Cinematography: Tom Cowan

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Tom Cowan. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


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Samskara

1970 · Movie · 113 min. · India

Direction Pattabhi Rama Reddy

Cast Girish Karnad · Snehalata Reddy · P. Lankesh · B.R. Jayaram

Synopsis Naranappa, a man born in the community of Madhwa (A community of Brahmins from Karnataka) is dead in the Agrahara of the village Durvasapura.

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IMAX: Solarmax

2000 · Documentary · 40 min. · Australia

Direction John Weiley

Cast Alex Scott

Synopsis Solarmax is a 40-minute giant-screen documentary that tells the story of humankind's struggle to understand the sun. The film will take audiences on an incredible voyage from pre-history to the leading edge of today's contemporary solar science.

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Dead Easy

1982 · Movie · 92 min. · Australia

Direction Bert Deling

Cast Scott Burgess · Rosemary Paul · Tim McKenzie · Max Phipps

Synopsis Three young friends trying to break into the entertainment business inadvertently anger a mob boss, setting in motion a chain of events that results in their being hunted by every thug and killer in town.

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Mouth to Mouth

1978 · Movie · 96 min. · Australia

Direction John Duigan

Cast Kim Krejus · Sonia Peat · Ian Gilmour · Serge Frazzetto

Synopsis An edgy urban drama, Mouth to Mouth follows the lives of four young people, desperate to carve out a better existence in a harsh and unforgiving world. Embittered by their current living situation and general lack of opportunity, Carrie (Kim...

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Dimboola

1979 · Movie · 94 min. · Australia

Direction John Duigan

Cast Bruce Spence · Natalie Bate · Max Gillies · Bill Garner

Synopsis Dimboola follows the interaction of various characters at a country wedding reception.

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Emma's War

1986 · Movie · 94 min. · Australia

Direction Clytie Jessop

Cast Lee Remick · Miranda Otto · Mark Lee · Terence Donovan

Synopsis After the start of WW2, a mother takes her children from Sydney to the countryside.

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One Night Stand

1984 · Movie · 94 min. · Australia

Direction John Duigan

Cast Tyler Coppin · Cassandra Delaney · Jay Hackett · Saskia Post

Synopsis In Australia, four teenagers in a Sydney theater are astounded to hear the news that a nuclear war has broken out in Eastern Europe. They try to figure out the best way they can survive the coming conflagration.

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Winter of Our Dreams

1981 · Movie · 89 min. · Australia

Direction John Duigan

Cast Judy Davis · Bryan Brown · Cathy Downes · Baz Luhrmann

Synopsis When a womanizing bookshop owner hears about the suicide of his former girlfriend, he tries to find out more and meets her friend, a prostitute. They hook up, but when she finds her friends diary, she discovers she's repeating her...

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Journey Among Women

1977 · Movie · 93 min. · Australia

Direction Tom Cowan

Cast Jeune Pritchard · Martin Phelan · Nell Campbell · Lillian Crombie

Synopsis In colonial Australia, daughter of a judge helps a group of female convicts living in inhuman conditions escape. Aboriginal girl teaches them how to survive in the forest. One of them gets raped and killed. The group seeks revenge.

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Good Afternoon

1971 · Documentary · 55 min. · Australia

Direction Phillip Noyce

Cast Ian Channel · Jeff Crozier

Synopsis GOOD AFTERNOON is a unique dual-screen documentary of the Aquarius Arts Festival of 1971, an 8 day 'happening' at the Australian National University, which featured arts, music and dance, capturing the vibe of flower-powered chaos through the organisers, the participants...

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