Nic Sadler

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.{{Cite book |last=Etchingham |first=Kathy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LLqmGwAACAAJ |title=Through Gypsy Eyes |publisher=Victor Gollancz |year=1998 |isbn=0752827251 |author-link=Kathy Etchingham}}{{rp|65}} 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,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyofotoawards.jp/interviews/shsadler/|title=SHSadler|date=2020-04-29|website=TIFA|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} studying under filmmakers Bill Constable{{Cite web|url=https://cinematographer.org.au/vale-in-memoriam/vale-bill-constable-acs/|title=VALE Bill Constable|date=2020-04-29|website=ACS|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} 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,{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096412/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm|title=A Waltz Through the Hills - Full Cast & Crew|date=2020-04-29|website=IMDb|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} then as second unit 1st assistant camera on Australian miniseries Jackaroo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099870/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm|title=Jackaroo - Full Cast & Crew|date=2020-04-29|website=IMDb|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}}

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,{{Cite web|url=https://imvdb.com/video/the-prodigy/fire|title= The Prodigy Fire|date=2020-04-29|website=IMDVb|language=en|access-date=2021-01-06}} then later on television commercials.{{Cite web|url=https://adsspot.me/creatives/nic-sadler-f0b9c3139f8b|title= Nic Sadler|date=2020-04-29|website=ADSSPOT|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://es.adforum.com/talent/48586-nick-sadler/work/6700162|title= Nic Sadler|date=2020-04-29|website=AdForum|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://adage.com/creativity/work/lingerie/11158|title= Axe (Singapore) Lingeries|date=2003-10-12|website=AdAge|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}}

In 2005 Nic moved to Los Angeles to begin principal photography on his first feature film, the low budget independent film Intellectual Property.{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/christopher-masterson-to-star-in-intellectual-property-and-waterborne/|title=Christopher Masterson to star in Intellectual Property|date=2004-08-20|website=MovieWeb|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}}

Sadler formed the company Chemical Wedding in 2007 with Toby Evetts and Simon Reeves,{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/photo/484861|title=2018 Emmy Award|date=2018-10-25|website=Television Academy|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} was formed in 2007 to produce software tools for filmmakers on the newly established iOS platform. Their first product, "Helios",{{Cite web|url=https://nofilmschool.com/2017/10/helios-pro-visualize-sun-moon-stars-lighting|title=Visualize the Sun, Moon and Stars at Any Time and Any Location with Helios Pro|date=2017-10-30|website=NoFilmSchool|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} 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{{Cite web|url=https://nofilmschool.com/2018/04/future-viewfinders-here-and-its-name-artemis-prime|title=The Future of Viewfinders is Here, and Its Name is Artemis Prime|website=NoFilmSchool|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUFaFCApgiA&t=1s|title=Virtual Lens Summit - Chemical Wedding's Artemis Prime with Nic Sadler|website=Koerner Camera Systems - YouTube|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}} digital director's Lens finder system, using software based on Artemis Pro and optics designed by Brian Caldwell.{{Cite web|url=https://www.caldwell.tv/about|title=Brian Caldwell|website=Caldwell|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} The system is in wide use, notably by camera operator Jim McConkey {{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566224/

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|title=Cinematographers M. David Mullen, ASC, and Eric Moynier on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Retro NYC|website=Studio Daily|language=en|access-date=2018-01-09}}

Sadler & his partners at Chemical Wedding were awarded both an Emmy{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/news/awards-news/engineering-2018|title=Visualize the Sun, Moon and Stars at Any Time and Any Location with Helios Pro|date=2018-10-25|website=Emmys|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} and the British Society of Cinematographers Bert Easey{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinematography.world/robbie-ryan-wins-bsc-award-for-poor-things/|title=BSC Awards 2024|date=2024-02-05|website=Cinematography World|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.caldwell.tv/about/|title=About Caldwell|website=Caldwell|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} in their production of the Chameleon Anamorphic motion picture lenses, used on the production on The Mandalorian{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8111088/technical/|title=The Mandalorian - Technical Specifications|website=IMDb|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} from Disney Studios.

In 2014 Nic began a creative photographic partnership with Julia Sandberg Hansson under the name SHSadler.{{Cite web|url=http://www.shsadler.com/|title=SH/Sadler|date=2020-04-29|website=SHSadler|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} Working closely with LA Make-up artist Satya Linak,{{Cite web|url=https://schonmagazine.com/tag/satya-linak/|title=Satya Linak|date=2020-04-29|website=Schön!|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} their award winning work{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyofotoawards.jp/winners/social/2020/Fresh-Meat-1/|title=TIFA Awards 2020|date=2020-04-29|website=Tokyo International Foto Awards|language=en|access-date=2024-01-06}} has been widely published in art magazines and journals.

From February 2014 until June 2018 Nic was a co-host on over 200 episodes of the political podcast From the Bunker {{cite podcast | url= https://ftbrickandjody.com/2014/12/show-300/ | title= Show #300 | website= From the Bunker| publisher= MSW Media | host= Jody Hamilton | date= 2014-12-19 | time= 0227 | access-date= 2024-02-12 }} with [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064233/ Richard Beatty], [https://mswmedia.com/show/from-the-bunker/ David Schockett] and [https://www.stephaniemiller.com/contact-show-2/ Jody Hamilton], daughter of Carol Burnett. Jody is currently Executive Producer of the [https://www.stephaniemiller.com Stephanie Miller Show].

Nic lectures in Cinematography at numerous institutions, including the American Film Institute, CSUN, and University of California, Santa Barbara.

in partnership with Julia Sandberg-Hansson as SHSadler

Australian International Film Festival

Emmy Awards

Tokyo International Photo Award

British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) Awards

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