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DARREN McCAGH

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Director Of Photography

CREDITS

Cinematography & Edit
DARREN McCAGH

The Hospital: In The Deep End

Documentary Series 2024

SBS

3 x 60 mins

Melissa Leong, Costa Georgiadis and Samuel Johnson join the frontline at St Vincent's Hospital to discover how the public health system is coping with the trials of modern life.

CREDITS

Production Company SMASHING FILMS

Executive Producer DAN BROWN

Series Producer/Director ANTHONY BARWELL

Supervising Shoot Producer JO SIDDIQUI

Shooter Producers TAMARA BODENHAM & BRIAN ANDREWS

Director of Photography DARREN MCCAGH

Story Producer CHRISTIAN HORGAN

Assistant Producer DOMINIQUE PRATT

Line Producer TAMSIN McARDLE

Production Coordinator COURTENAY CAMERON

Junior Production Coordinator LULA ELMI

Sound Recordists JASON NORTH, ASH CARLTON, MICHAL ZOLTKOWSKI

Aerial Photography HELIGUY

Post Production Supervisor IVAN ROJAS

Editor IVAN DAVIDOV

Data Wrangler/Edit Assist NEDA RAHBAR

Composer SEAN TINNION

Sound Mixers BENJAMIN MORRIS & KIM LORD

WeAct: Madagascar

Branded Content 2023

WeAct develops nature and technology-based carbon projects at scale to co-create thriving communities and achieve a climate-positive world.

CREDITS

Client WEACT

Producer FARMHOUSE FILMS

Directors DARREN McCAGH BRAD KERIN (WeAct General Manager, Asia Pacific)

Director of Photography & Edit DARREN MCCAGH

Photography MICHEL "GOFF" STROGOFF (Madagascar Film And Photography)

Madagascar Local Fixer CHRIS SCARFFE & MICHEL “GOFF” STROGOFF (Madagascar Film And Photography)

Claremont: A Killer Among Us

Documentary Series 2022

Network 10, Paramount+

2 x 90 mins

The inside story of the Claremont investigation through exclusive and unprecedented interviews with surviving victims, journalists, former police detectives, forensic experts and the officers at the centre of the investigation who for over two decades tirelessly worked the case, right up to its dramatic conclusion.

CREDITS

Production Company JOINED UP FILMS In Association with BARKING MAD PRODUCTIONS

Creative Director DAN BROWN

Executive Producers STEVE BIBB JACQUELINE WILLINGE

Series Producer LISA DUPENOIS

Director ANTHONY BARWELL

Director of Photography DARREN MCCAGH

Editors LAWRIE SILVESTRIN CHRIS TRAPPE

Line Producer SUZY HOUNSLOW

Production Co-ordinators TAYLA WOODHOUSE BONNIE BESSEN

Camera Assistant PASCAL HUTCHINSON

O'neill: Imogen Caldwell

Branded Content 2022

A campaign for O'neill (2022) introducing their summer collection Desert Bloom. A capsule inspired by Imogen Caldwell celebrating all her surfing memories and wild lifestyle. The design pays tribute to the land and local marine life of Imogen’s hometown, Red Bluff in Australia, where the desert meets the ocean.

CREDITS

Client O'NEILL EUROPE

Talent IMOGEN CALDWELL

Production Company FARMHOUSE FILMS

Creative Director (O'Neill) MARIA DROSSOS

Producer/ 1st Assistant Director ANOUSKA FREEDMAN

Director DARREN MCCAGH

Director of Photography & Edit DARREN MCCAGH

Water Cinematography DAN ESTCOURT, DARREN McCAGH

Stills Photography AMY JAN

Additional Footage MORGAN MAASSEN

SHIPWRECK HUNTERS AUSTRALIA

Documentary Series 2022

DISNEY + 6 x 60 mins

Shipwreck Hunters Australia brings to life epic shipwreck discoveries from an intrepid ocean adventure team.

