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The Airport Chaplain (TV Drama)

Film & TV
2026

The Airport Chaplain is an eight-part series led by acclaimed heavyweight Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, Lord of the Rings) and Shabana Azeez, breakout star of the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning drama series The Pitt. It captures the high-stakes world of a bustling international airport, told through the struggles and triumphs of the workers who keep it running. It is currently in post-production and to be released mid-2026.

Produced for Wooden Horse by Jude Troy & Alexandra Cameron
Written by: Elise McCredie alongside Sarah Bassiuoni

Director: Bonnie Moir
Director of Photography: Alex Cardy
Starring: Hugo Weaving, Shabana Azeez, Claudia Karvan, Thomas Weatherall, Brenna Harding
Editor: Leila Gaabi

Distributed by SBS On Demand & Netflix

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Magic Beach (Feature Film)

Film & TV
2025

Magic Beach, based on Alison Lester's book, features nine children and a dog bringing their imaginative imaginations to life.

Director: Rob Connolly
Production Company: Arena Media
Producer: Chloe Brugale, Robert Connolly, Liz Kearney & Kate Laurie
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Editor: Maria Papoutsis
Costume Designer: Maria Pattison

Premiered at Melbourne International Film Festival 2025
Distributed by Mad Men

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Struggimento (Short Film)

Film & TV
2026

Director: Bonnie Moir
Producers: Nic Denton & Bonnie Moir
Writers: Nic Denton, Bonnie Moir and Lucy Moir
Cast: Nic Denton & Jane Turner
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Editor: Leila Gaabi
Colourist: Daniel Stonehouse, Crayon

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Zef (Short Film)

Film & TV
2020

ZEF follows a 21-year-old genderqueer topless meat raffle worker through a collage of moments, sensations and memories; exploring gender, love and sexuality. An unfiltered snapshot of our desire for intimacy in its oscillating forms.

Director & Producer: Jessica Barclay Lawton
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Editor: Delaney Murphy
Sound Designer & Mixer: Lachlan Harris
Dialogue Editor: Jennifer Leonforte
Colourist: Nicholas Hower
Music: Alex Cobb, Celer, Keith Fullerton Whitman
Thank you: Nowness, Marley Hansen, Catapult Casting, Zak Hamer, Jenna Eriksen & Amery Johnston

Winner ‘Best Documentary’, ReelGood Film Festival
Winner Gold Award (VIC / TAS), Australian Cinematographers Society
Short of the Year (Winter), Special Jury Mention
Award Winner, Across the Globe Film Festival
Online Premiere Nowness
Aesthetica Short Film Festival
ReelGood Film Festival
Promofest Short of the Year - Winter
Cinematica #3
Himachal Short Film Festival
Usak Short Film Festival
Skiptown Film Fest, LA
Greenwich Village Film Festival
Across the Globe Film Festival

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Year Of (TV Drama)

Film & TV
2023

Year Of takes place in the same universe as the hit Stan Original Series Bump and is set in and around the senior years of high school. The series exploring the liminal time between childhood and adulthood and the renegotiations with adults that it brings.

Production Company: Roadshow Rough Diamond
Producers: John Edwards & Dan Edwards
Series Casting: Kirsty McGregor
Series Production Design: Natalie Beak
Starring: Danielle McCormack, Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn, Joshua Hewson, Samuel El Rahi, Ira (Samuel Dawson)
Series Writers: Jessica Tuckwell, Enoch Mailangi, Kelsey Munro, Ayeesha Ash, Eddie Diamandi, Emily Havea, Eleanor Kirk & Zoe Norton Lodge

Episode 8
Director: Taylor Ferguson
DoP: Alex Cardy

Episode 9
Director: Jessica Tuckwell
DoP: Alex Cardy

Episode 10 (Season Finale)
Director: Jessica Tuckwell
DoP: Alex Cardy

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Bender (Short Film)

Film & TV
2019

Cinematographer, Director & Producer: Alex Cardy
Co-Director: Bonnie Moir
Producer: Jessica Barclay Lawton & Tali Polichtuk
Production Company: Sissy Screens
Cast: Lucas Pittaway, Matt Hickmott & Josh Lavery
Colourist: Kali Bateman
Sound Design: Lachlan Harris
Music From: Lakutis

Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2020
St Kilda Film Festival 2020
Roze Filmagen Amsterdam 2021
Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival 2020
Pride Queer Film Festival 2021
The ReelGood Film Festival 2021
Renaissance Amsterdam 2021
Tag! Queer Short Film Festival 2021
Rainbow Cinema Awards Finalist 2020

Link to full film
available on request.

