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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Wellington, New Zealand

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Movie Involvements: 18

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Biography

Simon Duggan, ASC, ACS, is a New Zealand-Australian cinematographer. His body of work includes collaborations with directors like Baz Luhrmann, Alex Proyas, Mel Gibson, Greg McLean, and George Miller. He has won the AACTA Award for Best Cinematography twice, for The Great Gatsby (2013) and Hacksaw Ridge (2016). Duggan started his career off in Australia at Ross Wood Film Studios. His first feature film was 1998's The Interview, starring Hugo Weaving. Duggan frequently worked with Alex Proyas and Len Wiseman, acting as cinematographer on their films Garage Days, I, Robot, Underworld: Evolution, Live Free or Die Hard, and Knowing. Other credits include The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Killer Elite. Duggan was director of photography on Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. This was Luhrmann's first experience filming with 3D. After The Great Gatsby, Duggan worked on 300: Rise of an Empire, Duncan Jones' Warcraft, and Hacksaw Ridge, which marked Mel Gibson's return to directing after 2006's Apocalypto. Duggan was invited as a member to the Australian Cinematographers Society in 1989 and the American Society of Cinematographers in 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Duggan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Hacksaw Ridge
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Hacksaw Ridge

(2016) Director of Photography
Disenchanted
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7

Disenchanted

(2022) Director of Photography
300: Rise of an Empire
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6

300: Rise of an Empire

(2014) Director of Photography
Knowing
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6

Knowing

(2009) Director of Photography
The Great Gatsby
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7

The Great Gatsby

(2013) Director of Photography
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
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5
Warcraft
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6

Warcraft

(2016) Director of Photography
Live Free or Die Hard
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7

Live Free or Die Hard

(2007) Director of Photography

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Director of Photography
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2013 Director of Photography
2011 Director of Photography
2009 Director of Photography
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1998 Director of Photography
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Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2008 Cinematography
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2001 Cinematography
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