Preparation is the work

Development, pre-production, on set, post and beyond. I think about light and motion in terms of impact and emotional effect, with consistent creative problem solving under pressure.

Q: WHO'S ON YOUR CAMERA TEAM?
Prep, crew, lighting plan, look development, and calm under pressure.

Q: DO YOU TRAVEL?
Constantly. Based NYC & Sydney, shooting worldwide.

Q: DAY RATE?
Send scope and dates. You get a number the same day.

Shot here

My NY Emmy came from this city. Lifeline: A Doctor's Commitment to 9/11 First Responders.

Feature documentaries too. Minted premiered at Tribeca and went to Netflix. Not Going Quietly took the SXSW Audience Award and went to Hulu. Both directed by Nicholas Bruckman at People’s Television.

Then the commercial and branded work: Sony Music, Purina, Zarbee's, Bio True, Ernst & Young and The Martin Agency, shot across NYC locations and stages.

A deep bench of NYC crew. ACs, gaffers, and grips I've worked with for years, ready on short notice.

What that means for you

— CREW NETWORK: BOOKED IN A CALL, NOT A WEEK
— TECHNOCRANE AND R2 WHEELS
— PERMITS, LOCATIONS & RUN-AND-GUN FLUENCY

Where I came up

I came up on Australian sets: Top of the Lake, Tracks, and HBO's Lewis & Clark, assisting Jane Campion, John Curran, and Gerard Lee, learning from cinematographers Mandy Walker, Rob Hardy, and Adam Arkapaw.

Narrative credits here include 2nd unit cinematography on the series Eden (dir. John Curran, Mirrah Foulkes) and the feature Either Side of Midnight (dir. Roger Spottiswoode).

Dual base

— AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN · NO VISA FRICTION
— LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: LOCATIONS, CREW, RENTAL HOUSES
— US/AU PRODUCTIONS: ONE DP, BOTH SIDES OF THE PACIFIC
— AVAILABLE FOR APAC COMMERCIAL & DOC WORK

What I shoot

I'm Erin Collett, a cinematographer based in New York and Sydney. I specialize in commercial and documentary work across lifestyle, fitness and health, and I shoot branded documentary, pharma and narrative too, from look development through the final grade. I own and specialize in the DJI Ronin 4D. It's a camera built for movement.

Over ten years as a working DP, and fifteen on set, I've shot for more than thirty brands. Google, OpenAI, Meta, Walmart, Sony Music, UPS, WhatsApp, Ernst & Young, Oracle, IBM.

The films

My documentary features have played on Netflix, Hulu and PBS. Lifeline: A Doctor's Commitment to 9/11 First Responders won a New York Emmy. Not Going Quietly won the SXSW Audience Award and played Tribeca. Minted premiered at Tribeca.

Where it led

I started out on sets like Top of the Lake and Tracks. I worked under Jane Campion and Gerard Lee, assisted John Curran, and watched Mandy Walker, Rob Hardy and Adam Arkapaw light their sets.

Where it started

My father grew up in Australia far from his family, a Vietnamese refugee who carried the weight of loss and the gift of imagination. At night he told us stories of distant galaxies, forgotten lands, and strange, beautiful worlds.

My mother, a Waldorf teacher, taught through story. Myth, legend, memory. She showed us stories weren't things to learn but ways to live.

How I work

The thing that makes my work mine is light texture and constant flowing movement. I shoot for dynamic and playful, with a punch.

I also run Vantage Creative House. That's a different company.

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