AARON CHEATER
SKILLS
Camera Operating
Drama, Documentary, Reality,
Corporate, ENG, Live Broadcast,
Studio & Jib, Remote & Live Streaming
Camera Assisting
Focus Puller, Clapper Loader,
Data Wrangler
Editing
Offline & Online, Adobe Premiere,
Final Cut Pro, Da Vinci Resolve
EDUCATION
Lighting Intensive | AFTRS | 2020
Steadicam Silver Workshop | TIFFEN | 2019
Camera Assistant Short Course | AFTRS | 2015
Bachelor of Digital Media | UNSW COFA | 2011
Cert. IV Screen (Film & TV) | RMIT | 2007
Cert. IV. Digital TV Production | JMC | 2006
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
THE BEANIES | ABC Kids | Music Videos | 2023
Canon C200 MK II | Dir. Michael Yore
DR. MUNJED AL MUDERIS | Sidekick Productions | Documentary | 2022
Sony FX6/ A7S III | Prod. Kate Reddin
GEORGIE CARROLL - THE GLOVES ARE OFF | Harebrained Ideas | Stand Up Comedy | 2019
Sony F5 & FS7 | Dir. Jim Hare
SWINGER | Short Film | 2013
Canon 7D | Dir. Nick Papademetriou
TACIT | Rending Pictures | Short Film | 2013
Canon 7D | Dir. Nicholas Ralph
CAMERA OPERATOR
BIG BROTHER | Endemol Shine/Seven Network | TV Series | 2023-2022
Sony XDCAM 800 & Panasonic UE80 & UE150 | DP Bennie Cronje & Brad Hogan
LIBERTY A-LEAGUE DUBZONE | Paramount+/Lowkii Productions | TV Series | 2023-2022
Sony FS7 MKII & FS5 MKII | Prod. Peter Burns
AUSTRALIA'S GOT TALENT | Fremantle/Seven Network | TV Series | 2022
Sony FX3 | DP Borce Damcevski
THE AMAZING RACE | Eureka Productions/Network Ten | TV Series | 2022
Sony FX6 & FS7 MKII | DP Geoff Blee
RED ROCK DELI CHEF SERIES | Traffik/Red Red Rock Deli | Corporate/Online | 2022
Sony FX6 & A7S III | DP Kent Boswell
RED BULL CLIFF DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS | ScreenCraft | Sport | 2022
Blackmagic Ursa 2 | Dir. Michael Fardell
BIG COMEDY WEEKEND | Hare Brained Ideas | Live Comedy | 2022
Sony FS7 & A7S III | Dir. James Hare
THE PROJECT | Roving Enterprises/Network Ten | TV Series | 2022-2021
Studio/Jib | Prod. Samuel Capelin
GOGGLEBOX | Endemol Shine/Network Ten | TV Series | 2022-2015
Sony BRC900 | DP Ian Peterson
SEVEN NEWS | Seven Network | News | 2021-2017
Studio/Jib | Senior Camera. Craig McKenzie
UNSW FIRST YEARS | USNW | Documentary | 2018
Sony FS7 | Prod. Allison Black
THE PEACOCK | Four Legged Films | Short Film | 2017
Canon C300 MK II | DP. Chris Thompson
NIGHT OF THE LIVING THREAD | Four Legged FIlms | Short Film | 2017
Canon C300 MK II | DP Chris Thompson
THE FINAL BOW | Short Film | 2017
Sony FS7 & A7S3 | DP Megan Ogilvie
COMMON SENSE | Endemol Shine/Network Ten | TV Series | 2017
Sony BRC900 | DP Ian Peterson
OCEANIC PRO LEAGUE | Riot Games | E-Sports | 2017
Sony FS7 & JVC GY-HM700 | Prod. Matthew Boughden
JAYS JUNGLE | Omnilab Media/Seven Network | TV Series | 2016
Studio | Prod. Tristan Ellis-Windsor
CONTINUE? | Lunartick Films | Short Film | 2016
Blackmagic Cinema Camera | DP Christian Reverchon
PAT CALINAN'S 4X4 ADVENTURES | Pat Calinan Productions | TV Series | 2015
Sony FS7 & A7S II | Prod. Pat Callinan
JULIA WHY - JUST ONE NIGHT | Triple J Unearthed | Music Video | 2014
Red Scarlet | DP Oscar Partridge
RESPECT 101 | Short Film | 2012
Canon 7D | DP Stephen Rangott
REV HEADS | Discovery Turbo/HJ Productions | TV Series | 2010-2011
Panasonic P2 502 | DP Andy Ambarita
CAMERA ASSISTANT
SUKA | 2nd AC | Wise Goat Productions | Feature Film | 2022
Red Monstro | DP Casimir Dickson ACS
UNDRESSED | Data Wrangler | Matchbox Pictures/Paramount+ | TV Series | 2022
Arri Alexa LF | DP Justin Hanrahan ACS
WOLF LIKE ME, HEARTBREAK HIGH, BRO'S | Data Wrangler | The Whole Picture | Press Junket | 2022
Sony FX9/FX6 | Dir. Mark Rodgers
MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT | Camera Assistant | EndemolShine/Network Ten | TV Series | 2021
Sony F5/55 | DP Jamie Hamill
FROGGER | Data Wrangler | Eureka Productions/Peacock | TV Series | 2021
Studio/Jib | DP Jim Walpole
SOPHIE MONK - NICE TO MEET YOU | Data Wrangler | Five Peas Productions | Music VIdeo | 2021
Sony Venice | DP Emilio Abbonizio
EVERYONE'S A CRITIC | Camera Assistsant | Matchbox Films/ABC | TV Series | 2018
Canon C500 | DP Joanne Donahue-Beckwith
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SYDNEY | Camera Assistant | Matchbox Films/Network Ten | TV Series | 2016
Sony F5/55 | DP
ZUMBO'S JUST DESSERTS | Camera Assistant | Seven Network | TV Series | 2017
Sony F5/F55 | DP Tim Hawkins
HOUSE RULES | Camera Assistant | Seven Network | TV Series | 2016
Sony F5/F55 |
MY KITCHEN RULES & ZUM| Camera Assistant | Seven Network | TV Series | 2015-2011
Sony F5/55 | DP TIm Hawkins & Damien King
PLAY SCHOOL, GRUEN, Q&A | Camera Assistant | ABC TV | TV Series | 2015-2012
Studio/Jib |
LOWES | Camera Assistant | Excalibur Productions | TVC | 2015-2012
Sony F3 | DP Mike Atwell
ONE LESS GOD | 1st AC | Feature Film | 2014
Red Epic/Scarlet | DP Ashley Barron ACS
THE SCRYING | 2nd AC | Feature Film | 2013
Red Epic 3D Stereoscopic | DP Christopher Ripley
THE BOTANIST | 2nd AC | Short Film | 2013
Red Scarlet | DP Simon Koloadin
THE LIVING ROOM | Camera Assistant | WTFN Productions | 2012
Sony XDCam F800 | Prod. Lornelle Henry
JUNIOR MASTERCHEF | Camera Assistant | EndemolShine | 2011
Sony XDCam F800 | DP Paul Moss