Sky Davies is a multi-award-winning cinematographer, bringing to life projects from such diverse arenas as feature film to video art.
Most recently Sky shot the fourth season of MYSTERY ROAD for Bunya Productions, directed by Wayne Blair and Jub Clerc. For television Sky also shot the 2024 mini-series, FAKE, starring Asher Keddie and David Wenham, directed by Emma Freeman, Taylor Ferguson and Jennifer Lacey, for Kindling Pictures and Paramount+. The series premiered to critical acclaim and broke streaming and subscription records for Paramount+ . Other television credits include HOUSE OF GODS (2023) directed by Fadia Aboud for Matchbox Pictures and Season 2 of Tim Minchin’s popular television series UPRIGHT (2022), directed by Mirrah Foulkes.
Sky’s debut feature, the genre film BLOOD VESSEL (2018), has screened at numerous festivals including NYC Horror Fest (US), GrimmFest (UK), FilmQuest (UK) and MonsterFest (AU), drawing acclaim for her cinematography including winning her a Golden Tripod ACS Award in 2021.
Sky’s short film work has been screened at over 120 festivals (Berlinale, MIFF, Oberhausen, AACTA, Palm Springs) garnering her many festival awards as well as ACS Gold, ACS Silver, and the prestigious ACS Golden Tripod for GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART, directed by Bec Peniston Bird. Most recently TARNEIT, her second collaboration with director John Sheedy, was awarded the prestigious Iris Prize. Their initial collaboration MRS MCCUTCHEON (2017)had its Australian premier at the Melbourne International Film Festival of the same year, winning Best Australian Short Film.
In addition to her narrative work, Sky has collaborated with esteemed video artists including Shaun Gladwell, Christian Thompson, Candy Bowers and Laresa Kosloff and regularly works within the documentary realm shooting such pieces as UNDERCOVER, COMING BACK OUT BALL (Closing Night MIFF ‘18) and GRACEFUL GIRLS (Audience Award MIFF ’15).
