Steve Arnold, ACS

Director of Photography

Steve Arnold is one of Australia’s most experienced DOPs, with numerous accolades and awards to his name. Credits include the feature film Rams (WBMC Productions, 2019) which reunites him with director Jeremy Sims and stars Sam Neil and Michael Caton; The Flip Side (dir. Marion Pilowsky/Corner Table Productions, 2018);  A Few Less Men (dir. Mark Lamprell/Gorean Films, 2017); multi AACTA-Award-winning Last Cab to Darwin (dir. Jeremy Sims/ Last Cab Productions, 2015) which earned Steve both AACTA and FCCA Award nominations for Cinematography; the award-winning Red Obsession (dirs. David Roach, Warwick Ross /Lion Rock Films, 2013) for which Steve was also nominated for an AACTA Award .

Steve shot the multiple award-winning feature Disgrace (dir. Steve Jacobs /Sherman Films, 2008) starring John Malkovich and was awarded the ACS Bronze Award for his work on the film. He also shot AFI winner La Spagnola (dir. Steve Jacobs /Wild Strawberries Productions, 2001) for which he received an AFI nomination for Best Cinematography.

Some of Steve’s other awarded credits include a ACS Silver Award for Separation City (dir. Paul Middleditch /New Holland Pictures, 2009), which starred Joel Edgerton; an ACS Award of Distinction for both Terra Nova (dir. Paul Middleditch/ Dendy Films, 1998) and Turning April (dir. Geoff Bennett /Alliance Productions, 1996) as well as the Silver ACS Award for the multiple-award-winning miniseries, The Day of the Roses (dir. Peter Fisk/ Network Ten, 1998). Other feature credits include Mad Bastards (dir. Brendan Fletcher 2011) which screened at Sundance in 2011 and the comedy feature Mr Accident (dir. Yahoo Serious/ Goldwyn Films, 2000).

His US genre features include ManThing (Lions Gate Films, 2005), Highlander: The Source (Davis-Panzer Productions, 2007) and Feed (All At Once Productions, 2005) all directed by Brett Leonard. Steve has also shot 2nd Unit/Additional photography on Anna and the King (dir. Andy Tennant /Fox 2000 Pictures, 1999) and The Water Diviner (dir. Russell Crowe /Fear of God Films, 2014).

Additionally, he has shot the feature documentaries, AFI Award-winning, Not Fourteen Again (dir. Gillian Armstrong /Beyond Films International, 1996), John Pilger’s The Secret Country (Central Production/ ITV, 1986) and Mark Lewis’s Emmy Award-winning film The Natural History of the Chicken (Film4, 2000), for which Steve garnered an Emmy nomination for Cinematography. Steve has also shot many TV dramas, some of which include Grange (dir. Catorina McKenzie/ ABC, 2005) and Balmain Boys (dir. Ray Quint/ Columbia TrisStar, 2003). Steve’s most recent credits include the feature film Ruby’s Choice (Amazing Pictures, 2022), for director Michael Budd as well as the debut feature film for Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes, Sissy (Arcadia, 2021), which earned an AACTA nomination for Best Film (2022).

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