Trail Simon Wincer
2003 Monte Walsh

References

  1. ^ "DAVID EGGBY". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b Brennan, Sandra. "Biography: David Eggby". Allmovie. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  3. ^ Canby, Vincent (30 March 1991). "A Warlock Scheming in Los Angeles". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  4. ^ Canby, Vincent (24 August 1991). "Buddy Trip With Rourke And Johnson". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  5. ^ Holden, Stephen (4 September 1993). "A Futuristic Prison That Demands Escape". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  6. ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (16 January 1999). "Celluloid Comic Book About Aliens". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  7. ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (18 February 2000). "Pitch Black (2000)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  8. ^ Scott, A. O. (14 June 2002). "If the Saturday Morning Show Wasn't Enough . . ". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  9. ^ Janusonis, Michael (25 October 2005). "Never fear, live-action Underdog will be filmed here". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  10. ^ Gibron, Bill (25 January 2007). "The Marine". DVD Talk. Retrieved 22 February 2011.

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