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Freelance lighting cameraman - broadcast television production - Australia


CREDITS - MURRAY KELSO
FREELANCE CAMERAMAN/DOP : 1985 TO PRESENT DAY

Commercials ......

City Bank, Caltex, Sydney Zoo "Feathers Furs & Fins", Queensland Bananas, Westfield Christmas, Knotts Pine Furniture, Lowes, MBF, Pacific Publications: Home Beautiful, TV Week, New Idea, Stewart Toyota, Whiskas, MMI, Proctor & Gamble, Napisan, Nutella, Enzed. Aerials for P&O Fairstar.

Corporates ......

BHP, Commonwealth Bank, Registered Clubs, Pilkington Glass, Kimberley Clark, East West Minerals (shot in Canada), Burns Philp, Hoover, Plessey, Dow Corning, Email Westinghouse, Department of Defence, Department of Minerals & Energy, Department of Social Security, DEET, ATSIC, Hanimex, IPEC, Lend Lease, ADI, AWA, Optus Communications, Ansett Airlines, Civil & Civic, National Australia Bank, MLC Insurance, Australian Athletics Association, Jeans West, Kodak, Meat & Livestock Corporation, UTS Ku-ring-gai Campus, Citicorp, Dulux, Cormac, Monier, Health Australia, Overnighters, Park Royal Hotel Group (shot in Malaysia), Seagrams, Shell, Esso, Caltex, CSIRO, Aggie Grey's Hotel (shot in Western Samoa), Percy Marks, Kings School, Victorian Milk, Sydney Water, Telstra, Optus, John Fairfax, Westpac, State Rail Authority, Ford Australia, NSW Police, Australia Post, Ferenbacher Productions (San Francisco), Ford Motor Company (Detroit), Millard Bourne (London).

Medical & Pharmaceutical ......

Documentary on SIDS, Conference on AIDs, AIDS docudrama, Training and Patient information videos (for Education & Resource Departments of Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney Adventist Hospital and Westmead Hospital), surgical procedures, Astra Pharmaceuticals, Beecham, Bristol Myers/Squib, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Eli Lily, Phizer, Pharmacia.

Television ......

Compass, Qantum, Review, ABC Children's, ABC Marketing, Surf the Edge, Family Circle TV, Current Affair, Investigators, Blackout, What's Cooking, Better Homes & Gardens, Sportsvision, Fox Sports, Optus Vision, Mosiac, SBS Movie Show, E-Entertainment! (Los Angeles), NBC (New York), BBC (London), NHK (Japan), SAT1 (Hamburg).

Electronic Press Kits, Junkets & Behind The Scenes ......

June 2004: Behind the Scenes for E Entertainment, Survivor Vanuatu - Islands of Fire;
Previous: Lilians Story; Children of the Revolution; Dad & Dave; Dating the Enemy; Turning April; Big Red; Me Myself I; Nugget; The Matrix 1, 2 & 3; Lord of the Rings 1, 2 & 3; The Quiet American; and many more.

Helicopter ......

Many hours in the air shooting broadcast corporates and commercials.


Photo: Bob Peters

CREDITS - MURRAY KELSO
NETWORK TELEVISION CAMERAMAN : 1964 TO 1984

United Telecasters (Channel 10 Sydney) 1974 to 1984 ......

Spent six years as TEN-10's Head of Cameras preceded by four years as Senior Camerman.

Held responsibility for smooth operation of Camera Department, overseeing and training approximately 17 Cameramen (at various stages of development), liaison with Facilities and Production Departments re purchase of new equipment, and maintenance of gear.

Worked on all major TEN-10 Sydney productions - most especially soap opera programs, drama and sport - shooting single camera for both commercial and drama units.

Selected as integral team member for Network 10's national coverage of the 1984 Olympic Games from Los Angeles, and was specifically responsible for running of studio floor during the Sydney crew shift.

TVW-7, Perth 1964 to 1974 ......

Progressed to Senior Cameraman from Junior Trainee Cameraman at a time when TVW had a staff of 85.

Worked on all major TVW programs, including sports, variety and news.


SPECIAL INTERESTS

Murray Kelso is an avid freshwater fly fisherman who has spent extensive periods fishing the Oberon-Tarana and Blacksprings area three hours west of Sydney. He prefers to fish small streams and spring creeks for wild brown and rainbow trout. He is also a flytyer. Visit www.sydneyflyrodders.com.au for more information.



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