David Ashley Connell (born 7 September 1955) is an Australian cinematographer with a career of over 25 years of cinematographic work in films and television to date.

Career

Connell got his first Super 8 film camera at the age of 12, given to him by his father, sparking an interest in film. In 1972, at the age of 17, Connell became a camera assistant for an Australian news channel. Connell joined Crawford Productions the next year, where he became a camera loader and focus puller,^[1] and joined the Australian Cinematographers Society in 1988.

He currently resides in Brighton, Victoria, Australia with his wife Anne.^[2]

Filmography

Film

• King of the Islands (1973)
• Another Winter in Melbourne (1975)
• The Aviator (1985)
• Fortress (1985)
• Frog Dreaming (1986) (replaced Russell Hagg) (with John R. McLean)
• Slate, Wyn & Me (1987)
• Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)
• Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1988)
• The Loco-Motion (1988 music video) (with Brett Anderson)
• What the Moon Saw (1990)
• Heaven Tonight (1990)
• The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990) (credited as Dave Connell)
• Hunting (1991) (with Dan Burstall)
• Fifty/Fifty (1992)
• Over The Hill (1992)
• Secrets (1992)
• Female Misbehavior (1992) (with Ross Berryman, Elfi Mikesch, and Steven C. Brown)
• Gross Misconduct (1993)
• Hercules Returns (1993)
• The Ascent (1994)
• Robinson Crusoe (1997)
• Zeus and Roxanne (1997)
• The Night Flier (1997)
• The Snow Walker (2003)
• News for the Church (2004)
• Left Behind: World at War (2005)
• December Boys (2007)
• Jack and Jill vs. the World (2008)
• Ivanov Red, White, and Blue (2013)
• Bad Samaritan (2018)
• A Gift From Bob (2020)

Television

• Australia's Hidden Wealth (1982)
• Carson's Law (1982)
• Der schwarze Bumerang (1982) (with Peter W. Tost)
• All the Rivers Run (1983)
• The Flying Doctors (1985) (with Greg Ryan)
• Alice to Nowhere (1986)
• Sword of Honour (1986)
• Nancy Wake (1987)
• Bushfire Moon (1987)
• Barracuda (1988)
• Trouble in Paradise (1989)
• Rose Against the Odds (1991)
• Halfway Across the Galaxy - And Turn Left (1992)
• Lies and Lullabies (1993)
• Rio Diablo (1993)
• Between Love and Hate (1993)
• My Name Is Kate (1994)
• A Day in the Life of Country Music (1993)
• The Only Way Out (1993)
• The Yearling (1994)
• Buffalo Girls (1995)
• Silver Strand (1995)
• Shadow-Ops (1995)
• An Unfinished Affair (1996)
• Twilight Man (1996)
• Bad Day on the Block (1997)
• Clover (1997)
• Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997)
• Moby Dick (1998)
• Two for Texas (1998)
• Stephen King's Storm of the Century (1999)
• Witch Hunt (1999)
• Cleopatra (1999)
• Chameleon II: Death Match (1999)
• Don Quixote (2000)
• Hell Swarm (2000)
• The Monkey King (2001)
• Rose Red (2002)
• Disappearance (2002)
• Mark Twain's Roughing It (2002)
• Sniper 2 (2002)
• La Femme Musketeer (2004)
• Kingdom Hospital (2004)
• Icon (2005)
• Left Behind: World at War (2005)
• The Triangle (2005)
• Jericho (2006)
• The Lost Room (2006)
• Cane (2007)
• Leverage (2008–2012)
• The Verdict (2008)
• The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
• The Quickening (2010)
• Brain Trust (2011)
• Hound Dogs (2011)
• Scent of the Missing (2011)
• Untitled Bounty Hunter Project (2013)
• Crisis (2014)
• The Librarians (2014–2018)
• Rush Hour (2016) (Episode: Pilot)
• Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (2019)

Awards

• 1987: CableACE Award for Direction of Photography and/or Lighting Direction for a Dramatic or Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries — Fortress (1986) (won)
• 1988: AACTA Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography — Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1988) (nominated)
• 1989: CableACE Award for Direction of Photography and/or Lighting Direction for a Dramatic or Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries — Bushfire Moon (1986) (won)
• 1996: CableACE Award for Cinematography in a Movie or Miniseries — Twilight Man (1996) (nominated)
• 1999: ACS Award of Distinction for Telefeatures, TV Drama & Mini Series — Moby Dick (1998) (won)
• 2006: ACS Award of Distinction for Features — The Snow Walker (2003) (won)

References

External links

• David Connell at IMDb