Ted McDonnell

03/10/2025

02/10/2025

Saudi Arabia is using comedians, sportsmen & women and artists to rebrand their nation’s vile human rights abuses which includes murders on foreign soil and hundreds of killings in their own countriy.
All people - all sports people - all artists should call out Saudi Arabia for its continual violations against human rights. And not take Saudi blood money!!!

19/08/2025

02/06/2025

Great privilege for our homage to legendary Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce to have its World Premiere at the 2025 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival in late July.
The film will premiere at the Cinema Nova on Sunday 27 July.
Thanks so much to Phil Noyce for his patience. Phil is such a big hearted human being.
Also big thanks to our team. They did all the hard work.
Big shout out to our EPs - especially Silvio Salom; and everyone who contributed film… there were so many!!!
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23/12/2024

Fabulous news that our 2021 documentary “Like The Wind” on insanely brilliant Aussie cinematographer Christopher Doyle; and our 2025 release “Noyce - The Not So Quiet Australian” on one of Australis greatest filmmakers Phillip Noyce have been collected by the National Film & Sound Archive .
It’s important both these films of two great Australian filmmakers will now be available to future generations of Australians.

16/12/2024

Extremely pleased to announce our documentary on one of Australia’s greatest film director’s Phillip Noyce is now complete.

“Noyce - The Not So Quiet Australian” will be released in mid 2025. It will have a short and selective festival run.

Thank you to all involved your hard work has achieved the desired results … but especially thank you to the man himself, Phillip Noyce. His generosity and patience is remarkable.

Big shout out to our financial backers and without all their support important projects like this would never see the light of day.

We will keep you all updated on Festival and other release dates as we enter 2025.

On a personal note, I completed my Masters in Business Law this year… it’s been a busy few years.

24/02/2024

And so it was in the little Victorian town of Beechworth last week, the legendary cinematographer Christopher Doyle married the love of his life Hei Wen.
The happy couple have been together for many years and decided to marry in Chris’ home of Australia. They have since returned to Shanghai.
I’ve been privileged to know (and call a friend) Chris for a number of years since I shot a doco on his life “Like The Wind” released in 2021 at the Sydney Film Festival.
Wonderful to see Chris so healthy and happy with beautiful Hei Wen.
Looking forward to seeing Chris back in Australia later this year as we plan a feature film we will make together in Victoria and South Australia in 2025…. Mtc…

27/01/2024

On the eve of return to Australia for her “The Eras Tour” Hard to believe this was almost a decade ago.
My second last concert shoot Taylor Swift’s landmark “1989 World Tour”. Remarkable person who just goes from strength to strength. 👏👏👏. ©️ Ted McDonnell 2015 All Rights Reserved.

31/08/2023

Timor Leste 2010-2015
Looking forward to getting back to this fabulous nation in 2024.
Hopefully, this country can move forward from the dreadful corruption it has suffered over the past two decades since gaining its freedom from the murderous Indonesian rule.
*Second image in this set won the 2014 International Loupe Photojournalism Award.
©️Ted McDonnell

30/06/2023

Taylor Swift phenomena about to hit Melbourne again: covering her incredible “1989 World Tour” in Melbourne in 2015 was a frenetic 20 minute buzz capturing images for the world’s media.
No doubt her show in 2024 will be just as amazing.

All images ©️copyright Ted McDonnell 2015.