Melbourne based Cinematographer, Craig Barden ACS, has worked on many drama productions including “Molly” ,Wentworth series 1, 2 & 3, Dr Blake Mysteries, Worst Year of My Life Again, Small Time Gangster, City Homicide, Farscape series 1 [setup DP], Mortified, Halifax and Good Guys Bad Guys. Craig’s credits as Director of Photography span across two decades, working with some of Australia’s finest directors and producers. Craig has worked with a variety of Cinema and Television formats, including 16mm and 35mm film as well as High Definition digital (HD), 2K and 4K resolution digital. Craig is an innovative filmmaker with many years experience as both a camera operator and focus puller. Craig’s other credits as a DOP include , Snowy , Around the Twist , Ocean Girl, Last Man Standing, Mortified, Noah and Saskia, Crash Burn and Bootleg. Craig is a multi award winner at the Victorian & Tasmanian State ACS Awards
and won gold awards for Cinematography for Farscape and Halifax and silver for Wentworth, Snowy and Crashzone.

Craig was nominated for an AFI in 2003 in the Open Craft division for the television series ‘Bootleg’ for best cinematography.