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My Australia

Aerial Cinematographer Chris Tangey left Australia's cities forever over 30 years ago. Here are some of the beautiful places he now lives with every day.

Music under license: "Capriole" Adrian Berenguer.

Please note that this film, including all low level flying and close-ups, is shot entirely with a "foldaway" drone.

  • Chris Tangey
    Aerial Cinematographer
  • Chris Tangey
    Editor
  • Chris Tangey
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Shooting Format:
    HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma)
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • New Media Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    June 5, 2024
    Winner "Drone"
  • Bistrita Romania International Film Festival

    Romania
    August 16, 2024
    Winner "Best documentary short"
  • Voce Spettacolo Film Festival
    Rome
    Italy
    September 15, 2023
    Winner "Drone"
  • Seattle Film Festival
    Seattle
    United States
    June 26, 2024
    Nominee
  • Siena Awards
    Siena
    Italy
    September 30, 2023
    Jury commendation
  • Thunderbird Drone Festival
    Tulsa
    United States
    August 25, 2023
    Nominee
  • Oxford Shorts
    Oxford
    United Kingdom
    August 29, 2024
    Official Selection
  • AZDronefest
    Phoenix
    United States
    October 7, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival
    Winton
    Australia
    June 21, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Madrid International Film festival
    Madrid
    Spain
    September 6, 2023
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Chris Tangey

Chris Tangey has shot under the direction of Werner Herzog, Kriv Stenders and Academy award winning DoP Russell Boyd ASC ACS. His credits include Cinematographer and 2nd Unit Photographer on the Universal Pictures feature film "Lee Kernaghan-Boy from the bush", DoP 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 DoP 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 28 International Awards including outright "Best Cinematography" in Tokyo, Seattle, Vienna and Buenos Aires. Chris also has 8 gold and 5 silver plaques 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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