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The Defenders (Feature Doco)

Film & TV
2023

The gripping true story of how a former Australian football captain and a ragtag team of social media warriors, challenged two monarchies, a military junta and the world's richest and most influential sporting body FIFA, to rescue the life of a fellow player and save the soul of football.

Production Company: Sweetshop & Green
Producer: Alice Bergin & Gal Greenspan
Assosicate Producer: Kate Laurie
Director: Matt Bate
DoP: Alex Cardy
Editor: Bryan Mason & David Scarborough
Colourist: Dan Stonehouse, Crayon

Premiered at Sydney International Film Festival 2023
Distributed by Amazon Prime

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We're Not Here (Short Film)

Film & TV
2019

Director: Bonnie Moir (Exit Films)
Producer: Benjamin Rigby
Written By: Adam Spellicy
Director of Photography: Alex Cardy
Starring: Benjamin Rigby & Pekka Strang
Editor: Maria Papoutsis
Underwater Unit Cinematography: Darren Crawford
Sound Design & Mix: Lachlan Harris
Colour Grade: Kali Bateman

Melbourne International Film Festival 2019
Outfest Los Angeles International Film Festival 21019
Dallas International Film Festival 2020
Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival 2020
St Kilda Film Festival 2020
Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2020

Link to full film
available on request.

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You & Me Before & After (Short Film)

Film & TV
2021

Hannah (33) and Rachel (30) are Jewish sisters with baggage. Today, they have agreed to get their first tattoos together.

Starring: Yael Stone, Emily Barclay, Tracy Mann
Director: Madeleine Gottlieb
Writer: Madeleine Gottlieb
Producers: Liam Heyen + Cyna Strachan
DOP: Alex Cardy
Production Designer: Diva Abrahamian
Costume Designer: Verity Mackey
Editor: Christine Cheung

Best Achievement in Acting, St Kilda Film Festival 2022
Best Screenplay, Heart of Gold Short Film Festival 2022
Toronto International Film Festival 2021
Melbourne International Film Festival 2021
Flickerfest 2022
Aspen Shortsfest 2022
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2022
St Kilda Film Festival 2022
Nominated St Kilda Film Festival Best Achievement in Screenplay 2022
Nominated AACTA Award for Best Short Film 2021
Nominated Best Short Film, Heart of Gold Short Film Festival 2022
Nominated Best Australian Film, Heart of Gold Short Film Festival 2022
Nominated Australian Directors Guild Award 2022

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Container (Short Film)

Film & TV
2021

The habitual monotony of an empty-container storage site is disrupted when a container full of valuable consumer goods is accidentally dropped off.

Director: Jacintho Muiños
Producer: Hayley Surgenor
DoP: Alex Cardy
Colourist: Abe Wynn
Sound Design: Lachlan Harris

Premiered at Sydney International Film Festival 2021

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Living Room (Short Film)

Film & TV
2019

Writers: Rhys Mitchell & Jessica Barclay Lawton
Director: Jessica Barclay Lawton
Producers: Jessica Barclay Lawton & Rhys Mitchell
Line Producer: Rumi Tominaga
Director of Photography: Alex Cardy
Sound Designer & Composer: Gunay Demirci
Editor: Paul Rowe

Melbourne International Film Festival 2019
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2019
Flickerfest 2020
Newport Beach Film Festival 2020
Cannes Court Métrage - Short Film Corner 2020
Deep Focus Film Festival – Finalist 2020
Vertigo Film Fest 2020
St Kilda film Festival 2020

Awarded 'Best Cinematography' at Vertigo Film Festival 2020

Link to full film
available on request.

