Toby Oliver

Toby Oliver
Born	Australia
Alma mater	Swinburne University of Technology
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1994–present
Website	tobyoliver.com

Toby Oliver, ACS is an Australian film and television cinematographer best known for his work on over forty films including Get Out (2017), Happy Death Day (2017), and Insidious: The Last Key (2018).^[1][2][3][4] Variety named him one of the ten cinematographers to watch for in 2017.^[5]

Early life

Oliver was born in Australia and, after having moved to Los Angeles, California, currently resides in Sydney, Australia.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1994	Everynight ... Everynight	Alkinos Tsilimidos
1999	Fresh Air	Neil Mansfield
2000	Looking for Alibrandi	Kate Woods
2001	Silent Partner	Alkinos Tsilimidos
2004	Tom White
	Waiting Alone	Dayyan Eng
2006	Last Train to Freo	Jeremy Sims
	Em 4 Jay	Alkinos Tsilimidos
2009	The Combination	David Field
2010	Beneath Hill 60	Jeremy Sims
2011	33 Postcards	Pauline Chan
2013	Wolf Creek 2	Greg McLean
2016	The Darkness
	Blood Father	Jean-François Richet
	Incarnate	Brad Peyton
2017	Get Out	Jordan Peele
	Happy Death Day	Christopher Landon
2018	Insidious: The Last Key	Adam Robitel
	Wildling	Fritz Böhm
	Breaking In	James McTeigue
	The Dirt	Jeff Tremaine
2019	Happy Death Day 2U	Christopher Landon
2020	Fantasy Island	Jeff Wadlow
2021	Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar	Josh Greenbaum
2022	Day Shift	J. J. Perry
	Seriously Red	Gracie Otto
2023	Choose Love	Stuart McDonald

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2007	Forbidden Lie$	Anna Broinowski	With Kathryn Milliss
2010	Cane Toads: The Conquest	Mark Lewis	With Kathryn Milliss and Paul Nichola
2017	Roller Dreams	Kate Hickey

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2001	Love Is a Four-Letter Word
2002	Short Cuts
2007	Lockie Leonard	Tony Tilse Wayne Blair Roger Hodgman James Bogle Peter Templeman	Season 1
2007–08	Stupid, Stupid Man	William Usic	8 episodes
2010	Miracles	Leo Faber Guy Norris	Episode "Miracle in the Storm"
2011	Spirited	Stuart McDonald Michael James Rowland Jonathan Teplitzky Jonathan Brough Rowan Woods	Season 2
2020	Dead to Me	Liza Johnson Tamra Davis	Season 2

Miniseries

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2002	Dossa and Joe	Caroline Aherne
2012	Devil's Dust	Jessica Hobbs
2015	Blood and Thunder: The Sound of Alberts	Paul Clarke	Documentary
2024	Apple Cider Vinegar	Jeffrey Walker

TV movies

Year	Title	Director
2002	BloodSports	Michael James Rowland
2012	Beaconsfield	Glendyn Ivin
2014	The Killing Field	Samantha Lang
	Carlotta

References

1. Mulcahey, Matt (7 April 2017). "DP Toby Oliver on Get Out, Cheating the Sunken Place and Color Grading Trailers". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
2. "A Conversation with DP Toby Oliver on Crafting The Look of 'Get Out'". Film School Rejects. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
3. Eagan, Daniel (14 July 2020). ""Traveling By Plane at the Moment is One of the Tricky Things…" DP Toby Oliver on Production Restarting and His Work on the Netflix Series Dead to Me". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
4. "The Cinematography of Get Out (with Toby Oliver)". Go Creative Show. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
5. "Toby Oliver – Bio". tobyoliver.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

External links

• Toby Oliver at IMDb