Mike Connor
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2019 |
DoP / Director
Film |
ADA Metro Motion Control Cameras Ltd |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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1963 | College course History | Educated at an English Public School, St. Georges College |
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About me
www.mikeconnorcameras.comEnglish Public School, St. Georges College, Weybridge in Surry
Studied Law for three years before entering the British Film Industry
privileged to work under such great mentors as the Oscar winning David Watkin (DoP) six major feature films, and the Oscar winning John Alcott (DoP) a technical camera education.
Other leading talents with whom I has had the honour of working with include; Stanley Kubrick, Ridley Scott, Sidney Pollack, Tony Richardson, Peter Hyams, Bob Brooks, Leister Bookbinder
Examples of early projects:
Fangio – Life of racing driver Juan Fangio -Dir. Hugh Hudson
Chariots of Fire - Additional Photography Dir. Hugh Hudson
Alien - (Part) model unit with Oscar awarded Denny Ayling
Das Boot - (Part) Underwater photography with Egil Woxholt
Midnight Express - Second unit Photography in Turkey
Yentel - Second unit Additional Photography in Czechoslovakia
1981 Designer of super 35mm camera system for Warner Brothers film ‘Greystoke’
Feature films 1981 to 1986
Quadrophenia (part) – Franc Roddam
La Cenerentola – Dir. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Amadeus (part) – Dir. Milos Forman
Greystoke – Dir. Hugh Hudson
Hotel New Hampshire – Dir. Tony Richardson
Out of Africa - Dir. Sydney Pollock
White Nights – Dir. Taylor Hackford
Outland – Dir. Peter Hyams
1985 shooting TV commercials worldwide also specialising in visual effects.
1994 Established - Motion Control Cameras Ltd - Over 40 major feature films including VFX photography of all 'Harry Potter' films with another 40 plus major films, commercials and music films.
1997 ‘Legend of 1900’ VFX photography
2000 ‘Vajont’ - film Italy.
2003 Development of ‘Film Stream 'camera systems. Pioneering the ‘Viper’ digital motion picture camera
2005 ‘Silence Becomes You’
2005 Roman Polanski’s Oliver Twist – DoP VFX
2006 ‘Eichmann’ DoP
2008 ‘Appassionata’ Awarded Oscar for ‘Short’ at Long Island film festival. Best Foreign Film
2010 DoP ‘Jackboots on Whitehall’
2012 Establishment in China – setting up of structures for European and Chinese State for production for international Films.
2015 – Awarded Professorship of ‘Cinematography’ …. by the ‘Shanghai Film Art Academy’
2016 – ‘Vision 2030’ starting a series of films for the ADA metro concept & construction Riyadh Development Authority
Director of Photography: over three thousand five hundred TV commercials worldwide
Director / Cameraman: over Ninty TV commercials and corporate films in Europe and the Middle East
Referees:
www.mikeconnorcameras.com
Additional information:
UK resident
License & Passport
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Secondary Job Title | Director (2nd Unit) |
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Job Titles | Director, Camera Operator, Cinematographer, Director of Photography (DOP) |
Years in industry | 6+ years |