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Nic Sadler
Nic Sadler talking at CSUN
Born
Nicholas John Sadler

(1965-05-24) 24 May 1965 (age 59)[1]
London, England
Occupation(s)Cinematographer, Inventor & Photographer
Years active1987–present
Websitenicsadler.com

Nic Sadler is a British/Australian cinematographer, photographer and inventor, living in Los Angeles.

Early life

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Sadler was born in East London in May 1965, to an Anglo-Indian mother and a British-Roma father. His mother Elizabeth "Betty" King emigrated from India in 1956 with her mother Mavis, siblings Aubrey and Angela "Angie" King, shortly after their father died in Madras.[2]: 65  At age seven he moved with his parent to Perth, Western Australia.

While at North Lake Senior High School he developed an interest in photography from Daniel, his photolithographer father, supported by then teacher at NLSH, John Longley (a future crew member of the successful 1980 America's Cup challenger, Freedom).

Sadler graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from WAIT (Western Australian Institute of Technology), later known as Curtin University, in Western Australia in 1985,[3] studying under filmmakers Bill Constable[4] and Steve Jodrell, and renown cultural theorists John Fiske and John Hartley.

Sadler began working in the film industry in 1986, first as a production assistant on Shame, directed his former tutor Steve Jodrell. In 1997 he got his first job in the camera department as main unit 2nd assistant camera on television film A Waltz Through the Hills,[5] then as second unit 1st assistant camera on Australian miniseries Jackaroo.[6]

Cinematographer

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After moving to London in 1989, Sadler began working primarily as 1st assistant camera to John Mathieson (cinematographer).

By 1992 he had begun working as a cinematographer on music videos,[7] then later on television commercials.[8][9][10]

In 2005 Nic moved to Los Angeles to begin principal photography on his first feature film, the low budget independent film Intellectual Property.[11]

Inventor

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Sadler formed the company Chemical Wedding in 2007 with Toby Evetts and Simon Reeves,[12] was formed in 2007 to produce software tools for filmmakers on the newly established iOS platform. Their first product, "Helios",[13] an early Apple iOS application for filmmakers to pre-visualise the effect of sunlight on locations and people, was released in 2008. This was followed by the release of Artemis Digital Directors Viewfinder in 2009, the first digital directors viewfinder on a mobile phone platform.

In 2016 Chemical Wedding began production of the Artemis Prime[14][15] digital director's Lens finder system, using software based on Artemis Pro and optics designed by Brian Caldwell.[16] The system is in wide use, notably by camera operator Jim McConkey [17] with cinematographer David Mullen on the television series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.[18]

Sadler & his partners at Chemical Wedding were awarded both an Emmy[19] and the British Society of Cinematographers Bert Easey[20] awards for the development of Artemis and Helios.

Since 2017 Sadler has been Consultant Cinemtographer to Caldwell, an optics company based in Glendale, California, owned by Dr James "Brian" Caldwell.[21] in their production of the Chameleon Anamorphic motion picture lenses, used on the production on The Mandalorian[22] from Disney Studios.

Photographer

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In 2014 Nic began a creative photographic partnership with Julia Sandberg Hansson under the name SHSadler.[23] Working closely with LA Make-up artist Satya Linak,[24] their award winning work[25] has been widely published in art magazines and journals.

Other Professional Interests

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From February 2014 until June 2018 Nic was a co-host on over 200 episodes of the political podcast From the Bunker [26] with Richard Beatty, David Schockett and Jody Hamilton, daughter of Carol Burnett. Jody is currently Executive Producer of the Stephanie Miller Show.

Nic lectures in Cinematography at numerous institutions, including the American Film Institute, CSUN, and University of California, Santa Barbara.