CREDITS

Production Company VAM MEDIA TERRA AUSTRALIS PRODUCTIONS

Executive Producer STEVE BIBB

Director/Producer BRENDAN HUTCHENS

Co-Producers RYAN CHATFIELD JOHNNY DEBNAM ANDRE REREKURA

Series Producer & Post Director Katherine Barrett

Shipwreck Hunters Team CAPTAIN ASH SUTTON RYAN CHATFIELD JOHNNY DEBNAM NUSH FREEDMAN ANDRE REREKURA

WA Museum Archeologists DR ROSS ANDERSON DR DEB SHEFI

Director of Photography DARREN McCAGH

Underwater Director of Photography ANDRE REREKURA

Chief Drone Pilot, Cam Assist and B-Cam RODRIGO BRANCO MATSUMOTO

Location Sound JASON NORTH

Editors MEREDITH WATSON JEFFREY NOAH NORTON

Line Producer ROSE GRANDILE-PIZZI

Production Manager TAMSIN McARDLE

Production Co-ordinator SHARI HUTCHISON

Audio and Music Post ENVELOPE AUDIO

Sound Design & Mix Ned Beckley & Josh Hogan

Animation & Graphics LAST PIXEL

Post production Facility SANDBOX

Online Editor & Colourist JAEMIE MANNERS

THE TRUTH ABOUT ANXIETY

Documentary 2021

SBS 60 mins

Celia Pacquola embarks upon a mission to find out how anxiety affects Australians around the country.

CREDITS

Production Company JOINED UP FILMS

Executive Producers DAN BROWN JACQUELINE WILLINGE ANTHONY WILLINGE

Presented By CELIA PACQUOLA

Writer/Director NEL MINCHIN

Producer LISA DUPENOIS

Directors of Photography DARREN MCCAGH (Western Australia) DALE COCHRANE (Eastern States)

Editors NOAH NORTON NICK DUNLOP

Location Sound ASH CHARLTON (Western Australia)

Audio and Music Post ENVELOPE AUDIO

Original Theme Music Ned Beckley & Josh Hogan

CATALYST: MARS

Documentary Series 2021

ABC Episode 2 & 3: 60 mins

We’ve never been closer to answering one of humanity’s biggest questions… is there life on Mars? As a new ambitious quest to find life on the red surface kicks off, astrophysicist Professor Tamara Davis and beloved astronomer Greg Quicke set out on a Martian adventure like no other, exploring the clues on our blue planet, inspiring the search for life on the red planet.

CREDITS

Production Company ABC

Executive Producer PENNY PALMER

Series Producer ELLE GIBBONS

EPISODE 2

Produced and Directed By AMY SHERDEN

Editor ELIZABETH GRAETZ

EPISODE 3

Produced and Directed By POPPY STOCKELL

Editor ZACHARY GRANT

Western Australian Team

Presenter GREG QUICKE

Director LISA DUPENOIS

Director of Photography DARREN McCAGH

Sound BEN OHAYON

SECRETS OF OUR CITIES

Season 2


Documentary Series 2020

SBS 3 x 60 mins

Greig Pickhaver (aka HG Nelson) uncovers the hidden history and unsung residents who’ve helped shape iconic Australian places into the cities they are today.

CREDITS

Production Company JOINED UP FILMS

Executive Producers DAN BROWN JACQUELINE WILLINGE ANTHONY WILLINGE

Series Director ANTHONY BARWELL

Series Producer LISA DUPENOIS

Directors of Photography DARREN MCCAGH (Gold Coast & Kalgoorlie) DAVID LEMAY ACS (Footscray)

Editors IVAN DAVIDOV

Story Producer DARREN HUTCHINSON

2nd Camera JAKE BLACKBURN

Camera Assist LAUNDON PEACOCK

Sound ASH CHARLTON

Composer SEAN TINNION

BREATHTAKING- Margaret River Wine

Branded Content 2021

Margaret River is a uniquely positioned wine region located in the south-west corner of Western Australia. Heavily influenced by the Southern and Indian Oceans, this area gives rise to some of Australia’s finest wines.

CREDITS

Client

MARGARET RIVER WINE ASSOCIATION

Producer
SOPHIE MATHEWSON

Director
MARK BOSKELL

DOP/Edit
DARREN McCAGH

Sound Design
ENVELOPE AUDIO

CARBON NEUTRAL

Branded Content 2020

Yarra Yarra Biodiversity Corridor

Carbon Neutral helps individuals and organisations across Australia minimise their impact on the environment by working with them to measure, reduce and offset greenhouse gas emissions.

carbonneutral.com.au

CREDITS

Client
CARBON NEUTRAL

Production Company
FARMHOUSE FILMS

Director/DOP/Edit
DARREN McCAGH

Filmed On Location
YARRA YARRA BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

