David Eggby
Biography
David Eggby (born 1950) is an English-born Australian cinematographer. He worked for Australian television prior to his film breakthrough serving as director of photography on Mad Max (1979). He went on to work on many other notable films including Quigley Down Under (1990), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), Dragonheart (1996), Blue Streak (1999), Pitch Black (2000), Scooby-Doo (2002), EuroTrip (2004), and Underdog (2007).
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as Norfolk Captain
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Self
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Self
The Madness of Max is a feature-length documentary on the making of arguably the most influential movie of the past thirty years. With over forty cast-and-crew interviews, hundreds of behind-the-scenes photographs and never-before-seen film footage of the shoot, this is without a doubt the last word on Mad Max (1979).Interviews include: George Miller, Byron Kennedy, Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Roger Ward, Joanne Samuel, David Eggby, Jon Dowding and many more. From the Producers to the Bike Designers to the Traffic Stoppers, this is the story of how Mad Max was made.