The ACS Hall of Fame was created to recognize individuals who have made a significant or extraordinary contribution to the craft of cinematography, the Society and the film & television industry. Those who have made exceptional contributions that have furthered the growth, the reputation and character of the ACS in categories such as administration; teaching and most importantly have had a ‘profound positive influence’ on the Society or the industry.
Dean Semler AM ACS ASC
Inducted into ACS Hall of Fame – 1997 Born in Renmark, South Australia in 1943, Dean started as a TV-Studio cameraman at Adelaide’s ABC-TV. He then moved to the news department and began shooting with 16mm, and getting his first … Read More
Alex McPhee Snr. (1912-1989)
Inducted into ACS Hall of Fame – 1997 Alex McPhee Snr. – First President of the Western Australian Branch of the ACS From a very early age Alex McPhee Snr. was interested in photography. He owned a 16mm camera and … Read More
Arthur Embery Higgins ACS (1891-1963)
Inducted into ACS Hall of Fame – 1997 Arthur Higgins, one of Australia’s most famous cinematographers was born in Hobart on October 25, 1891 the youngest of three sons to Henry Higgins a Hobart butcher, and Ann Marie. Little did … Read More
Bruce Hillyard ACS
Inducted into ACS Hall of Fame – 1997 Bruce was born in Gisborne, New Zealand on 11 December 1931, and lived there until he was nineteen and then went to Wellington University doing a BA degree. He said he had … Read More
Don McAlpine ACS ASC
Inducted into ACS Hall of Fame – 1997 On a school cultural excursion in the late 1950s to the ABC-TV Gore Hill, Don McAlpine discovered the News Office. There was a door, ‘News Supervisor’, Don knocked on the door and … Read More
Jack Gardiner ACS (1921-1996)
Inducted into ACS Hall of Fame – 1997 Jack became interested in photography in his early teens, getting his first camera in 1935 on his 14th birthday. Thus the seeds for his future in the motion picture industry were sown … Read More
John Gaskell Leake OAM ACS (1929-2009)
Inducted into ACS Hall of Fame 1997 On November 17, 1944 John commenced work as an office boy at Movietone News – Sydney. Then in 1945 and much to his delight, John was promoted to truck assistant alongside fellow assistants, … Read More
John Seale AM ACS ASC
Inducted into ACS Hall of Fame – 1997 John started work in 1963 at the ABC-TV at Gore Hill – in the stationary department, dispensing biros and pestering Chief Cameraman Bert Nicholas for a “driver assistant” position. Nicholas got John … Read More
John William (Bill) Trerise ACS (1898-1987)
Inducted into ACS Hall of Fame – 1997 One of Australia’s early pioneer cameramen, Bill Trerise was respectfully known as “Bloody Bill” because of his famous short fuse. Bill began life in the film industry in 1911 at the age … Read More
Neil Davis (1934-1985)
Inducted into ACS Hall of Fame – 1997 In 1961 Neil joined the ABC as a cine-cameraman but left in December 1963 to take a job as Visnews’s cameraman and correspondent in south-east Asia, based in Singapore. In early 1964 … Read More
Robert (Bob) Feeney ACS (1925-2002)
Inducted into ACS Hall of Fame – 1997 Bob Feeney commenced work at Movietone News in Sept. 1941 as an office boy, but after a few months was assigned to the editing room under the then Chief Editor – Syd … Read More
Ross Wood Snr. ACS (1916-1980)
Inducted into ACS Hall of Fame – 1997 In 1932, sixteen-year-old Ross Wood began his film career as an office boy at Fox Movietone News, where his older brother Syd Wood also worked. Syd was a central – and indeed … Read More
