Dan Freene ACS

Set in a Tasmanian seaside town, The Survivors is a crime-mystery series exploring the impact of unresolved grief.

NBC Universal, Tony Ayers Productions, Matchbox.

Directors Cherie Nowlan, Ben C. Lucas

Writers, Tony Ayres, Belinda Chayko, Christian White, Peter Templeman, Alberto Di Troia

Producer Andrew Walker

Executive Producers Tony Ayres, Andrea Denholm, Matt Vitins, Jane Harper, Cherie Nowlan

https://vicscreen.vic.gov.au/news/netflix-drama-series-the-survivors-to-be-produced-in-victoria-and-tasmania

The Survivors is currently in Post Production.

Released worldwide on Netflix early in 2025.

When food writer and human tornado Liv, Celeste Barber, has a major health crisis, she is forced to rethink her ‘live fast die young’ attitude. After she scores a once-in-a lifetime job that will catapult her into the American mainstream, a series of unfortunate events in Australia sees her banned from re-entering the States unless she fixes her health. Throwing herself body-first into a wellness journey, she tries everything from the benign to the bizarre in an attempt to get well quick, and reclaim her old life.

Directors Erin White, Helena Brooks

Produced by Fremantle Australia

DOP - Dan Freene ACS

NETFLIX

ACS Silver Award 2003

Surviving Summer Season 2

Werner Film Productions

EP Jo Werner

Line Producer Annalisa Brown

Directed by Christiaan VanVuuren

DOP 's Dan Maxwell ACS, Dan Freene ACS

Shot on Sony Venice

I fell in love with cinematic story telling at a young age when my mother and i would sit up late on Friday Nights watching the Australian movie critic, Bill Collins Presents the Golden Years of Cinema. These nostalgic moments opened up a door way into a world of magic and inspiration, which led me down my path of becoming a Cinematographer.

An inventive Ren Amari creates a revolutionary new drug that expands the human brain's sense of time. OtherLife creates a virtual reality directly in the user's mind. When the government catch wind of the experiment, Ren is roped into danger.

Directed by Ben C Lucas.

Written by Ben C Lucas, Kelly Eskridge, and Gregory Widen (Backdraft, Highlander)

Reviews:

Hollywood Reporter Freene’s liquid compositions make sharp use of the harsh Australian light, shimmering off Perth’s chrome-and-steel skyscrapers like a series of mirages,

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GOLD ACS AWARD WINNER 2018

Queen of Oz

7 Part Comedy for BBC / ABC

Featuring Catherine Tate

Lingo Pictures

EPs Helen Bowden Jason Stephens

Producer Michele Bennett

Line Producer Annalisa Brown

Directed by Christiaan VanVuuren

Shot on Arri LF

When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.

Written and Directed by Ben C Lucas.

A Paramount Film.

Produced by Aidan O’Brien, and Janelle Landers. Screenwest. Screen Australia.

Official Selection: Toronto, Busan, SXSW, Torino, Sydney Film Festival

Press:

At The Movies - David and MargretDavid: The Film looks extraordinary. Dan Freene’s cinematography is terrific, giving the film a slightly surreal look that perfectly suits this world. Margret: I just love the way it shot. Those Swimming sequences…

VarietyWidescreen lensing by Dan Freene is aces. Silky smooth camera movement and striking, color-desaturated compositions are perfectly complemented.

Eye For Film UK The film also benefits from being beautifully shot. Moments of visual darkness are well constructed and have more impact because of their rarity.

The Film PieThe Editing is sharp, and the cinematography is striking.

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SILVER ACS AWARD WINNER

SILVER ACS AWARD WINNER in Cinematography for a Comedy Series 2021

WINNER Best Short Form Series prize at CANNESERIES 2019

Lewis and Freya are two young parents fervently trying to raise their children the right way in a world full of wrong. They are stuck in the middle of the two most stressful things imaginable: namely raising young children and surviving the end of the world. They're battling the cute and cuddly horrors of early parenthood alongside the ACTUAL horrors of metal-clad gangs, ravenous zombies, disfigured mutants, cannibals, dehydration, disease, and starvation. They will soon learn the highs and lows of parenting and how to maintain their sanity and relationship whilst facing the harsh brutality of a planet that's been all but destroyed.

