JMC
Joe Murdie is a cinematographer.
Joe is a versatile and passionate, emerging filmmaker, with a love for capturing compelling stories.
With a career spanning across various roles, including Cinematographer, Writer, Director, and Editor, Joe's style revolves around creative lighting and unique compositions while always putting the story first.
Joe's extensive list of credits includes collaborations with many agencies and clients from around the world. He is a member of The Screen Industry Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand Cinematographers Society, Directors & Editors Guild of Aotearoa & Film Otago Southland.
He has won multiple international awards, including Best Documentary for ‘4130’, Honourable Mention for ‘ARE WE EVEN LISTENING?’ and numerous official selections for Documentary, Music Video and short drama content.
His work has aired globally on major networks including Al Jazeera, Brovo, TVNZ and Māori Television, as well as featuring on streaming platforms Amazon Prime, TVNZ on Demand, GloboSat and RNZ. His music video for Devilskin’s ‘NEVER SEE THE LIGHT’ has amassed over 3.7 million views on Youtube alone, with many others receiving over 500,000 views.
As a kid growing up in South Auckland Joe lived with a camera in hand. Starting out in stills on an old Pentax SLR before transitioning into moving image after saving up for a $50 handycam from Cash Converters. He started his professional journey in news and broadcast, music videos, and short form documentaries and has since worked on numerous TV series, commercials, short films, and documentaries in New Zealand, America, and South East Asia.
Joe is proficient in all leading cinema cameras and equipment and owns a good array of in-house gear, including a RED DSMC2, basic lighting kit, and more. He is a hands-on, practical professional who often builds custom contraptions to capture unique shots.
Joe’s passion for creativity has lead him to perusing more scripted works in recent years however his love of good, fun and real stories never sees him far from documentary work.
Filmmaker / Director of Photography / DP / Camera Operator / Camera Tech / Cinematographer
Member of
The Screen Industry Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand Cinematographers Society
Directors and Editors Guild of New Zealand
Film Otago Southland
Ourfilm.group
Credits
Joe has an extensive list of credits across a variety of film and television projects and has creatively worked with many agencies and clients including; TVNZ, Media Works, RNZ, The Coconet, bcg2, Hustle & Bustle, DB Breweries, Samsung, The Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra, Skycity, The NZIHL, NZ Merino, NZ Police, Healthcare NZ, New World and many more. A selection of his credits can be found below.
DOCUMENTARY:
Aotearoa (in development)
Ngāwari
Restoring AEU (In Production)
rail:lines
Endurance
Paradiso After 25 Years
Ode 2.0 Behind the Menu
Fourteen Foot Journey
4130 | A BMX lifestyle film
Enviro[MENTAL]
Isotherm 0°C
SCRIPTED:
Death to Reality
WALK
The Great Pastry Heist
Planet 13 (in development)
Focus (In development)
COMMERCIALS & BRAND ADVERTISING:
Wanaka Beerworks - Life is Good, Commercial
Wanaka AFC, Commercial
Burn Cottage Winery, Digital Campaign
ECO Wanaka, Digital campaign
Mt Cook Lakeside Retreat, Digital Campaign
Rhyme and Reason, Digital Campaign
Roam Wānaka, Digital campaign
Sweet Slips, Digital campaign
'This is Rippon' - Rippon Winery, Digital campaign
Dougal Alan x Ford Motor Company, TVC
Shot at The Studio Space, TVC
'Fairness’– TVC Series for Tall Poppy
Lake Wanaka Tourism - Love Wanaka Web Campaign
MITv - TVC series for Manukau Institute of Technology
MITh Busters - TVC series for Manukau Institute of Technology
Cucina – Commercial series
Akarua Wines - Commercial series
Samsung X - TVC series
Spacewax - Commercial
Pembroke Pâtisserie - Commercial series
NZ Merino - Silere Commercial
MUSIC VIDEOS:
Gina Malcolm - Crushing
Powder Chutes - Moths to the Flame
Gina Malcolm - Don't Expect the World
Spoken - Stronger than me
Anna van Riel - Christmas in New Zealand
Luca George - Lonely Tonight Acoustic
Devilskin - Little Pills
Devilskin - Never See The Light
Devilskin - Mountains
DB Breweries / APO - Remember a night not a minute
An Artistic response to the Teina Pora case
Ermehn - Livin in the hood
Tha Movement - MASTA Featuring Poetik, MC Arme, SMV, King Kapisi, Mareko & Kas The Feelstyle
Fuelset - Alone
World War Four - Ghost
Helgorithms – Tether
Sinate – Premonition of the Wicked
TV & BROADCAST:
Winter Games '23 - Sky sports - On-Demand series
Winter Games '23 - Live finals coverage
Stripe Studios - Rich Listers Season 1 - TV Series
Winter Games '22 - Sky sports - 3 part sports show
Stripe Studios - The Circus, Season 2 - TV Series
RNZ - House Talk - On demand series
Greenstone TV - Border Patrol season 11 - TV series
RNZ – Heli Trio - News Presser
Greenstone TV - Dog Squad season 2 - TV series
The Coconet - Game of Bros season 3 - TV series
TVNZ - Cooking4Change Hotspots - On demand series
Seven Sharp - ‘How To Dad’ - TV spot
Seven Sharp - ’50 Peaks’ - TV spot
Seven Sharp - ‘Tractor Trek’ - TV spot
Seven Sharp - ‘Taupo bomb comp’ - TV Spot
TVNZ - Chop Chop - On demand series
The SnP Show – Web Series
Inked Life TV – Web series
The Coconet - Rhyme ‘The Rage’ Loto World title journey - On demand episode
NZIHL - Live Stream 2018 season, 2019 season, 2020 season, 2021 season, 2022 season