Toby Oliver ACS is a freelance director of photography based in Sydney, Australia. His award-winning body of work spans acclaimed Australian and international feature films, and network TV drama series through to commercials, documentary, theatre productions and short films.
Latest News
January 2012 - Toby is next slated to shoot the ABC TV 2-part telemovie Devil’s Dust, commencing the 7 week Sydney shoot in March 2012.
November 2011 - At the recent ACS NSW Cinematography Awards, Toby received an ACS Bronze Award for his work on the Southern Star produced TV series Spirited 2, in the category TV Drama, Telemovies and Mini-Series.
November 2011 - On ABC Radio National, film reviewer Jason Di Rosso has much to like about the visuals on 33 Postcards - click here to listen
August 2011 - Toby wraps shooting on BEACONSFIELD, shot in Melbourne, in Tasmania, and deep underground in a real mine in the Victorian highlands. The shoot was an epic challenge to complete on a tight schedule and the telemovie will be a powerful and harrowing account of the trapped miner’s ordeal.
June 2011 - 33 POSTCARDS has it’s World Premiere to a full house at the Sydney Film Festival on June 9. It is to be widely released in China on something like 2000 screens on September 2.
June 2011 - After completing Spirited 2, Toby commences pre-production on the John Edwards / Southern Star 3 hr telemovie event Beaconsfield, about the trapped Tasmanian miners, their ordeal and heroic rescue. Directed by Glendyn Ivin it will be screened on the Nine Network.
February 2011 - Beneath Hill 60 is nominated for 8 Film Critics of Australia 2010 Awards (FCCA), including a nomination for Best Cinematography for Toby Oliver
January 2011 - Toby has commenced production on the John Edwards / Southern Star Productions drama series Spirited - Series 2, produced by Claudia Karvan and Jacqueline Perske. The 10-part 1 hour series is shooting over 14 weeks on RED MX cameras in Sydney.
December 2010 - Miracle In The Storm won the AFI Award for 'Best Cinematography in a Documentary' on Friday 10th December in Melbourne. It is Toby’s first AFI Award win after four nominations.
For other reviews and awards go to Awards & Press page. Toby has also done several magazine interviews and has a number of published articles about his work, see the Articles page.
In May 2010 Toby signed up for representation with HLA Management, a talent agency for writers, directors and creative heads of department. Their clients include Jane Campion, Greig Fraser, Brendan Cowell,
Gillian Armstrong and Neil Armfield to name a few.
For Toby’s blog: http://redrooftops.wordpress.com/
For Toby’s IMDB listing, go to: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002947/
Toby on Showreelfinder, http://www.showreelfinder.com/name/Toby_Oliver_ACS/
To download his full CV: TobyOliverACS-JAN2012.pdf
For Showreel clips, please click Feature Films , Television or TVC’s.
CONTACT:
AGENT:
Edwina Stuart at
HLA Management, ph +61 2 9549 3000
Web: http://www.hlamgt.com.au/
BOOKING SERVICE (commercials):
Auscrew, ph 02 9427 4444
Web: http://www.auscrew.com.au
Direct
+61 (0) 418 271 931
On location in the A1 mine on ‘Beaconsfield’
