Richard Fitzpatrick (cinematographer)
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Richard John Fitzpatrick (born September 6, 1970) is an Australian Emmy award winning cinematographer and adjunct research fellow specialising in marine biology at James Cook University. [1] Fitzpatrick is renowned for his work filming previously unseen complex animal behaviours as well as for his shark research and expertise. He is currently the co-founder and director of marine cinematography company Biopixel.
Early life
Richard Fitzpatrick's fascination for sharks started at an early age. Richard caught his first Epaulette shark from the Coral Sea and took it home to keep in his aquarium when he was eleven years old. He then took the entire aquarium into school for show and tell.[2]
Fitzpatrick completed a BSc at James Cook University in 1991 and funded his studies working at Reef HQ Aquarium in Townsville. After graduating university, he became the senior biologist at Ocean World Aquarium in Manly.
Career
Fitzpatrick has filmed for clients such as the BBC, National Geographic and Discovery Channel and has been both the skill behind the camera as well as the subject of numerous underwater documentaries. Known well for his unique pioneering techniques for catching sharks by the tail, one of Fitzpatrick’s inventions has also profiled on the ABC’s New Inventors. [3] He has been the instigator of many shark tagging programs, including the first successful satellite tagging of a tiger shark in 2002.
In 2013, Fitzpatrick, along with IT entrepreneur Bevan Slattery, founded Biopixel - one of Australia’s premiere filming companies specialising in natural history behavioural sequences and boasting one of the world’s largest high definition stock vision libraries of Indo-Pacific reef life. Biopixel aims to promote the uniqueness, diversity and conservation of nature through the development of entertaining, engaging and educational visual content of the highest quality by utilising the latest filming equipment including 6K and high-speed.
In 2014, Fitzpatrick was awarded an ACS accreditation by the Australian Cinematographers society[4] and also instigated the world’s first underwater Google+ hangout. [5]
Filmography
| Year | Production | Production Company |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Unnatural Selection | Sly Vision/Terra Mater |
| Shark | BBC | |
| Sesame Street | Carbon Media/PBS | |
| 2014 | Operation Manhunter-Great White | Windfall/PBS |
| 2013 | Shark 360 | |
| 2012 | Great Barrier Reef | Digital Dimensions/BBC/Discovery |
| 2010 | Strike Force | Digital Dimensions/Natural Geographic/Natural History NZ |
| 2009 | Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr - The Wild West | HDTV/DOP |
| Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr - Cannibal Squid | HDTV/DOP | |
| Killer Squid | National Geographic Television | |
| Reptiles Revealed | National Geographic Television | |
| Speed Kills | National Geographic Television | |
| Barney's Great Barrier Reef | Digital Dimensions/BBC Childrens | |
| Dangerous Continents | National Geographic Television | |
| 2008 | Oceans | Galitee Films |
| Deadly Dozen Series 3 Australia | National Geographic HDTV - DOP | |
| Mysteries of the Shark Coast | Digital Dimensions/Discovery | |
| 2007 | Worlds Worst Venoms | Digital Dimensions/Parthenon/National Geographic |
| Natural Wonders | Impossible Pictures | |
| Life in Cold Blood | BBC HD Shoot | |
| 2006 | Dangerous World | HDTV Beyond Productions/ National Geographic |
| Miracle Planet | National Geographic | |
| Deadly Dozen - Australia | National Geographic | |
| Worlds Worst Venom's | Digital Dimensions/Parthenon Entertainment | |
| Are We Changing Planet Earth | BBC | |
| Amazing Planet | National Geographic | |
| Animals in Love | MC4 French Feature Film | |
| Shark Bay | TBS Japan | |
| 2004 | Killer Jellyfish | Digital Dimensions/Discovery Channel/Granada HD doco |
| Up Close and Dangerous | Discovery/Natural History NZ | |
| Marine protection of the Philippines | WWF Geneva | |
| Microcean | Nature Productions (France) | |
| 60 Minutes | Grab a tiger by the tail | |
| 2003 | The Most Extreme | Discovery Animal Planet |
| Snake Wranglers – Sea snakes | National Geographic | |
| State of the Reef | WWF Geneva | |
| Nature’s Warzone | National Geographic/Digital Dimensions/Natural History NZ | |
| 2002 | Mystery of the Minke | National Geographic/Natural History Limited – New Zealand |
| Shark Battlefield | BBC | |
| Don’t go there - Box Jellyfish sequences | BBC | |
| Australasia | BBC Natural History Unit | |