FUJIFILM X-T4- Jack Picone

Branded Content 2020

Jack Picone, born in Moree, New South Wales, is an influential and internationally renowned photojournalist and documentary photographer based in Bangkok. For the past three decades, he has documented wars and major social injustices throughout the world.

jackpicone.com

CREDITS

Client FUJIFILM AUSTRALIA

Producers KEVIN COOPER- FujiFilm Australia YUTO NAKANISHI- FujiFilm Japan

Photographer JACK PICONE

Director MEGAN LEWIS

Director of Photography & Edit DARREN MCCAGH

Special Thanks BINAY CHAPAGAIN BIKRAM TAMANG SUMMIT KHAREL BHIM KALINATH AGHOR FALHARI

Filmed on FUJIFILM X-T4 & X-T3

FUJIFILM GF45-100mm- Glenn McKimmin

Branded Content 2020

Australian photographer Glenn McKimmin visits New Zealand to capture landscape with the GF45-100mmF4 R LM OIS WR.

CREDITS

Client FUJIFILM AUSTRALIA

Producers KEVIN COOPER- FujiFilm Australia YUTO NAKANISHI- FujiFilm Japan

Photographer GLENN McKIMMIN

Director MEGAN LEWIS

Director of Photography & Edit DARREN MCCAGH

Filmed on FUJIFILM X-T3

FUJIFILM X-Pro3- Megan Lewis

Branded Content 2019

Megan Lewis (FujiFilm X Ambassador) puts the new X-Pro3 camera system through it’s paces and gives us an insight into her life as a Documentary Photographer.

CREDITS

Client FUJIFILM AUSTRALIA

Producers KEVIN COOPER- FujiFilm Australia KUNIO AOYAMA- FujiFilm Japan

Photographer and Director MEGAN LEWIS

Director of Photography & Edit DARREN MCCAGH

STORM IN A TEACUP

Documentary 2019

Broadcast September 17th 9:30pm on ABC

ABC 60 mins

An intimate portrait of Western Australian Artist Leon Pericles as he embarks on his biggest challenge yet - an exhibition of his life's works at a time when he has the least support. His wife Moira played a huge part in Leon’s success as his creative counsel and business manager. But now Moira has Alzheimer’s and Leon must juggle his role as artist, husband and carer. 

Told through the eyes of their daughter Nia, this uplifting, raw and emotionally engaging documentary explores love, life and loss.

CREDITS

Production Company ARTEMIS MEDIA

Writer/Director NIA PERICLES

Producer CELIA TAIT

Production Manager KAREN WILLIAMS

Directors of Photography DARREN MCCAGH PETE GLEESON

Sound BEN OHAYON

Editor NICHOLAS DUNLOP

Sound Design/Sound Mix RIC CURTIN ASSG

Composer SEAN TINNION

WILL AUSTRALIA EVER HAVE A BLACK PRIME MINISTER?

Documentary 2019

ABC 60 mins

What chance does an Indigenous Australian born today have of one day becoming the leader of our nation? Actor and musician Mark Coles Smith investigates the likelihood of Australia ever having a Black Prime Minister.

CREDITS

Production Company JOINED UP FILMS

Presenter MARK COLES SMITH

Director CATRIONA MCKENZIE

Producer JACQUELINE WILLINGE

Story Producer DARREN HUTCHISON

Editor SIMON HILL

DOP DARREN MCCAGH (WA & NT Section)

ONE SHOT- An Image And An Attitude

Documentary 2017

ABC, Redbull TV, Garage Entertainment, DocPlay

30 mins

Russell Ord wakes one morning in Margaret River, looks over the photos he’s spent a large part of his life capturing and is filled with an overpowering sense of dissatisfaction. The shots are good and have graced the covers of surfing magazines worldwide, but deep down Ord knows he didn’t walk away from a secure career as a fire fighter to just take “good” shots. He wants to go to bed at night knowing he’s taken that “one” shot, the one he'll remember not because of the surfer's name or reputation, but for the position he had to be in to capture it. Just down the coast is a thick, evil, brute of a wave he knows will deliver the opportunity to capture just that. But as a loving husband with three kids it’s not lost on him that the end goal, and that drive to have ‘his moment', isn’t going to come without sacrifice. 

