Donald McAlpine
Donald ' Don ' M. McAlpine ( born April 13, 1934 in Quandialla in Temora, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian cinematographer.
Life
McAlpine began his career behind the camera in 1962 as an assistant with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Four years later, he joined the Commonwealth Film Unit. As a photo reporter McAlpine was sent in the following period to Vietnam to report on the war there.
1968 McAlpine began working as director of photography, first for documentaries. In 1969 he also photographed for the first time on their own responsibility short films with a plot. His first big hit film was in 1972 in London, the resulting film, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, directed by his compatriot Bruce Beresford. Even on its sequel Barry McKenzie Holds His Own two years later Don McAlpine was involved.
McAlpine's career experienced a considerable boost with the beginning of the golden age of Australian cinema from the mid- 70s. He photographed a significant number of internationally recognized and acclaimed Australian films, including Gillian Armstrong's story of emancipation My brilliant career and Beresford's reconstruction of a bogus war court case The case of lieutenants Morant. There were movies, " in which McAlpine faces and landscapes carefully palpated and arranged as a harmonizing and at the same time exciting, vibrant interplay ".
In 1982 he went to Hollywood and received in the shortest time possible to photograph top productions leading directors such as Paul Mazursky, Alan J. Pakula and Martin Ritt. Don McAlpine has since cared for many film genres as director of photography, so Bible films, action films, comedies and fantasy movies. As a particularly successful his chamber exemplary people portraits (Keller children, Stanley and Iris ) and burlesque comedy Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Moon Over Parador, Mrs. Doubtfire can - The prickly nanny ) are counted. He celebrated his biggest success in 2002 when he received an Oscar nomination for his work on Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of the musical Moulin Rouge (2001 ), but opposite Andrew Lesnie (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship ) had left behind.