Australian photographer Elise Lockwood is known for creating evocative cinematic portraiture, her stills photography representing film and television productions globally.
On location and in the studio, Elise is passionate about shooting stills to tell stories that connect the audience to the heart of a creative vision. Her most recent film projects include Mortal Kombat II, FOE, Heartbreak High and George Miller’s cinematic epic, Three Thousand Years of Longing.
Elise has held sell out solo exhibitions in Sydney and San Francisco, contributing to public photographic collections including The National Portrait Gallery, The National Film and Sound Archive, the Australian Commercial & Media Photographers Collection and The National Library of Australia.
Elise’s first break as a stills photographer was on Laurie McGuiness’ film noir road movie, Broken Highway. Other movies followed; among them, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Lantana, Somersault, Love Serenade, Blackrock and The Well; Elise was invited by The Art Gallery of NSW to create a working 19th century pop up portrait studio in the gallery as an adjunct to their blockbuster exhibition, “Orientalism” in 1998. Her photography has been exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery, NSW Art Gallery, Byron Mapp Gallery, Samstag Museum of Art Adelaide, RAM Studio San Francisco and Olympic Park Melbourne, also contributing to The Wilderness Society in celebration of ongoing protection of Australian wilderness.
Elise’s photography has appeared in publications, books, poster art and digital platforms; for Warner Bros, Universal Studios, MGM, Netflix, Amazon, Film Nation, Kennedy Miller Mitchell, Jan Chapman Films, Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir Street Theatre, ABC Television, Film Australia, Beyond International, Vogue, Southern Star Entertainment, Red Carpet Productions, Fairfax Media, E-One, Alliance Trading, and Ausdance to name some.
Listed in the AUSWIP Directory of established female photographers, Elise holds a Visual Communications degree from the University of Technolgy, Sydney (UTS) and lives in Sydney, Australia with her family.
Unit Stills Photographer :
Mortal Kombat II
The Moogai
FOE
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Palm Beach
Careless Love
Somersault
Lantana
Risk
Mr Accident
A Little Bit of Soul
The Well
Doing tIme For Patsy Cline
Blackrock
Thank God He Met Lizzie
Love Serenade
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Roly Poly Man
Traps
Bedeveil
Broken Highway
Heartbreak High