Joe Hitchcock(I)
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Script and Continuity Department
A cinematographer and sometimes director, Joe hails from Hamilton, New
Zealand, where he graduated screen and media studies from The
University of Waikato in 2004. He began work as a camera operator and
lighting technician for community television and local theatre. In
2005, Joe presented his student stop-motion short
Kismet (2004) at Screamfest Film Festival
in LA. His experience at the festival inspired shooting
Down by the Riverside (2007),
a low budget noir-horror feature, which premiered at B-Movie Film
Festival. Joe spent several years working in technical roles on movies
such as
Le Monde de Narnia : Chapitre 2 - Le Prince Caspian (2008)
and Avatar (2009), then began freelancing
as a Director of Photography on music videos, commercials and
documentaries. In between jobs, Joe received an AMP Scholarship and
animated
The North Pole Deception (2010),
which premiered at Fantastic Planet Film Festival in 2010, and was well
reviewed in the Show Me Shorts Film Festival while touring New Zealand.
