Jeremy Rouse, ACS
Director of Photography
Jeremy Rouse is a multi-award-winning cinematographer working across international television and film projects.
Jeremy worked on the German feature Jonathan (dir. Piotr J. Lewandowski/ Kordes & Kordes Film, 2016), which was selected for the Panorama section of the 66th Berlinale and earned Jeremy a Gold ACS Award for his cinematography on the film.
He has shot award-winning shorts, commercials and music videos. Short film credits include Tough & Cookie (wr/dir. Madeleine S. Parker, 2015), Florence Has Left the Building (wr/dir. Mirrah Foulkes, 2014), Sam’s Gold (wr/dir. Julietta Boscolo, 2012) and Lois (wr/dir. Alexandra Schepisi, 2011), starring Jacki Weaver, which screened at MIFF in 2011. Other credits include Spider Walk (dir. Raphael Sammut, 2011), Eli the Invincible (dir. Miranda Nation, 2011), for which Jeremy won a Bronze ACS Award and One Night (dir. Alexandra Schepisi, 2009), Jeremy was awarded a Silver ACS Award and nominated for Best Cinematography at St Kilda Film Festival in 2010 and further ACS winning shorts include The Pistachio Effect (ACS Bronze, dir. Nick Ball and Gus Johnstone, 2009) and Buses and Trains (ACS Silver, dir. Christopher Frey, 2008).
Jeremy shot a segment of The Turning (dir. Shaun Gladwell, 2013), produced by Arena Media in 2012, which had its world premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival, 2013. He also worked on David Michôd’s The Rover (Porchlight Films, 2014) as part of the DOP Splinter Unit.
Recent credits include the feature film Burden (dir. Andrew Heckler/ The Firm, 2018) which stars Forest Whitaker, Andrea Riseborough and Tom Wilkinson and screened at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival as well as the US feature film Emperor (dir. Mark Amin/ Sobini Films, 2019).
Jeremy most recently worked on Blaze (Causeway Films, 2022); the debut feature film of acclaimed visual artist Del Kathryn Barton. It had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival (2022) and its Australian Premiere at the Sydney Film Festival (2022) to rapturous acclaim. The film follows a young girl who, after witnessing a violent sexual assault, retreats into her imagination where a shimmering magic dragon who has been her childhood companion, allows her to express her rage and ultimately find renewal. It has earned Jeremy a 2022 AACTA Award nomination for Best Cinematography in Film.
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