| A Man among Sharks | Tele Images (France) | |
| Dangerous Amazon with Jules Sylvester | Discovery Channel/Granada | |
| Dangerous Australians with Jules Sylvester | Discovery Channel/Granada | |
| 2001 | Wild Nights | Tele-images (France) |
| World Heritage | TBS (Japan) | |
| Octopus and Squid of Australia | NHK (Japan) | |
| 2000 | Poison Survival Anglia – Box Jellyfish sequences | |
| Menacing Waters | Discovery/Natural History Limited | |
| Venom | BBC | |
| 1999 | Ocean Empires | |
| Too close for comfort - Sharks feeding | BBC Natural History Unit | |
| Australia’s Marine World - cone shells, sharks, turtles | Discovery Channel | |
| Nine network Australia - A Current Affair | Great Barrier Reef Story | |
| Serpents of the sea | Natural History Limited/Discovery Channel | |
| 1998 | Danger in the Sea - 13 part series | Marquee films Canada |
| Animal Weapons | Wild Visuals | |
| Tomorrow’s world - story of electronic Shark Pod repellent | BBC | |
| 1997 | Mystic of the Pearl | Film Australia |
| Das La Nature Canal and France | Documentary on sharks | |
| 1995 | Beyond the Blue | Coral Sea Television |
| 1994 | Dangerous Australians | Channel 9 Australia |
| 1993 | Totally Wild | Channel 10 Australia |
| Wonderworld | Channel 9 Australia |
Awards and Nominations
Australian Cinematographers Society
- 2014 ACS Acreeditation
- 2007 Distinction Award for Cinematography ‘Reef of Riches’ Discovery Channel/NHNZ/NHK
- 2005 Distinction Award for ‘Micro Oceans’
Austalian Cinematorgraphers Society QLD
- 2012 Gold Award
- 2012 Silver Award
- 2006 Gold Award – Natural History for ‘Equator’ Discovery Channel/NHNZ/NHK
- 2005 Silver Award – Natural History for ‘Killer Jellyfish’ Discovery Channel
- 2004 Gold Award for ‘Micro Oceans’
- 2003 Silver Award for ‘Raine Island - Nature’s Warzone
- 2002 Gold Award – Natural History
- 2001 Highly Commended – Natural History
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
- 2011 Emmy Award, Cinematography for ‘Great Migrations’
- 2007 Emmy nomination, Cinematography for ‘Reef of Riches’
International Wildlife Film festival
- 2008 Merit Award – Macro Cinematography for Animal behaviour ‘Equator – Reef of Riches’ Discovery Channel
- 2006 International Wildlife Film Festival - Best Photography - 'Equator'
- 2000 Merit Award for Visual Effects - Best Underwater Photography – ‘Ocean Empires’
International Wildlife Film Festival (Montana)
- 2003 Honorable Mention ‘Mystery of the Minkes’ - Underwater Photography
Tropical NQ Media Awards
- 2003 Best Documentary ‘Shark Tracker’
Festival International du Film
- 2003 Grand Prix du Public - Aventure & Decouverte for ‘Shark Tracker’, + Special Jury Prize
Festival Mondial de l'Images Sous-Marine, Antibes
- 2002 First prize – Grand Format Films for ‘Shark Battlefields’ (BBC)
Antibes Underwater Film Festival
- 2000 Bronze Award - Grand Format Films ‘ Ocean Empires’
Publications
- Fitzpatrick R, Thums M, Bell I, Meekan MG, Stevens JD, Barnett A (2012). A Comparison of the Seasonal Movements of Tiger Sharks and Green Turtles Provides Insight into Their Predator-Prey Relationship. PLoS ONE 7:e51927
- Lindsay, D.J., Yoshida, H., Uemura, K., Yamamoto, H., Ishibashi, S., Nishikawa, J., Reimer, J.D., Fitzpatrick, R., Fujikura, K. and T. Maruyama (2012). The untethered remotely-operated vehicle PICASSO-1 and its deployment from chartered dive vessels for deep sea surveys off Okinawa, Japan, and Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia. Marine Technology Society Journal 46: 20–32.
- Barnett A, Abrantes KG, Seymour J, Fitzpatrick R (2012). Residency and Spatial Use by Reef Sharks of an Isolated Seamount and Its Implications for Conservation. PLoS ONE 7: e36574.
- Fitzpatrick R, Abrantes K, Seymour J & Barnett A (2011). Variation in depth of whitetip reef sharks: does provisioning ecotourism change their behaviour. Coral Reefs 30:569-577
- Nishikawa J, Fitzpatrick R, Reimer J, Beaman R, Yamamoto H, Lindsay D (2011). In situ observation of Denise's pygmy seahorse Hippocampus denise associated with a gorgonian coral Annella reticulata at Osprey Reef, Australia. Galaxea 13:25-26
- Heupel MR, Simpfendorfer CA, Fitzpatrick R (2010). Large–Scale Movement and Reef Fidelity of Grey Reef Sharks. PLoS ONE 5: e9650
- Konow N, Fitzpatrick R, Barnett A. (2006). Adult Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) clean giant sunfishes (Mola mola) at Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia. Coral Reefs 25(2): 208
- Shark, Robert Reid, (2010). Killer Tales from the Dangerous Depths, Chapter 5, Allen and Unwin publishing