
Germain McMicking
Camera
Biography
Germain McMicking has worked extensively within the commercial and entertainment industry, shooting documentaries, narrative films and television and is a much sought-after Director of Photography. Recent credits include David Michod’s WIZARDS!; WOLF LIKE ME for Peacock and STAN; NITRAM for acclaimed director Justin Kurzel; MORTAL KOMBATfor New Line Cinema; the 3rd series of TRUE DETECTIVE for HBO, with Germain receiving an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Series Or Movie; the feature film ACUTE MISFORTUNE for director Thomas M Wright; TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL, with writer/director Jane Campion and Ariel Kleinman; BERLIN SYNDROME for producer Aquarius Films and director Cate Shortland; THE EMPYREAN and feature documentary SILENT EYE with director Amiel Courtin-Wilson; PARTISAN with director Ariel Kleiman, winning the 2015 World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival. Other projects include the epic TV series GALLIPOLI for producers Southern Star Productions, the Nine Network and director Glendyn Ivin; the feature film HOLDING THE MAN for producers Goalpost Pictures and director Neil Armfield; THE ACCIDENTAL SOLDIER with director Rachel Ward and producers Goalpost Taylor Productions, which garnered Germain a 2013 ACCTA nomination for Best Cinematography; COCKLESHELL, a segment of THE TURNING feature film for Director Tony Ayres and based on the Tim Winton novel. Before this, Germain shot the feature film screen adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas’ award-winning novel DEAD EUROPE, directed by Tony Krawitz for Porchlight Films and See-Saw Films. This film premiered in competition at the Sydney Film Festival 2012. It was also screened at the Toronto and London Film Festivals. This was the second collaboration with director Tony Krawitz; Germain shot Tony’s award-winning feature documentary, THE TALL MAN, for Blackfella Films. The film focuses on the infamous death in custody of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island in 2004. Germain was nominated for an AACTA award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary in 2012. Other credits include HAIL, directed by Amiel Courtin Wilson, with Flood Projects. HAIL is a love and vengeance story featuring a cast of brilliant non-actors. It premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2011 and has screened at numerous international festivals since, including the Venice Film Festival. Germain also collaborated with Amiel on his short film CICADA and his feature documentary about Jack Charles called BASTARDY, which screened on SBS TV and was released theatrically to critical acclaim in 2009. TV credits include the second series of WILFRED for SBS TV, John Safran’s RACE RELATIONS for ABC TV, JOHN SAFRAN VERSUS GOD for ABC TV, and Eddie Martin’s LIONEL. Information above via their homepage.
Known For

Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.
Mortal Kombat

Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.
Together

Christy Martin never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia—until she discovered a knack for punching people. Fueled by grit, raw determination, and an unshakable desire to win, she charges into the world of boxing under the guidance of her trainer and manager-turned-husband, Jim. But while Christy flaunts a fiery persona in the ring, her toughest battles unfold outside it—confronting family, identity, and a relationship that just might become life-or-death.
Christy

As dawn breaks on April 25, 1915, ANZAC troops go into battle on the beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula. Landing in the dark chaos, Tolly, Bevan and their mates struggle to establish a tenuous foothold on the treacherous slopes and deep ravines. They endure the next eight months on the peninsula learning lessons of survival. By the time of the final evacuation they have also learned the skills of combat and what it means to be a young man in war.
Gallipoli

In a story that spans billions of years, a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover themselves and what it means to be alive and in love.
Love Me

Based on true events, "Nitram" lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never fitting in. As his anger grows, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most heinous of acts.
Nitram

Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.
The Turning

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
Holding the Man

A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in an abandoned Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
Berlin Syndrome

An unexpected love story set in WW1 France between a young Australian baker who has deserted the front line, and a grieving French woman, who puts her own life at risk by sheltering him from the authorities.
An Accidental Soldier

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.
Not Quite Hollywood
The problems of two unlucky beach bar operators starts when they find stolen loot that they really should have left alone.
Wizards!

On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander lives in a sequestered commune alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori. Gregori teaches the children how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, work as a community - and how to kill. With the birth of a new baby brother weighing on his mind, Alexander begins to question Gregori’s overpowering influence on the children and their training to become assassins. Threatened by his increasing unwillingness to fall in line, Gregori’s behavior turns erratic and adversarial toward the child he once considered a son. With the two set dangerously at odds and the commune’s way of life disintegrating, the residents fear a violent resolution is at hand.
Partisan

In Greece to scatter his father's ashes, Isaac hears of a curse that hangs over the head of his family. Dismissing the idea, his trip begins to unveil dark truths that forced his father to flee years ago.
Dead Europe

The film adaptation of Erik Jensen's award-winning biography of Adam Cullen is the story of the biographer and his subject, as it descends into a dependent and abusive relationship.
Acute Misfortune

Bob has scheduled his own death in eight days. Now he must make peace with his family, the love of his life and himself.
Man on Earth

Jack is utterly fed up with living at home. He longs for love, freedom and the music by KISS.
Snowblind

A searing account of what happens when raw talent and extreme personalities collide. In this unflinching, never-before-seen account of drugs and the dark side of professional skateboarding, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas' intense bond and charisma take them from the pinnacle of their sport into a spiraling world of self-destruction.
All This Mayhem

Fresh from a Melbourne jail, Dan is reunited with the love of his life, Leanne. A fierce, passionate and tender couple who have learnt to appreciate the simplest pleasures in life, Dan and Leanne celebrate, and when surrounded by friends he announces he has resolved to go straight.
Hail

Australian musician Warren Ellis guides us through his musical career and his wildlife sanctuary in Sumatra, where rescued trafficked animals are nursed back to health by conservationists.