Richard Fitzpatrick | |
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Born | 6 September 1970 |
Richard John Fitzpatrick (born 6 September 1970) is an Australian Emmy award winning cinematographer and adjunct research fellow specialising in marine biology at James Cook University.[1]
Richard Fitzpatrick's fascination for sharks started at an early age. Richard caught his first Epaulette shark from the Coral Sea and took it home to keep in his aquarium when he was eleven years old. He then took the entire aquarium into school for show and tell.[2]
Fitzpatrick has filmed for clients such as the BBC, National Geographic and Discovery Channel and has been both the skill behind the camera as well as the subject of numerous underwater documentaries. Known for his unique pioneering techniques for catching sharks by the tail, one of Fitzpatrick's inventions - the shark claw - was profiled on the ABC's show New Inventors.[3]
In 2014, Fitzpatrick was accredited by the Australian Cinematographers Society[4] and also instigated the world's first underwater Google+ hangout.[5]
Year | Production | Production Company |
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2018 | Great Barrier Reef 3D IMAX Film | December Media/Macgillivray Freeman Films/Slattery Family Trust |
2018 | Iolo: Deifio yn y Barrier Reef | A4C/BBC |
2017 | Can We Save The Reef | ABC - Catalyst |
Boss Croc | Nat Geo Wild | |
2015 | David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef | Atlantic Productions |
Unnatural Selection | Sly Vision/Terra Mater | |
Shark | BBC | |
Sesame Street | Carbon Media/PBS | |
2014 | Operation Manhunter-Great White | Windfall/PBS |
2013 | Shark 360 | |
2012 | Great Barrier Reef | Digital Dimensions/BBC/Discovery |
2010 | Strike Force | Digital Dimensions/Natural Geographic/Natural History NZ |
2009 | Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr - The Wild West | HDTV/DOP |
Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr - Cannibal Squid | HDTV/DOP | |
Killer Squid | National Geographic Television | |
Reptiles Revealed | National Geographic Television | |
Speed Kills | National Geographic Television | |
Barney's Great Barrier Reef | Digital Dimensions/BBC Children's | |
Dangerous Continents | National Geographic Television | |
2008 | Oceans | Galitee Films |
Deadly Dozen Series 3 Australia | National Geographic HDTV - DOP | |
Mysteries of the Shark Coast | Digital Dimensions/Discovery | |
2007 | Worlds Worst Venoms | Digital Dimensions/Parthenon/National Geographic |
Natural Wonders | Impossible Pictures | |
Life in Cold Blood | BBC HD Shoot | |
2006 | Dangerous World | HDTV Beyond Productions/ National Geographic |
Miracle Planet | National Geographic | |
Deadly Dozen - Australia | National Geographic | |
Worlds Worst Venom's | Digital Dimensions/Parthenon Entertainment | |
Are We Changing Planet Earth | BBC | |
Amazing Planet | National Geographic | |
Animals in Love | MC4 French Feature Film | |
Shark Bay | TBS Japan | |
2004 | Killer Jellyfish | Digital Dimensions/Discovery Channel/Granada HD doco |
Up Close and Dangerous | Discovery/Natural History NZ | |
Marine protection of the Philippines | WWF Geneva | |
Microcean | Nature Productions (France) | |
60 Minutes | Grab a tiger by the tail | |
2003 | The Most Extreme | Discovery Animal Planet |
Snake Wranglers – Sea snakes | National Geographic | |
State of the Reef | WWF Geneva | |
Nature's Warzone | National Geographic/Digital Dimensions/Natural History NZ | |
2002 | Mystery of the Minke | National Geographic/Natural History Limited – New Zealand |
Shark Battlefield | BBC | |
Don't go there - Box Jellyfish sequences | BBC | |
Australasia | BBC Natural History Unit | |
A Man among Sharks | Tele Images (France) | |
Dangerous Amazon with Jules Sylvester | Discovery Channel/Granada | |
Dangerous Australians with Jules Sylvester | Discovery Channel/Granada | |
2001 | Wild Nights | Tele-images (France) |
World Heritage | TBS (Japan) | |
Octopus and Squid of Australia | NHK (Japan) | |
2000 | Poison Survival Anglia – Box Jellyfish sequences | |
Menacing Waters | Discovery/Natural History Limited | |
Venom | BBC | |
1999 | Ocean Empires | |
Too close for comfort - Sharks feeding | BBC Natural History Unit | |
Australia's Marine World - cone shells, sharks, turtles | Discovery Channel | |
Nine network Australia - A Current Affair | Great Barrier Reef Story | |
Serpents of the sea | Natural History Limited/Discovery Channel | |
1998 | Danger in the Sea - 13 part series | Marquee films Canada |
Animal Weapons | Wild Visuals | |
Tomorrow's world - story of electronic Shark Pod repellent | BBC | |
1997 | Mystic of the Pearl | Film Australia |
Das La Nature Canal and France | Documentary on sharks | |
1995 | Beyond the Blue | Coral Sea Television |
1994 | Dangerous Australians | Channel 9 Australia |
1993 | Totally Wild | Channel 10 Australia |
Wonderworld | Channel 9 Australia |
Australian Cinematographers Society
2014 ACS Accreditation
Australian Cinematographers Society QLD
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
International Wildlife Film Festival
International Wildlife Film Festival (Montana)
Tropical NQ Media Awards
Festival International du Film
Festival Mondial de l'Images Sous-Marine, Antibes
Antibes Underwater Film Festival