Martin McGrath ACS  - Director of Photography

Martin McGrath’s career took off when he shot Jocelyn Moorhouse’s Proof and the hugely successful Muriel’s Wedding two years later. 

He was nominated for the AFI award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for his work on both Children of the Revolution and Blackrock, and won an AFI for Passion starring Judy Davis and Richard Roxburgh. 

His other film credits include The Sound of One Hand Clapping, A Little Bit of Soul, Swimming Upstream (ACS award), Footy Legends with Claudia Karvan, and Irresistible starring Susan Sarandon and Emily Blunt. Martin shot Second Unit on a number of US productions filmed in Australia including: Peter Pan; Son of Mask and Star Wars III Revenge of the Sith. His most recent feature films include Around the Block directed by Sarah Spillane and starring Christina Ricci, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013.

Martin’s television credits include the locally produced Packed to the Rafters for the Seven Network, Dance Academy Series 1 and 2 for ABC3, My Place for the ABC, TV1 real crime drama series Killing Time, the ABC court room drama Rake, and telemovies Jack Irish, The Broken Shore with Essential Media, Blue Murder, Blackjack, Valentines Day and the Golden Globe nominated On the Beach. Martin also shot the docu-dramas The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce and The Extraordinary Tale of William Buckley for the ABC. 

Most recently, Martin has been nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television for The Broken Shore for Essential Media and the ABC, he shot the kung-fu comedy series Maximum Choppage for Matchbox Pictures and ABC2, and Australian/UK co-production Banished for See Saw Films, RSJ Films and BBC2.