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Still The Quivering Air (Music Film)

Art
2021

Director: Rhys Graham
Devised in collaboration with Joel Ma, Tony Yap, Elle Shimada, Yumi Umiumare & MaggZ
Producer: Rhys Graham & Natalie Nalesnyik
Performance by: Tony Yap, Yumi Umiumare, Elle Shimada & MaggZ
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Editor: Natalie Nalesnyik
Gaffer: Hannah Palmer
Colour Grader: Daniel Stonehouse / Crayon
Music: Joel Ma, Mindy Meng Wang, Francesca Mountfort, Parvyn Singh, Elle Shimada, Matt Robb, Thomas Mitchell, Victor Campano, Emily Chen, Glen Christianson
Mixed by: Russ Fawcus
Mastered by: Lachlan Carrick

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Kiss & Don't Tell (Installation)

Art
2025

KISS & DON'T TELL is an immersive installation by artist Maria Madeira for the inaugural Timor-Leste pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale.

Director: Robert Connolly
Featuring: Maria Madeira
Production Company: Arena Media
Producer: Kate Laurie
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Editor: Maria Papoutsis

Premiered at 60th Venice Biennale for the Timor-Leste pavilion

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We Travel Together (Installation)

Art
2021

Lead Artist: Patricia Piccinini
Director: Rhys Graham
Director of Photography: Alex Cardy
Editing & Visual Effects: Drome Studio
Colourist: Daniel Stonehouse (Crayon)

Premiered as part of 'A Miracle Constantly Repeating Itself' exhibition for Rising Festival 2021 in the new Flinders Street Station Ballroom

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Destiny (Installation)

Art
2022

DESTINY (2021), is a moving-image work made in collaboration with on-demand or ‘gig economy’ workers, including rideshare drivers, food delivery riders and cleaners, that explores personal and global experiences of the platform economy.

Lead Artist & Director: Eugenia Lim
Co-Creators: Lara Thoms, Mish Grigor
Producer & 1st AD: Alexandra George
Worker-Performers: Wasay, Cher Tan, Jessica Wen, Mirza Baig
Composer: Corin Ileto
Director of Photography: Alex Cardy
Choreographer: Amrita Hepi
Production Designer: Imo Walsh
Offline Editor: Christine Cheung
Colourist: Dan Stonehouse, Crayon
Sound Designer: Thom Kellar

1st AC: Harrison Byrne
Drone Ops: Radar Kane, Josh Labita
B-Cam Op: Bonita Carzino
Steadicam Op & Gaffer: Han Palmer
Best Person: Joel Green
Wardrobe Designer: Gemma Baxter
Graphic Designer & Project Admin: Rebecca McCauley
Set Fabricator: Stefan Polastri
Art Dept Assistant: Karli Laredo
2nd AD: Priya Pavri
Interpreter: Ching Ching Ho
Translation: Wasay, Eugenia Lim
Sound Recordist: Alex Wakefield
Post Sound Facility: Folklore Sound & Music
Online Editor: Chris Tomkins
Crayon Producers: Laura Hesse, Meg Doyle

Premiered at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art as part of the Who’s Afraid of Public Space? exhibition
Winner of the Incinerator Art Award: Art For Social Change

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Multiply (Feature Doco)

Art
2022

Production Company: Daybreak Films
Director: Rhys Graham
DoP: Alex Cardy

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On Demand (Installation)

Art
2019

Director, Writer, Editor & Performer: Eugenia Lim
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Choreography: Nat Cursip
Composer: Becky Sui Zhen
Colourist: Chris Tompkins

When installed, this is a pedal-powered work. The viewer is invited to sit on a bicycle to cycle and work up a sweat to activate the work.

