John Radel
- Cinematographer
- Producer
- Camera and Electrical Department
John Radel is an Award winning ACS accredited Cinematographer and Producer, winning over 35 film industry awards for his visually stunning films.
His love for European and Asian cinema led him to travel to Budapest to learn from master cinematographers Vilmos Zsigmond ASC HSC (The Deer Hunter/Close Encounters Of The Third Kind) and Laszlo Kovacs ASC HSC (Easy Rider). Later to move to Asia to work for over 20 years in Indonesia, Singapore, Korea, China, Philippines, Thailand and Hong Kong on various series and Features.
John travels between Asia, USA and Australia working on various international projects, including Director of Photography on the US Feature Film After The Dark directed by John Huddles, Cinematographer and Producer on the Asian Action film Buffalo Boys, HBO Asia's first feature action / thriller Dead Mine starring Japanese actress Miki Mizuno, Producer and Cinematographer on the The Horror feature Motel Melati and the spin off series Losmen Melati. He also filmed, co-directed and co-produced the motion picture Dance Of The Dragon starring Jason Scott Lee, which took out 10 awards at the West Hollywood International film Festival, as well as the feature length docu/drama Unfolding Florence for acclaimed director Gillian Armstrong which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the Southern Star television drama series The Surgeon. He has also traveled to New York to shoot In Our Name the controversial feature Length Docu/Drama for Director Chris Tuckfield which received a gold award ACS award. John Recently completed shooting and producing the crime drama Operandi Grahana currently screening on Netflix. John was the Producer and Cinematographer on the American sci-fi action feature film Skyline - Warpath - Starring Iko Uwais and Scott Adkins. With his vast experience in Motion picture Production within Asia John also Line Produced Michael Mann's feature film Blackhat starring Chris Hemsworth, The Ridley Scott produced Sci-Fi film Equals starring Kristen Stewart, The Japanese Action Film Joker Game starring Japanese superstar Kazuya Kamenashi, the Sci-Fi / Action film Beyond Skyline starring Frank Grillo and Iko Uwas , HBO Asia's action series Halfworlds season one and two, the Australian feature drama Journey, the action Thriller Headshot directed by the Mo Brothers starring Iko Uwas, co-producing The Netflix action film The Night Comes For Us starring Joe Taslim and Iko Uwas, The HBO Action Drama series Grisse, and the Bron Studios, Dev Patel Directed action Feature film Monkey Man.
At the NSW 2009 Australian Cinematography Society awards night John was presented with his ACS accreditation for his successful career to date.
His love for European and Asian cinema led him to travel to Budapest to learn from master cinematographers Vilmos Zsigmond ASC HSC (The Deer Hunter/Close Encounters Of The Third Kind) and Laszlo Kovacs ASC HSC (Easy Rider). Later to move to Asia to work for over 20 years in Indonesia, Singapore, Korea, China, Philippines, Thailand and Hong Kong on various series and Features.
John travels between Asia, USA and Australia working on various international projects, including Director of Photography on the US Feature Film After The Dark directed by John Huddles, Cinematographer and Producer on the Asian Action film Buffalo Boys, HBO Asia's first feature action / thriller Dead Mine starring Japanese actress Miki Mizuno, Producer and Cinematographer on the The Horror feature Motel Melati and the spin off series Losmen Melati. He also filmed, co-directed and co-produced the motion picture Dance Of The Dragon starring Jason Scott Lee, which took out 10 awards at the West Hollywood International film Festival, as well as the feature length docu/drama Unfolding Florence for acclaimed director Gillian Armstrong which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the Southern Star television drama series The Surgeon. He has also traveled to New York to shoot In Our Name the controversial feature Length Docu/Drama for Director Chris Tuckfield which received a gold award ACS award. John Recently completed shooting and producing the crime drama Operandi Grahana currently screening on Netflix. John was the Producer and Cinematographer on the American sci-fi action feature film Skyline - Warpath - Starring Iko Uwais and Scott Adkins. With his vast experience in Motion picture Production within Asia John also Line Produced Michael Mann's feature film Blackhat starring Chris Hemsworth, The Ridley Scott produced Sci-Fi film Equals starring Kristen Stewart, The Japanese Action Film Joker Game starring Japanese superstar Kazuya Kamenashi, the Sci-Fi / Action film Beyond Skyline starring Frank Grillo and Iko Uwas , HBO Asia's action series Halfworlds season one and two, the Australian feature drama Journey, the action Thriller Headshot directed by the Mo Brothers starring Iko Uwas, co-producing The Netflix action film The Night Comes For Us starring Joe Taslim and Iko Uwas, The HBO Action Drama series Grisse, and the Bron Studios, Dev Patel Directed action Feature film Monkey Man.
At the NSW 2009 Australian Cinematography Society awards night John was presented with his ACS accreditation for his successful career to date.
