About
Visual authorship -
from prep to grade.
Glenn Hanns ACS is a Sydney-based Director of Photography known for intimate, visually rich storytelling across feature drama, long-form documentary and series. Over 150 projects. Over 20 years.
About
from prep to grade.
Glenn Hanns ACS is a Sydney-based Director of Photography known for intimate, visually rich storytelling across feature drama, long-form documentary and series. Over 150 projects. Over 20 years.
There's no denying the passion I feel for the moving image. The magic generated when all the elements of film-making come together, creating an engaging cohesive story that transports the audience's reality - that is what I live for.
- Glenn Hanns ACS
Selected Credits
The Room Below
Ron Iddles: The Good Cop
Moon Rock for Monday
Persons of Interest
Forbidden Ground
Deadly Women
Dark Temptations
Bleeders
Recognition
National Award of Distinction - ACS (Australian Cinematography Society)
Moon Rock for Monday
Silver Logie - Most Outstanding Factual Program
Ron Iddles: The Good Cop
Gold ACS (Australian Cinematography Society) NSW & ACT
Ron Iddles: The Good Cop
Gold ACS (Australian Cinematography Society) - Feature Films under 2M
Moon Rock for Monday
AACTA Nomination - Best Cinematography
Moon Rock for Monday
SCHLiNGEL SLM Top Award - Best International Feature Film
Moon Rock for Monday
ASIN Award - Best Feature Film
Moon Rock for Monday · 8 wins, 28 nominations total
Walkley Award - Outstanding Journalism
Persons of Interest
MIFF Official Selection
Persons of Interest
Bronze ACS (Australian Cinematography Society) NSW & ACT
Forbidden Ground
Best Cinematography Nomination - Camerimage Poland
Bleeders · Student Etudes
Official Selection - Festival de Cannes (des Antipodes)
Bleeders
Glenn Hanns ACS - Director of Photography, Sydney
Background
Glenn Hanns ACS is a Sydney-based Director of Photography known for intimate, visually rich storytelling across feature drama, television series, documentary, short film, music video and commercial work - with well over 150 projects to his name.
His AFTRS short Bleeders was nominated for Best Cinematography at Camerimage, Poland (Student Etudes category) and screened at Festival de Cannes (des Antipodes). An accredited ACS (Australian Cinematography Society) cinematographer and AACTA member, his films have screened internationally - from Camerimage, Cannes and Zurich to Beijing, Schlingel, Cinemagic, San Sebastian and the Adelaide Film Festival.
Recent credits include the psychological creature feature The Room Below (dir. Kurt Martin, starring Alyssa Sutherland and Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Works have been distributed worldwide on:
His approach is rooted in visual authorship - not just camera operation, but the full creative and technical leadership of the image from prep through to the grade.