Dan Macarthur

Dan Macarthur
Born Dan Macarthur
Occupation cinematographer

Dan Macarthur is an Australian film director and director of photography and founder of 18° Entertainment.[1]

In 2013 Dan wrote and directed gangster comedy feature film Nice Package,[2] about a wannabe professional thief, his gay best friend, a sexy hostage and a package everybody wants. The film stars The Tribe heart throb Dwayne Cameron, funny man Leon Cain and Australian actress Isabella Tannock. Nice Package was produced by Dan and Melanie Poole, co-founder of 18° Entertainment.

As a Director of Photography, Dan has received high acclaim for his work on a number of feature films, most notably 2013 action thriller film Absolute Deception starring Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding, Jnr, directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith who described Macarthur as being up there with the best DOP's I have ever worked with.[3]

In 2011, Dan shot Bollywood hit Go Goa Gone starring Saif Ali Khan, India's first zombie comedy.[4] Dan was also DOP on 2013 psychological thriller The Suicide Theory starring Steve Mousakis I. Frankenstein; Australian gangster action film Blood Money starring Pitbull and KungFu legend Gordon Lui[5] and 2009 thriller Sleeper.

During the years 2003 and 2005, Dan was also Director of Photography for Russell Crowe’s band Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts, shooting three of their music videos and an international tour documentary. Dan also shot an Oprah Winfry segment at Russell's Farm.

Dan’s early career also included a string of successes shooting music videos for big name Australian Bands like Powderfinger, The Whitlams, Killing Heidi, John Butler Trio and many more.

In 2014, he started working on a Tamil movie Yennai Arindhaal starring Ajith Kumar which was directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The movie released on 5th February 2015. He is currently involved in another project with Gautham Vasudev Menon. GVM mentioned in one of his interviews that he is willing to work with him for more than 10 films in a row.

Awards

In 2012, Dan won Gold for Best Cinematography in a Feature Film at the Australian Cinematography Society's Awards (QLD).

In 2000 Dan shot the award winning short film Stop, which was accepted into the Cannes Film Festival, the only Australian short to be accepted that year.

Dan's music clips also received many awards for Best Cinematography including the National ACS Golden Tripod Award for the Best Cinematography for a Music Video for The Whitlams' Blow up the Pokies in 1999.

References

  1. ↑ "Dan Macarthur - Director / DOP". IMDB.
  2. ↑ "First trailer for new Aussie gangster comedy Nice Package". Cinemazzi. Retrieved 10.05.13. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ↑ "Absolute Deception". New York Times. Retrieved 01.04.13. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ↑ "Go Goa Gone - Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. 10.05.13. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ↑ "Cinematographer Dan Macarthur has just wrapped shooting a new action thriller on the Gold Coast headlined by Cuba Gooding Jr.". Filmink. 27.07.12. Check date values in: |date= (help)