
Simon Duggan
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Wellington, New Zealand
Simon Duggan
Biography
Simon Duggan, ASC, ACS, is a New Zealand-Australian cinematographer. His body of work includes collaborations with directors like Baz Luhrmann, Alex Proyas, Mel Gibson, Greg McLean, and George Miller. He has won the AACTA Award for Best Cinematography twice, for The Great Gatsby (2013) and Hacksaw Ridge (2016).
Duggan started his career off in Australia at Ross Wood Film Studios. His first feature film was 1998's The Interview, starring Hugo Weaving. Duggan frequently worked with Alex Proyas and Len Wiseman, acting as cinematographer on their films Garage Days, I, Robot, Underworld: Evolution, Live Free or Die Hard, and Knowing. Other credits include The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Killer Elite.
Duggan was director of photography on Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. This was Luhrmann's first experience filming with 3D.
After The Great Gatsby, Duggan worked on 300: Rise of an Empire, Duncan Jones' Warcraft, and Hacksaw Ridge, which marked Mel Gibson's return to directing after 2006's Apocalypto.
Duggan was invited as a member to the Australian Cinematographers Society in 1989 and the American Society of Cinematographers in 2022.
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Acting
(2024)
Crew
(2024)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Director of Photography
(2024)
The Exorcism
Director of Photography
(2022)
Disenchanted
Director of Photography
(2019)
Isn't It Romantic
Director of Photography
(2017)
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Director of Photography
(2016)
Warcraft
Director of Photography
(2016)
Hacksaw Ridge
Director of Photography
(2014)
300: Rise of an Empire
Director of Photography
(2013)
The Great Gatsby
Director of Photography
(2011)
Killer Elite
Director of Photography
(2009)
Knowing
Director of Photography
(2008)
Restraint
Director of Photography
(2008)
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Director of Photography, Cinematography
(2007)
Live Free or Die Hard
Director of Photography
(2006)
Underworld: Evolution
Director of Photography
(2004)
I, Robot
Director of Photography
(2002)
Garage Days
Cinematography
(2001)
Risk
Cinematography
(1998)
The Interview
Director of Photography