![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Cinematographer Biography:A frequent collaborator of directors Peter Weir and Gillian Armstrong and one of the most prolific cinematographers in the American film industry, Academy Award-winning director of photography Russell Boyd has been the man behind the camera on such widely revered films as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Deftly balancing his work on such challenging films as the aforementioned titles with mainstream popcorn films like Crocodile Dundee, White Men Can't Jump, and Doctor Dolittle, Boyd seems to have left no cinematic stone unturned.
Boyd was born and raised into a family of farmers in Victoria, Australia, and the young photo enthusiast's first job was working for a small production company that produced newsreels for Australian movie theaters. After performing various on-set jobs over the course of a year, the aspiring photographer was... Full Biography
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