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Joe Murdie is a cinematographer.
Having worked in a number of positions over the years including; Writer, Producer, Director and Editor, Joe’s passion and enthusiasm for film has always stemmed from being behind a camera. His cinematography style is centred around creative lighting and unique compositions while always ensuring that every shot serves the story first and foremost.
As a child 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 began his professional career working in news and broadcast, music videos and short form documentary. Since then he has worked regularly on TV series, commercials, short films and documentaries throughout New Zealand, America and South East Asia. 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.
As a serious techo, Joe keeps up to play with the latest technology and is proficient on all leading cinema cameras and equipment. He has also invested in a good array of in house equipment including a RED DSMC2, Easyrig, basic Lighting kit and more. He is practical and hands on, and considers himself a ‘rigging operator’, often building custom contraptions to position or move cameras in unique ways.
Joe is available as a freelance DP/Cinematographer or Camera Operator throughout NZ or globally.
Member of
The Screen Industry Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand Cinematographers Society
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:
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
MUSIC VIDEOS:
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
COMMERCIALS & BRAND ADVERTISING:
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
TV & ON-DEMAND:
Stripe Studios - Rich Listers Season 1 - TV Series
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
