Joel is a graduate
of the Australian Film TV and Radio School where he received his
degree in cinematography with recognition in direction.
He has extensive
experience in film-making, working on big and small budget
productions, as a DOP and as a director. He has more than 40 major
documentary and drama productions to his credit.
Prior to his AFTRS
degree he was a successful film-maker in his own right, having
completed a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree in Hobart, with three of
his four films selected for screening at the Sydney and Melbourne film
festivals. He worked professionally as a camera assistant and
Production/Unit manager before film school.
Since completing
three years at the national film school in 1986, he has been nominated
for Best Cinematography at the AFI awards and been awarded
certificates and a Golden Tripod from the Australian Cinematographers
Society as well as Screen awards from the US/International Film
Festival.
Joel was 2nd unit
DOP on the Wim Wenders feature Until The End Of The World
and DOP on the features You Can't Push The River,
Custody, and Witchhunt. He has also shot/directed various
music videos, documentaries and TV commercials.
His work has
covered social, political, environmental and inter-personal themes,
taking him to the “four corners” of the globe. He has worked on
projects as diverse as filming wildlife in remote African mountains,
to wild street gangs in the hub of Hong Kong; from the unique and
often inaccessible landscapes of Antarctica and Tibet to the big,
bustling cities of London and New York.
Joel’s visual
flair and depth of experience means a film shot on a ‘low budget’ is
given added production value on the screen.
Joel has shot for
National Geographic internationally, for the London-based Cafe
Productions and Beyond Productions in Australia.
Joel's latest
project completed for Film Buff Productions' was directing and filming
'The Comeback Kings', released internationally October 2002.