Filmography

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Short films

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Year Title Director
2001 Dumping Elaine Peter Lydon
2002 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday James Wood
Me, You and the Dead Rick Griffiths
2003 White Bits Alexander Jovy
The Silent Treatment Peter Lydon
2005 Snaps Simon Lewis
Maroon 5: Not Coming Home Zack Stoff
Maroon 5: Thoughts About Jane Zack Stoff
2007 Hell Bent for Leather James Wood
2008 Ride the Wake Jennifer Akana Sturla
Cinco de Mayo Giles Greenwood
2011 Journey to Safety Varda Bar-Ku
Pirates of the Caribbean - Tales of the Code: Wedlocked James Byrkit
2013 Not Alone Trish Sie
2015 First Impressions Jay Riedl

Feature films

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Year Title Director
2001 Buffalo Soldiers – Second unit Cinematographer Gregor Jordan
2004 Trauma – Additional Cinematography Marc Evans
Spivs – Second unit Cinematographer Colin Teague
2006 Intellectual Property / Dark Mind Nicholas Peterson
2013 Coherence James Byrkit
Cavemen Herschel Faber
Forgive Us Antony Haden-West
2020 One More Orbit – Mauritius Unit Terry Virts

Television

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Year Title Director Notes
1994 MTV Rocumentary Series: Reggaementary [27] Nick Wickham Episode shot in Jamaica, NYC & London [28]
1995 Gamesmaster Steve Wright[29] Season 4 - 18 Episodes[30]
1998 Coming Home Giles Foster Two part miniseries
2000 Shockers: Parent's Night Marc Charach[31] Season 2, Episode 2
2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2005 Hamish Hamilton Lexington Avenue Armory, New York City
2011 Brain Games: Pay Attention! Jeremiah Crowell Season 1, Episode 2
2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2013 Hamish Hamilton Lexington Avenue Armory, New York City
2014 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2014 Hamish Hamilton Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
2015 Victoria's Secret Swim Special Hamish Hamilton TV Special, Puerto Rico

Music videos (partial list)

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Year Band Title Director
1992 Revolver Cradle Snatch Tom Merilion
The Prodigy Fire Russel Curtis
1994 Sleeper Delicious James Brett
Shed Seven Speakeasy Alex Szaszy
Chris Rea You Can Go Your Own Way David Parvin
1995 Caroline Henderson Kiss Me, Kiss Me Pascal d'Hoeraene
1996 Dreadzone Little Britain David Slade
Lighthouse Family Goodbye Heartbreak Norman Watson
1997 Travis Happy Nick Wickham
Echo & the Bunnymen Nothing Lasts Forever Norman Watson
Supertramp Listen To Me Please Vincent Soyez[32]
Dreadzone Moving On David Slade
Ocean Color Scene Better Day Tony Briggs
Ollano feat. Helena Noguerra[33] Latitudes Pascal d'Hoeraene
1998 Sting & Aswad Invisible Sun[34] Feasible Films
2000 Beautiful South Closer Than Most Liam & Grant
2001 Elbow (band) Powder Blue Scott Weintrob
2005 Ocean Color Scene Free My Name Giles Greenwood
2009 Thriving Ivory Hey Lady Kevin McVey
2012 Meg Myers Curbstomp Trish Sie

Concert films

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Year Band Title Director
1997 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds MTV Live 'n' Loud - The Boatman's Call Nick Wickham
1998 REM Uptake Nick Wickham
1999 The Corrs MTV Unplugged Nick Wickham
2004 Norah Jones & the Handsome Band Live in 2004[35] Hamish Hamilton
2005 Maroon 5 Friday the 13th - Live at the Santa Barbara Bowl Russel Thomas
2013 Mumford & Sons Live from the Artists Den Natalie Johns
Soundgarden Live from the Artists Den Jojo Pennebaker
2014 Sara Bareilles Live from the Artists Den Kurt E. Soderling
Fitz and the Tantrums Live from the Artists Den Torre Catalano
2018 Jennifer Lopez All I Have Sam Wrench

Photography

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in partnership with Julia Sandberg-Hansson as SHSadler