Made in collaboration with workers from the gig economy, On-demand is a pedal-powered video work that considers work, labour, solidarity and movement (political and physical) in the neoliberal present. Living and working in 2019 brings precarity, competition and mobility – both for independent artists and ‘independent contractors’ of the gig economy. Self-exploitation, low wages and zero-hour contracts are shared terrain for many workers in both the cultural and service sectors.

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Music
2026

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The Kite String Tangle: What If (Music Video)

Music
2016

Cinematographer & Director: Alex Cardy
Colourist: Kali Bateman
Cast: Lily Sullivan, Toby Wallace, Rhys, Rhys' mate, Caitlin, Katie

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Alpine: Foolish (Music Video)

Music
2016

Director & Animator: Tristan Jalleh
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Visual Effects Supervisor: Emily Baker
Designer: Holly Russell

Winner of the 'Ripe Clip of the Week' Channel V

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DMA’S: Time & Money (Music Video)

Music
2019

Director & Animator: Tristan Jalleh
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Gaffer: Richard Chapman

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Hermitude: Vibration (Live Music Video)

Music
2017

Cinematographer & Director: Alex Cardy

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Hoon (Album Film)

Music
2015

Director & Producer: Scott McCulloch
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Music By: Footy

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Oscar Key Sung: All I Could Do (Music Video)

Music
2016

Director & Animator: Tristan Jalleh
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy

Winner of Channel V Clip of the Week

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Midnight Juggernauts: Ballard of The War Machine (Music Video)

Music
2015

Director: Midnight Juggernauts
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy & John Smith
Editor: Vincent Vendetta
Colourist: Chris Tompkins

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Sweet Jean: Annabelle (Music Video)

Music
2015

Director: Sweet Jean
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Colourist: Chris Tompkins

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Telstra x Australian Ballet (TVC)

Commercial
2022

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Champion: Champions of Pride (Branded Content)

Commercial
2021

Production Companies: PUSH & Sissy Screens
Directors: Jonathon Lim & Jessica Barclay Lawton
Director of Photography: Alex Cardy
Producer: Alexandra George
Executive Producers: Ashleigh Parker
Org Directors: Tali Polichtuk & Alex Cardy

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Google: Creativity Inside the Machine (Branded Content)

Commercial
2019

Director: Jessica Lawton
Production Company: Truce
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Gaffer: Hannah Palmer
Cast: Khalid Warsame, Jamie Marina Lau & Tegan Webb

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Nike: Play New (TVC)

Commercial
2022

Production Company: Exit Films
Director: Bonnie Moir
DoP: Alex Cardy

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Kmart: Forever Mum (TVC)

Commercial
2022

Production Company: Truce Films
Director: Jessica Barclay Lawton
DoP: Alex Cardy

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Bodewell: Make More Possible (TVC)

Commercial
2022

Production Company: Truce Films
Director: Jessica Lawton
DoP: Alex Cardy

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iD / Lee Jeans: Movers & Shakers (Branded Content)

Commercial
2019

Director: Freya Esders
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Producers: Jess Langley & Kalu Williams
Editor: Lara Krose
Production Company: Vice Australia

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Melbourne Spring Fashion Week (Online Content)

Commercial
2016

'Emerging' is one of 5 official clips produced along with dozens of daily media reels
and exclusive interviews commissioned by the Official Sponsor CITY OF MELBOURNE.

Cinematographer & Director: Alex Cardy
Production Manager: Steph Marks
1st AC: Ben Colson
Editor: Nathan Bobik
Colourist: Chris Tompkins
Music By: Alta

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Babylon Music Festival (Visual Campaign)

Commercial
2017

Cinematographer & Director: Alex Cardy
Keying: Tristan Jalleh
Flower Animation: Supplied By Babylon Music Festival

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International Womens Day: 50 Shades of No (Online Campaign)

Commercial
2018

Director: Annelise Hickey
Producer: Jess Langley
Cinematographer: Alex Cardy
Production Design: Bronwyn Kemp
Editor: Grace Eyre at The Editors
Production Company: The Otto Empire

Shortlisted for Cannes Glass Lion 2018
Winner of the Best Low Budget Award at Ciclope Festival Asia 2018

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