Cinematographers

Steven Meizler is known for Minority Report (2002), Armageddon (1998) and War of the Worlds (2005).

Hoyte Van Hoytema was born in Horgen, Switzerland. Van Hoytema is a Dutch-Swedish director of photography known for his work on The Fighter (2010), Her (2013), Interstellar (2014), and Dunkirk (2017). Van Hoytema always wanted to be a filmmaker, therefore he wished to attend a film school in The Netherlands, but was rejected twice. After the rejection, Van Hoytema worked in a soap factory, carpentry factory and even played in a band. Hoyte and his brother decided to go to Poland to visit their roots, considering their grandpa was Polish. He eventually went on to attend the Polish film school in Lodz, which has been attended by other notable film makers, with the most notable being Andrzej Wajda, Roman Polanski, and Krzysztof Kieslowski. At the later stages of Hoyte's education at the Lodz film school, Kieslowski was a professor there, who even supervised one of Hoyte's last projects. Hoyte left the Lodz film school early without having received a degree, but with many credentials. He started out with making documentaries. He later met someone who asked him to shoot a very low-budget film in Norway, which he accepted to do. This let Hoyte to film another film in Norway which was led by a a producer who was very active in Sweden. The producer offered Hoyte to work on a television show and another feature film. This started off Hoyte's career. He started to become a notable film maker in Sweden. His film 'Let the right one in' made him more known internationally.

Jeff Cronenweth was born on 14 January 1962 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Gone Girl (2014), The Social Network (2010) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). He has been married to Loan Nguyen Cronenweth since 20 October 2023. He was previously married to Tyne Doyle.

Stephen F. Windon was born in 1959 in Sydney, Australia. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Gray Man (2022), Furious 7 (2015) and Star Trek Beyond (2016).

Tim Ives is known for Stranger Things (2016), We Were the Lucky Ones (2024) and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023).

Lol Crawley was born on 2 November 1974 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK. He is a cinematographer, known for The Brutalist (2024), White Noise (2022) and 45 Years (2015).

Greig Fraser was born on 3 October 1975 in Melbourne, Australia. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Dune: Part One (2021), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). He is married to Jodie Fried. They have three children.

Katy Shetler is known for Cobra Kai (2018), Obliterated (2023) and Upheaval (2019).

Ross Davis is known for The Accountant (2016), Killers (2010) and Insurgent (2015).

Benny Smyth is known for Tekken (2010), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) and Project Almanac (2015).

Paul Varrieur is known for Twister (1996), RoboCop 3 (1993) and Kill the Messenger (2014).

Tom Camarda is known for National Treasure: Edge of History (2022), CSI: Vegas (2021) and Lucifer (2016).

Autumn Durald Arkapaw was born on 14 December 1979 in Ventura, California, USA. She is a cinematographer and director, known for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Loki (2021) and Teen Spirit (2018). She has been married to Adam Arkapaw since 2015. They have one child.

David Lanzenberg is known for In the Shadow of the Moon (2019), Peppermint (2018) and The Signal (2014).

Stephan Pehrsson was born on 10 November 1975 in Hillerød, Denmark. He is a cinematographer and assistant director, known for Black Mirror (2011), Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) and Tolkien (2019).

Darren Lew is known for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), The Irishman (2019) and Jamie Marks Is Dead (2014).

Jim Mickle is known for Stake Land (2010), Cold in July (2014) and Sweet Tooth (2021).

David Garbett is known for Sweet Tooth (2021), Z for Zachariah (2015) and Ash vs Evil Dead (2015).

Rob Marsh, NZCS Cinematographer

Rob Marsh is an Emmy award-winning cinematographer whose outstanding career has spanned 30 years working on many world class television dramas, feature films and commercials. Rob recently finished shooting Season 2 of the multi award-winning Amazon Studios TV show Deadloch. He was the set-up DOP and this season was shot in Queensland and Northern Territory. Prior to that Rob shot The Last Anniversary which is the highly anticipated TV series written by Liane Moriarty. This 6-part TV series was produced by Fifth Season and Made Up Stories. Rob also teamed up with Fifth Season and Made Up Stories prior to this on the highly successful TV series Strife.

Rob was DOP on all three seasons of the Emmy award-winning series Sweet Tooth. In 2023 he won an Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Live Action Program for Season 3. Rob worked on both seasons of The Wilds and he was the lead DOP on The Wilds Season 2 which was shot in Queensland for Amazon.

Rob is accredited by the New Zealand Cinematography Society, and he also won Gold for Outstanding Cinematography for the Netflix TV Series Sweet Tooth in 2024.

Rob's 2nd Unit DOP credits include a number of productions like Spartacus, The Warrior Way, Aliens in the Attic, The Strength of Water and The Shannara Chronicles.

He's also worked on many award-winning feature films like Avatar, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Rob also shot two New Zealand feature films - The Devil's Rock and Low Down Dirty Criminals.

Rob is highly regarded by his colleagues and peers in both New Zealand, Australia and the US. He has a passion for creating beautiful images and he loves the challenge of bringing scripts to life.

Mauro Fiore was born on 15 November 1964 in Marzi, Calabria, Italy. He is a cinematographer, known for Avatar (2009), Training Day (2001) and The Island (2005). He has been married to Christine Vollmer since 2000. They have three children.

Wally Pfister is an American cinematographer and film director, who is best known for his work with Christopher Nolan. He is also known for his work on director F. Gary Gray's The Italian Job (2003) and Bennett Miller's Moneyball (2011).

He made his directorial debut with the film Transcendence (2014), starring Johnny Depp.

His first collaboration with Nolan was on the neo-noir thriller Memento (2000). The success of this collaboration resulted in Pfister taking over as director of photography for Nolan's subsequent films: Insomnia (2002), Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), which he partially shot with IMAX cameras, and Inception, which was shot partially in 5-perf 65 mm. He is the only cinematographer that has worked with director Christopher Nolan between Memento and Dark Knight Rises.

Pfister won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Inception (2010).

Bill Pope was born on 19 June 1952 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Matrix (1999), The Jungle Book (2016) and Spider-Man 2 (2004). He is married to Sharon Oreck. They have one child.

John Mathieson came up through the traditional camera ranks. Before his start as a cinematographer in feature films he shot many music videos, documentaries and TV commercials. He also worked in cutting rooms and has always considered himself as a film maker, interested in all areas of the process, rather than a dedicated cinematographer.

Markus Förderer was born in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is a cinematographer, known for September 5 (2024), Constellation (2024) and Red Notice (2021).

Julio C. Perez IV is known for It Follows (2014), Euphoria (2019) and American Made (2017).