Nic Sadler is a British/Australian cinematographer, photographer and inventor, living in Los Angeles.

Early life

Sadler was born in East London in May 1965, to an Anglo-Indian mother and a British-Roma father. His mother Elizabeth "Betty" King emigrated from India in 1956 with her mother Mavis, siblings Aubrey and Angela "Angie" King, shortly after their father died in Madras. At age seven he moved with his parent to Perth, Western Australia. While at North Lake Senior High School he developed an interest in photography from Daniel, his photolithographer father, supported by then teacher at NLSH, John Longley (a future crew member of the successful 1980 America's Cup challenger, Freedom). Sadler graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from WAIT (Western Australian Institute of Technology), later known as Curtin University, in Western Australia in 1985, studying under filmmakers Bill Constable and Steve Jodrell, and renown cultural theorists John Fiske and John Hartley. Sadler began working in the film industry in 1986, first as a production assistant on Shame, directed his former tutor Steve Jodrell. In 1997 he got his first job in the camera department as main unit 2nd assistant camera on television film A Waltz Through the Hills, then as second unit 1st assistant camera on Australian miniseries Jackaroo.

Cinematographer

After moving to London in 1989, Sadler began working primarily as 1st assistant camera to John Mathieson (cinematographer). By 1992 he had begun working as a cinematographer on music videos, then later on television commercials. In 2005 Nic moved to Los Angeles to begin principal photography on his first feature film, the low budget independent film Intellectual Property.

Inventor

Sadler formed the company Chemical Wedding in 2007 with Toby Evetts and Simon Reeves, was formed in 2007 to produce software tools for filmmakers on the newly established iOS platform. Their first product, "Helios", an early Apple iOS application for filmmakers to pre-visualise the effect of sunlight on locations and people, was released in 2008. This was followed by the release of Artemis Digital Directors Viewfinder in 2009, the first digital directors viewfinder on a mobile phone platform. In 2016 Chemical Wedding began production of the Artemis Prime digital director's Lens finder system, using software based on Artemis Pro and optics designed by Brian Caldwell. The system is in wide use, notably by camera operator Jim McConkey with cinematographer David Mullen on the television series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Sadler & his partners at Chemical Wedding were awarded both an Emmy and the British Society of Cinematographers Bert Easey awards for the development of Artemis and Helios. Since 2017 Sadler has been Consultant Cinemtographer to Caldwell, an optics company based in Glendale, California, owned by Dr James "Brian" Caldwell. in their production of the Chameleon Anamorphic motion picture lenses, used on the production on The Mandalorian from Disney Studios.

Photographer

In 2014 Nic began a creative photographic partnership with Julia Sandberg Hansson under the name SHSadler. Working closely with LA Make-up artist Satya Linak, their award winning work has been widely published in art magazines and journals.

Other Professional Interests

From February 2014 until June 2018 Nic was a co-host on over 200 episodes of the political podcast From the Bunker with Richard Beatty, David Schockett and Jody Hamilton, daughter of Carol Burnett. Jody is currently Executive Producer of the Stephanie Miller Show. Nic lectures in Cinematography at numerous institutions, including the American Film Institute, CSUN, and University of California, Santa Barbara.

Filmography

Short films

Feature films

Television

Music videos (partial list)

Concert films

Photography

**in partnership with Julia Sandberg-Hansson as SHSadler **

Awards

Australian International Film Festival Emmy Awards Tokyo International Photo Award British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) Awards