Rob is a multiple award-winning freelance Cinematographer and Director of Photography with a passion for people, the natural world, adventure and travel. Recent projects include the 2022 AACTA award winning series for Best Factual/Documentary ‘Miriam Margolyes - Australia Unmasked’ for ABC/BBC, 2023 Gold award winner at the New York Festivals ‘Keep on Dancing’ an ABC Catalyst science documentary series, ‘Who do you think you are?’ for Warner Brothers/SBS, ‘Asking for it’ for SBS, ‘Gardening Australia’ for ABC, ‘Inside Sydney Airport’ for National Geographic/SBS, ‘Tiny Oz’ historical series for ABC and ‘Limitless with Chris Hemsworth’ for National Geographic and Disney+. Other clients include BBC Studios, National Geographic, Disney+, Netflix, Paramount, Discovery, Foxtel, Warner Brothers, Stan, SBS and ABC.

Rob was accredited by the Australian Cinematographers Society in 2011.

For more than two decades Rob has been privileged to live and work around the globe, beginning his career in the UK in 1996 with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). At the BBC Rob worked on sports features, factual documentaries, as well as a National Trust documentary on the wildlife and coastline of the British Isles.  

The year 2000 saw a move to Australia where Rob joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). At the ABC Rob worked on natural history documentaries, science, art and news and current affairs programmes. These assignments took Rob to Arnhem Land, central Australia, the Kimberley and the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the Middle East, East Timor and Singapore. 

 From 2007 Rob was based in Beijing for six years with the ABC. He covered the Sichuan earthquake, the Beijing Olympics and the changeover to the government of Xi Jinping, to name a few. Rob also filmed documentaries on China’s economic growth and social and political issues and travelled throughout the region to Tibet, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Japan, North and South Korea, Myanmar and Russia.

 Rob relocated to Washington DC in early 2013 where he covered issues such as the inauguration of Barack Obama, the aftermath of Sandy Hook and gun violence. He travelled extensively filming documentaries in the USA, as well as to Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.

Returning to Australia in 2016, Rob is now based in Sydney where he spent four years travelling Australia and the world as one of the core cinematographers working on the Seven Network’s flagship programme, ‘Sunday Night’. Being freelance now Rob has been filming documentaries for BBC Studios, National Geographic, Disney+, Netflix, Paramount, Stan and ABC TV. Using the latest cameras, cine lenses, macro, gimbals, tracks & sliders, drones, lighting systems, green screen and time-lapse techniques, Rob continues to travel on assignment to the world's deserts, jungles, polar regions, mountains, oceans, natural disaster zones and cities to create world class images and films.

Rob’s outstanding work in natural history and his human interest documentaries from China led him to receive accreditation, the highest honour from the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) in 2011. He has since received 52 ACS awards, a Walkley Award for excellence in journalism, a Logie Award, several New York Festivals awards and four White House News Photographers Association awards, resulting in an invitation to the White House to be congratulated by President Obama in the Oval Office.