CREDITS

Production Company
FARMHOUSE FILMS

Written, Directed, Filmed and Produced by
DARREN McCAGH

Executive Producers
RICHARD TODD
JASON DOVER

Editors
LAWRIE SILVESTRIN ASE
DARREN McCAGH

Production Managers
ROSE GRANDILE-PIZZI
CATHERINE ORD

Post Production
SANDBOX POST PRODUCTION

Online Artist/Colourist
JAEMIE MANNERS

Post Production Producer
CLINT LOGAN

Motion Graphics Design and Animation
MATTHEW JAMES KERLEY
ROBERT WOODS

Audio Post-Production Facility
SOUNDBYTE STUDIOS

Composer, Sound Designer and Mixer
JOSH HOGAN

Cover Art Image
TRENT SLATTER



MARGIES MOMENTS

Web Series 2016

Filmed and edited daily during the ASP World Championship Tour event in Margaret River, this is season 3 focusing on the theme ‘Water to Wine’. CJ Hobgood and wife Cortney tour the region catching up with winemakers who have an affinity with the ocean.

CREDITS

Clients
TOURISM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
SURFING WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Production Company
FARMHOUSE FILMS

Directors
DARREN MCCAGH
MARK BOSKELL

Producer
MARK BOSKELL

DOP//Edit
DARREN MCCAGH

Stills
ELEMENTS MARGARET RIVER

SHED LIGHT

Concept Project 2019

An IAN MUTCH and CHRISTIAN FLETCHER Collaboration

What do you get when you cross a small country town with a landscape photographer and an artist/illustrator keen to collaborate. Unfortunately we may never know. This little project failed to get off the ground, as so many do, but I’m sure we’ll see them pop up with another agenda somewhere down the track.

CREDITS

Concept & Cover Art IAN MUTCH CHRISTIAN FLETCHER

Director//DOP//Edit DARREN MCCAGH

FEEL

Music Video 2018

by Blackwood Morris

Freddy Morris, stepped into our office with his track and a pretty clear concept, based on what he was visualising during the song-writing process. With just over a day to shoot it, we got busy developing the idea, storyboarding and throwing together a shoot schedule to give us the best chance of achieving the vision with the bare bones crew you see below. Plenty of challenges, heaps of mistakes, but we kept on track and managed to come up with this music video

CREDITS

Music
‘FEEL’ by BACKWOOD MORRIS

Written & Directed By
FREDDY MORRIS & DARREN McCAGH

Cinematography & Edit
DARREN McCAGH

Production Company
FARMHOUSE FILMS

Talent
FREDDY MORRIS 
AMY JANE GODFREY
REGAN FALLOW

Horse Wrangler/Assistant
CATLIN ROWBOTHAM

Filmed On Location
JESTERS FLAT, MARGARET RIVER

CRASH

Educational Documentary Series 2018

A campaign aimed at high-school children based around Road Safety. This series steps into the lives of those who have been affected by drink-driving.

CREDITS

Production Company WHITE PIXEL

Director ADRIAN PROSPERO

Director Of Photography DARREN MCCAGH

Editor ROSS LOOSEMORE

Sound Recordist GAVIN REPTON

Colour Grade KENT HOSAKOWA

Post Sound CRIS BROADHURST

Showreel

Director Of Photography

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The Hospital: In The Deep End

Documentary Series 2024

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WeAct: Madagascar

Branded Content 2023

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Claremont: A Killer Among Us

Documentary Series 2022

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O'neill: Imogen Caldwell

Branded Content 2022

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SHIPWRECK HUNTERS AUSTRALIA

Documentary Series 2022

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THE TRUTH ABOUT ANXIETY

Documentary 2021

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CATALYST: MARS

Documentary Series 2021

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SECRETS OF OUR CITIES

Season 2


Documentary Series 2020

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BREATHTAKING- Margaret River Wine

Branded Content 2021

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CARBON NEUTRAL

Branded Content 2020

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FUJIFILM X-T4- Jack Picone

Branded Content 2020

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FUJIFILM GF45-100mm- Glenn McKimmin

Branded Content 2020

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FUJIFILM X-Pro3- Megan Lewis

Branded Content 2019

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STORM IN A TEACUP

Documentary 2019

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WILL AUSTRALIA EVER HAVE A BLACK PRIME MINISTER?

Documentary 2019

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ONE SHOT- An Image And An Attitude

Documentary 2017

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MARGIES MOMENTS

Web Series 2016

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SHED LIGHT

Concept Project 2019

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FEEL

Music Video 2018

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CRASH

Educational Documentary Series 2018

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