Donald McAlpine
Donald McAlpine ACS, ASC (born 13 April 1934) is an Australian cinematographer. McAlpine was a physical education teacher in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. He began using a 16mm camera to film athletes preparing for the Melbourne Olympic Games.
In Australia, from 1972 to 1981, McAlpine collaborated with Bruce Beresford. McAlpine filmed many of Beresford's early films, including The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Don's Party, The Getting of Wisdom, Money Movers, Breaker Morant and The Club. McAlpine also worked with director Gillian Armstrong on My Brilliant Career.
McAlpine was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in Moulin Rouge!.[citation needed] He is a member of both the Australian Cinematographers Society and the American Society of Cinematographers.[citation needed] The A.S.C. honored him with the 2009 International Achievement Award. In 2016 McAlpine received an honorary doctorate in Arts from Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia
Known For | Camera |
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Most Rating | 9.575 |
Birthday | 1934-01-01 |
Place of Birth | Quandialla, New South Wales, Australia |
Also Known As | Donald M. McAlpine, Don McAlpine, Don McApline, |
2012
Show Me the Magic
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Don McAlpine, legendary cinematographer. World renowned Australian. A documentary of his life journey from teaching physical education in Temora, NSW,...
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Show Me the Magic
2012
Side by Side
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Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmak...
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Side by Side
2006
Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
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First there was ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’, then ‘My Brilliant Career’, and now best of all ‘The Getting of Wisdom’. It is incomparably moving and power...
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Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
2008
Not Quite Hollywood
6.8/87
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock...
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Not Quite Hollywood
2004
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
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A behind-the-scenes look at the 1987 sci-fi/action film that has since become one of the modern classics, about a team of special forces soldiers who...
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