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Alex Cardy is an award-winning Australian Director of Photography who works across films, television, documentaries, moving-image installations and expanded online projects. She has a passion for hybrid filmmaking and working between narrative and documentary projects.

Alex recently completed production on the feature documentary THE DEFENDERS directed by Matthew Bate, for Sweetshop & Green and Amazon Prime, along with a block of the young adult television series YEAR OF for Roadshow Rough Diamond and Stan, directed by Taylor Ferguson and Jess Tuckwell.

Her short films have been selected at top-tier festivals, including; Toronto International Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival and her work has premiered on Nowness and appeared at Outfest and RISING Festival. Alex’s collaboration with director Jessica Barclay Lawton has resulted in a trio of shorts; LIVING ROOM, ZEF and THE SWEETNESS. Her other shorts include WE’RE NOT HERE directed by Bonnie Moir and YOU AND ME, BEFORE AND AFTER directed by Madeleine Gottlieb.

Alex was recently awarded the Gold Cinematography Award for Documentary at both the 2021 and 2020 Australian Cinematography Society Awards for Victoria & Tasmania, as well as the Bronze Award for Art, Innovation & Specialised Cinematography in 2021.

Alex has worked on content and commercials for brands such as Nike, Google, Champion, Bonds, Jeanswest, Lee and Land Rover.

Outside of narrative and commercial work, Alex has collaborated with iconic Australian contemporary artists on their moving-image installations and film adaptations, including Patricia Piccinini’s WE WALK TOGETHER and Eugenia Lim’s ON DEMAND and DESTINY. She is also one of the founders of Sissy Screens, a digital magazine dedicated to queer screen culture supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

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Cameras
Alexa Mini LF Kit
RED Epic-M Kit
 
 
Lens
Leica-R Super Speed Lens Kit
 
 
Follow Focus
Arri MFF-1
 
 
Wireless
Teradek Bolt XT 500 Kit
 
 
Monitors
Small HD Handheld Director Split Kit (7ich)
 
 
Mattebox & Filters
Chroziel MB 450R2
Nisi ND Filter Kit
 
 
Sound (Basic)
Zoom H4n
Sony UTX-B03 Radio Mic Kit
Rhode NTG-3
 
 
Other
Underwater Housing (RED Epic)
Cinesaddle
Arri Shoulder Rig
Manfrotto Tripod
 
 
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We Travel Together (Gallery Installation)

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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Champion: Champions of Pride (Branded Content)

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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Still The Quivering Air (Music Film)

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
+61 450 179 003
alex@alexcardy.com
© 2024
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We Travel Together (Gallery Installation)

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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Champion: Champions of Pride (Branded Content)

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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Still The Quivering Air (Music Film)

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


+61 450 179 003
alex@alexcardy.com
© 2024