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Living Australia

This is the first wildlife film in the world entirely shot by drone.
Australia is one of the most precious places on God's earth, much of its wildlife can only be found there.

  • Chris Tangey
    Director
  • Chris Tangey
    Aerial Cinematographer
  • Chris Tangey
    Editor
  • Chris Tangey
    Color Grade
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 17 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 4, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Shooting Format:
    HLG 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Australian Cinematographers Society Awards 2024
    Darwin
    Australia
    September 21, 2024
    Judges Award
  • Vocce Spettacolo Film Festival
    Rome
    Italy
    September 21, 2024
    Winner "Drone"
  • Ealing Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 25, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Thunderbird Drone Film Festival
    Tulsa
    United States
    October 4, 2024
    Nominee
  • Australian Cinematographers Society Awards 2024
    Darwin
    Australia
    September 21, 2024
    Gold award Ron and Valerie Taylor Wildlife Cinematography award
Distribution Information
  • Alice Springs Film and Television
    Distributor
    Country: Australia
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Chris Tangey

Chris Tangey has shot under the direction of Werner Herzog, Kriv Stenders and Academy award winning DP Russell Boyd ASC ACS. His credits include Cinematographer and 2nd Unit Photographer on the Universal Pictures feature film "Lee Kernaghan-Boy from the bush", DP on both a Tourism Australia TVC and corporate video and a promo for the Paramount Plus comedy series "Betoota Advocate". Chris was Aerial Cinematographer on the 2 part finale of The Batchelor 2020 (USA) and Australian DP for Pioneer Television's "Mother Undercover" series for ABC U.S. He has filmed for BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Science, National Geographic and Discovery Channel productions and has won 29 International Awards including outright "Best Cinematography" in Tokyo, Seattle, Vienna and Buenos Aires. Chris also won the 2024 Judges Award plus 10 gold and 5 silver awards from the prestigious Australian Cinematographer's Society.

TRIVIA: Chris was born on a small farm and has worked in floor tile and radiator factories, in a paint and hardware store and as a warehouse man. He is a former Melbourne drive-time radio announcer and later a television station announcer. He has led parties searching for the 19th century camps of the Burke and Wills expedition... and found some, from the age of 17 he spent two years on a lone search for the supposedly extinct Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger. His astonishing footage of a fire tornado in 2012 was reported worldwide through Reuters resulting in him being interviewed globally, including live on both Good Morning America and the Today shows on the same morning, and later with Sean Hannity. Former US Vice President Al Gore requested a license to utilize the footage, twice.

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