THE GREAT GATSBY Production Notes - Visual Hollywood

THE GREAT GATSBY (2013)
PRODUCTION NOTES
break," "The Client," "A Time to Kill," and "Twister."
In May of 1996, Berman started Plan B Entertainment, an independent motion picture company at
Warner Bros. Pictures. He was named Chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures in February
1998.
SIMON DUGGAN (Director of Photography) most recently shot the much-anticipated follow up
to Zack Snyder's acclaimed "300," "300: Rise of an Empire," due out later this year.
Duggan hails from Wellington, New Zealand, and is one of the world's premiere cinematographers.
A member of both the SOC and the ACS, he has won numerous awards for his work, including the
ACS Golden Tripod Award, ACS Gold Award, the Australian Film Institute's Award for Best
Achievement in Cinematography, and the Film Critics Circle of Australia's Best Cinematography
Award.
Duggan began his career at Ross Wood Film Studios in Sydney, Australia working in commercials
with directors such as Alex Proyas, David Denneen, James Holt, Kinka Usher and Bruce Hunt. He
now shoots international campaigns with award-winning directors like Noam Murro, Tim Godsall,
and Steve Rogers.
He started working in features in Sydney before coming to the United States, and has since worked
on such films as "Live Free or Die Hard" and "Underworld: Evolution," with Len Wiseman; "The
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," with Rob Cohen; "Killer Elite," with Gary McKendry;
and "Knowing," "I, Robot" and the indie "Garage Days," all with Proyas.
MATT VILLA (Editor) has been part of the Australian film community for 20 years. Before becoming
an editor in his own right, he rose through the ranks of assistant and VFX editor, serving on
many local and international productions. His thorough understanding of both the technical aspects
of filmmaking and the intricacies of storytelling has made him an asset on films diverse in genre,
style and scale.
His editing credits include "Daybreakers," "The Final Winter," "Happy Feet Two" and Peter Jackson's
"King Kong." "The Great Gatsby" marks Villa's third collaboration with Baz Luhrmann, following
his editing work on "Moulin Rouge!" and "Australia."
JASON BALLANTINE (Editor) was the winner of the Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA)
Award for his work on "Wish You Were Here," and also garnered nominations from the Australian
Film Institute (AFI) for their AACTA Award, and the Australian Screen Editors Guild (ASE). He
was previously nominated for the AFI Award for his work on "Wolf Creek," a film which also
earned him an FCCA nod; and for the ASE Award for the films "Rogue" and "Caterpillar Wish."
Ballantine is currently cutting the much-anticipated "Mad Max: Fury Road," the fourth in the series,
for director George Miller. The high-octane action adventure stars Tom Hardy in the title role,
alongside Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult.
As first assistant editor and visual effects editor, Ballantine has worked alongside many noteworthy
directors and editors in a career spanning more than 20 years. His films include Miller's "Babe,"
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