Displaying 61 - 80 of 80
 | Jim Frazier OAM ACS is a highly regarded pioneer of wildlife cinematography. Jim's life reads like the ultimate Australian success story. A heart-... More » 13 May 2005 |
 | Edwin Scragg born in South London Oct 31, 1940 and died March 1, 1997 in the garden of his Brisbane home, doing the impossible as usual. In this case... More » 13 May 2005 |
 | Late in 2007 a reunion of former and current ABC staff who worked in Melbourne's cine-camera department brought together some of the country's most sk... More » 13 May 2005 |
 | Phil born in Uxbridge, England Oct 19, 1928. In 1945 Phil's father Richard Pike was assigned to travel to Sydney to open an Australian branch of his e... More » 13 May 2005 |
 | Russell Boyd born in Victoria in 1944, became keenly interested in photography as a young man, so upon leaving school, he sought and managed to get a ... More » 13 May 2005 |
 | Syd Wood joined Movietone News in 1931 and was originally employed in the editing room, advancing to Editor. In 1944 during WW2 Syd volunteered and jo... More » 13 May 2005 |
 | Vic was one of the oldest members of the ACS Victorian Branch. He passed away peacefully on May 25th at the age of 86. I first met Vic at a meetin... More » 13 May 2005 |
 | Born in Renmark, South Australia in 1943, Dean started as a TV-Studio cameraman at Adelaide's ABC-TV. He then moved to the news department and began s... More » 5 May 2005 |
 | Alex McPhee snr. - First President of the Western Australian Branch of the ACS From a very early age Alex McPhee snr. was interested in photograp... More » 3 May 2005 |
 | Arthur Embery Higgins ACS (1891-1963) Arthur Higgins, one of Australia's most famous cinematographers was born in Hobart on October 25, 1891 the youngest of three sons to Henry Higgins a H... More » 3 May 2005 |
 | Bruce was born in Gisborne, New Zealand on 11 December 1931, and lived there until he was nineteen and then went to Wellington University doing a BA d... More » 3 May 2005 |
 | On a school cultural excursion in the late 1950s to the ABC-TV Gore Hill, Don McAlpine discovered the News Office. There was a door, 'News Supervisor'... More » 3 May 2005 |
 | Jack became interested in photography in his early teens, getting his first camera in 1935 on his 14th birthday. Thus the seeds for his future in ... More » 3 May 2005 |
 | John Gaskell Leake OAM ACS (1929-2009) On November 17, 1944 John commenced work as an office boy at Movietone News - Sydney. Then in 1945 and much to his delight, John was promoted to truck... More » 3 May 2005 |
 | John started work in 1963 at the ABC-TV at Gore Hill - in the stationary department, dispensing biros and pestering Chief Cameraman Bert Nicholas for ... More » 3 May 2005 |
 | John William (Bill) Trerise ACS (1898-1987) One of Australia's early pioneer cameramen, Bill Trerise was respectfully known as "Bloody Bill" because of his famous short fuse. Bill began life in ... More » 3 May 2005 |
 | In 1961 Neil joined the ABC as a cine-cameraman but left in December 1963 to take a job as Visnews's cameraman and correspondent in south-east Asia, b... More » 3 May 2005 |
 | Robert (Bob) Feeney ACS (1925-2002) Bob Feeney commenced work at Movietone News in Sept. 1941 as an office boy, but after a few months was assigned to the editing room under the then Chi... More » 3 May 2005 |
 | Ross Wood Snr. ACS (1916-1980) In 1932, sixteen-year-old Ross Wood began his film career as an office boy at Fox Movietone News, where his older brother Syd Wood also worked. Syd wa... More » 3 May 2005 |
 | Vernon Frederick Wagstaff ACS (1909-1995) Vernon Frederick Wagstaff was born at Bendigo in Oct 1909 and educated at Bendigo Technical College where he graduated as an Engineer. Vern and hi... More » 3 May 2005 |
Follow us