Aaron McLisky, ACS

Director of Photography

Aaron McLisky is an award-winning cinematographer actively working across television drama, feature films, music videos and commercials.

In 2022, Aaron shot the acclaimed horror film Talk to Me, for directors Danny and Michael Philippou and Causeway Films. After its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, the feature continued to receive various accolades including multiple nominations and wins at the 2024 AACTA Awards, of which Aaron was nominated for Best Cinematography in Film. Also in 2022, he was the cinematographer on the star-studded action thriller Poker Face, for director Russel Crowe and Arclight Media. He also shot the third and second seasons of acclaimed television drama Mr. Inbetween (dir. Nash Edgerton, 2019) for Blue Tongue Films, Jungle Entertainment, Foxtel and FX. The series received multiple AACTA Award nominations as well as international critical acclaim, with many critics praising Aaron’s cinematography.

Other television credits include the third season of the hit Australian drama Glitch (dir. Emma Freeman/ Matchbox Pictures/ ABC/ Netflix, 2019) and the third season of the beloved comedy drama The Family Law (dir. Ben Chessell/ Matchbox Pictures, 2018).

Aaron’s bold and distinctive visual style is exhibited in a number of short films, including the award-winning Nursey Rhymes (dir. Tom Noakes, 2018) for which Aaron received the Flickerfest Award for Best Cinematography; as well as The Sand That Ate the Sea (dir. Matthew Thorne, 2018) which won Aaron the Silver ACS Award for Best Cinematography in a Short Film.

In 2023, Aaron worked on the mini-series Exposure (dir. Bonnie Moir) for Thirdborn and Stan, of which he shot all six episodes. Before landing on streaming, the series premiered to a sold-out audience at the Sydney Film Festival and his work on episode 5 later earned him an AACTA Nomination. Most recently, Aaron wrapped on the highly anticipated feature Bring Her Back, which marks his second collaboration with directors Danny and Michael Philippou.

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