Produced by Midwinter Films

Directed by Connor Van Vuuren

Created and Written by Adele Vuko & Christian Van Vuuren

Producers Bridget Callow-Wright / Gemma Easton-Knight / Abi Tabone

Cast : Adele Vuko, Christian Van Vuuren Rachel House, Brooke Satchwell, Nick Boshier, Anni Finsterer, Bali Padda, Freddie Tabone

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AWARDS:

ACS Silver Award - Cinematography of Comedy Series

Cannes Best Series Winner Over & Out

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ABC Six part 30 minute episodes.

Soul Mates is a 2014 Australian comedy series starring Christiaan Van Vuuren and Nicholas Boshier, screened on ABC2. Soul Mates follows the story of a couple of friends who are continually drawn together across the course of human history.

Created by Christian VanVuuren, Nicholas Boshier, Connor VanVuuren.

Australian Cinematographer magazine: “I reckon any day where the entire set is filled with raucous laughter is a good one.”

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Squinters celebrates the comically mundane peak-hour ritual for the workers of Kosciusko, a consumer goods dispatch center under threat of takeover, as they commute into the rising sun each morning and again as they return at days end.

Created by Trent O'Donnell, Adam Zwar

Featuring, Sam Simmons, Wayne Blair, Tim Minchin, Justine Clarke, Damon Herriman, Christian Van Vuuren, Jackie Weaver, Andrea Demetriades.

Produced by Jungle Entertainment.

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Three women who can't get their shit together, team up to make some shit... together.

Full Series - Exclusively to YouTube.

Created, directed by and starring Skit Box: Sarah Bishop, Greta Lee Jackson and Adele Vuko.

Guest starring Christiaan Van Vuuren, Matt Okine, Cam Knight, Dave Eastgate, Greg Larsen, Henry Stone, Paul Michael Ayre, Liam Seymour, Nina Oyama, Bec Charlwood, Rodney Todd, Dave Williams, Josh Brandon and Madison Lloyd. .

Produced by Bridget Callow - Wright, Gemma Knight & Abi Tabone.

Midwinter Films

Good Times, Bad Moon is a short film that follows an outcast teenager who attends his first roller disco and is quickly targeted by the local bullies. Little did they know Kal has an agenda of his own and they are on the menu.

Written and Directed by Kristian Taylor-Wood.

Produced by Phoebe Fuller, Emma Reilly, Georgia O’Brien.

Shot with Canon C500 and Canon Sumire’ Lenses

Official Selection Flickerfest 2022

Honourable mention for cinematography Independent Film Festival 2021

Silver ACS Award for cinematography in the Comedy Series Category 2021

Jade hits the road to Byron Bay with two besties, resolving to keep her terminal diagnosis on the down-low. When an enigmatic hitchhiker makes her an offer, she finds it hard to refuse.

Written and Directed by: Adele Vuko

Produced by: Chloe Rickard and Johanna Somerville

Cast: Liv Hewson, Brooke Satchwell, Isaro Kayitesi, Claudia Pickering, Christiaan Van Vuuren

Sydney Film Festival. Flickerfest FF. St Kilda FF. Screamfest Film Festival.

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A supernatural drama/thriller starring award winning Australian actor, Geoff Morrell.

Written by Yolande Ramke

Directed by Tobias Anderson

Starring Yolande Ramke, Geoff Morrell.

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ACS GOLD AWARD 2016

DREAMWEAVER is the story of a young boy who moves to a new neighbourhood and discovers his passion for go-karting.

Dreamweaver received official selection to screen at "Flickerfest International Short Film Festival", “LA Shorts International Film Festival”, "Dublin International Film Festival", "Manchester Film Festival", "Bermuda International Film Festival", was an award winner at "Headline International Film Festival" and won Best Director and Best Producer at "Sanctuary Cove International Film Festival".

Directed by Myles Conti

Produced by Karl Conti

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