Simon Duggan, ASC, ACS is a New Zealand-born Australian cinematographer with a venerable body of work. Duggan’s most recent work was George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (a prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road) and Netflix’s Desert King, a six episode series filmed in the outback of Australia, to be released in 2024. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga will premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Duggan’s notable work includes the World War ll drama Hacksaw Ridge (2016), which earned him the Milli (DP of the year) Award from the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS), the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award for Best Cinematography and nominations from the Australian Film Critics Association and the EnergaCamerimage Film Festival.
His work on Baz Luhrmann’s feature adaption of The Great Gatsby (2013) earned Duggan a Best Cinematography Award from AACTA, a Gold Award from the ACS and a nomination for best 3D Cinematography at the EnergaCamerimage Film Festival. Duggan’s first feature, The Interview (1998) achieved him the best Cinematography Award from the Film Critics Circle of Australia.
Since then, he has photographed dozens of features where he has collaborated with directors including; Len Wiseman for Live Free or Die Hard (2007) and Underworld Evolution (2006), Alex Proyas for I, Robot (2004), Knowing (2009) and Garage Days (2002). Duggan began his career shooting commercials and has photographed hundreds of international campaigns, with collaborators Noam Murro, Steve Rogers, Jeff Lowe, Misko Iho and Nadia Lee Cohen. His commercial work has earned numerous accolades, including two AICP awards and multiple Australian Cinematography Society Awards.