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Mike Downie Cinematographer


Mike Downie S.A.S.C. is one of South Africa's most prolific cinematographers. His vast career in film and television has covered just about every discipline of film and video photography, from under water and aerial photography, to focus puller. Mike has worked in feature films, short films, television series, movies of the week, entertainment programs and shows, documentaries, docudramas, and local and international commercials for some of the world's top brands, as well as music videos.

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He received a SAFTA (South African Film & TV Award) for his work on The World Unseen.

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His motion picture credits include Price of a Daughter, A Boy called Twist (which garnered a Gold Award at the 2004 SASC Awards), Sinking the Lusitania, Scream, Ailys, Ultimatum, and Twist.

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His short film credits are Dashing Diner and Out on a Limb, the latter garnering a Best Actress award for Julianne White at the Cherbourg Film Festival, and Best Comedy at the Wine Country Film Festival (Francis Ford Copolla Wine Farm).

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His television work includes: Sinbad (Season 1), Flood, Feast Fit For a King (BBC1 and BBC2), The Syndicate, Living the Blues, Fear Factor, the hit show Pop Idol, the drama series Zero Tolerance, Tsha-Tsha 3, Tsha-Tsha 4 which received a Bronze Award at the SASC Awards in 2004, and the Zulu series Gazlam 4.

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His documentaries include The Lions of Njombe, The Anglo Zulu Boer Wars (for Canadian Broadcast Group), Ear to the Ground (AGTEL Communications Ireland), and HTV Wales Rugby (HTV Wales).


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