Cameraperson to Person
A video essay commissioned by RealTime about Kirsten Johnson’s 2016 film Cameraperson.
Conor Bateman is a writer, video editor and film programmer. He was the managing editor of 4:3 (2014-2019), an independent online film magazine, and is one of the co-founders of Static Vision, an independent Australian film collective.
His writing has been published in RealTime, The Lifted Brow, Senses of Cinema and more, and his video work has been screened at ACMI, UQ Gallery and the Monash University Museum of Art. He also works in digital video for ABC Arts and previously has worked for Sydney Film Festival and SBS.
You can find him online on Bluesky and Instagram.
A video essay commissioned by RealTime about Kirsten Johnson’s 2016 film Cameraperson.
A video prepared for the Melbourne Cinémathèque.
A video essay made for 4:3 and presented at the 2016 Emerging Writers Festival.
A music video made for Phanosland from re-purposed 35mm Stock Footage.
A video essay created for The Lifted Brow, in response to Rebecca Harkins-Cross’ column, ‘The Loneliest Heart’.
A video essay made for Fandor Keyframe.
A video essay prepared for the Melbourne International Film Festival and re-published by Fandor Keyframe.
A supercut of 2014 films made for 4:3’s end of year coverage.