Year Publication Article
2013 Triple J magazine Daft Punk[36]
2018 Plain Fresh Meat
Schön! Beauty Standards Revisited
2019 It's Nice That SHSadler's Fresh Meat assesses the line between “what is beautiful and what is ugly”
DesignBoom Plastic wrapped and ready to deconstruct beauty standards in the age of selfies
2021 Instants Francaise 6-7e TQ/P - Recueil De Documents SH/SADLER, Fresh Meat (Viande Fraiche),2018 [37]
2023 Schön! i scream
Marvin Feeling Fresh

Awards

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Australian International Film Festival

Year Award Category Title Result
2006 Silver Spotlight Award Best Cinematography Intellectual Property Won

Emmy Awards

Year Category For Notes
2018 Outstanding Achievement in
Engineering Development[38] 		The Artemis Digital Directors Viewfinder System With Toby Evetts and Simon Reeves
Partners in Chemical Wedding

Tokyo International Photo Award

Year Title Category Result
2020 Fresh Meat TIFA Beauty Photography Gold
Fresh Meat TIFA Advertising Photography 1st Place

British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) Awards

Year For Category
2024 Artemis Pro & Helios Pro BSC Bert Easey Technical Award

References

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  1. ^ "Nic Sadler". IMDb. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.[unreliable source?]
  2. ^ Etchingham, Kathy (1998). Through Gypsy Eyes. Victor Gollancz. ISBN 0752827251.
  3. ^ "SHSadler". TIFA. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. ^ "VALE Bill Constable". ACS. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  5. ^ "A Waltz Through the Hills - Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Jackaroo - Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  7. ^ "The Prodigy Fire". IMDVb. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Nic Sadler". ADSSPOT. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Nic Sadler". AdForum. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Axe (Singapore) Lingeries". AdAge. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Christopher Masterson to star in Intellectual Property". MovieWeb. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  12. ^ "2018 Emmy Award". Television Academy. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Visualize the Sun, Moon and Stars at Any Time and Any Location with Helios Pro". NoFilmSchool. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  14. ^ "The Future of Viewfinders is Here, and Its Name is Artemis Prime". NoFilmSchool. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Virtual Lens Summit - Chemical Wedding's Artemis Prime with Nic Sadler". Koerner Camera Systems - YouTube. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Brian Caldwell". Caldwell. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Jim McConkey". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Cinematographers M. David Mullen, ASC, and Eric Moynier on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Retro NYC". Studio Daily. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  19. ^ "Visualize the Sun, Moon and Stars at Any Time and Any Location with Helios Pro". Emmys. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  20. ^ "BSC Awards 2024". Cinematography World. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  21. ^ "About Caldwell". Caldwell. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  22. ^ "The Mandalorian - Technical Specifications". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  23. ^ "SH/Sadler". SHSadler. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  24. ^ "Satya Linak". Schön!. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  25. ^ "TIFA Awards 2020". Tokyo International Foto Awards. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  26. ^ Jody Hamilton (19 December 2014). "Show #300". From the Bunker (Podcast). MSW Media. Event occurs at 0227. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  27. ^ "MTV Rockumentary". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  28. ^ "Reggaementary - documentary 1994..." YouTube. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  29. ^ "Steve Wright - Director". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  30. ^ "Gamesmaster Season 4". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  31. ^ "Marc Charach - Director". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  32. ^ "REF". Nicocorp (in French). 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  33. ^ "Helena Noguerra". 2 June 1998. Retrieved 6 January 2024 – via The Audio Db.
  34. ^ "Sting & Aswad – Invisible Sun 1998". 2 June 1998. Retrieved 6 January 2024 – via Facebook Video.
  35. ^ "Simon Beresford". Meta Designs. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  36. ^ "Final Edition of Triple J Magazine – Dafty Punk". Mumbrella. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  37. ^ Bertholomé, Élodie; Laure, Mewissen (4 May 2021). Instants Francaise 6-7e TQ/P - Recueil De Documents [French Monents 6-7e TQ/P - Collection of Documents] (in French). Bouge, France: Éditions Érasme. p. 76. ISBN 9782808128186.
  38. ^ "VEngineering, Science & Technology Emmy Award Winners". Emmys. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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