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Dean Head was born in North London but raised, from 6 months of age, in Perth, West Australia. His life with cameras and film making began with his father and their home 8mm and Super 8mm film cameras. Dean's father Tony worked in the British film industry on some memorable films such as The 3rd Man (Michael Rene, Jonathan Harris Lost in Space fme), Sir Francis Drake series, The Saint with Roger Moore, Last Man Hung on the Yard Arm, Naked Edge (Gary Cooper), Police Dog.

Dean began his career in the television studios of Australia's Nine Network. He was recruited by Colin Mullins, chairman of Australia's largest independent advertising agency to film TV commercials and image films in their production company Editel, at the time the most successful production company in Perth. From there he was recruited by Alex Zilo, head of American ABC Asia based in Hong Kong. The company, Mediavision, was purchased by Li Ka Shing and his son Richard and became Star TV. After a year with them Dean went left to start his own production company Head Shots and went on to win more than 15 international awards.

In 1990 he won admission into the Maine International Film & Television School in the USA and in 1994, Dean was awarded the right to use the letters ACS after his name. This honour was bestowed upon him by his mentors in the Australian Cinematographers Society in recognition of his work.

Dean has won the following international awards;

* Golden Tripod Award. Australian Cinematographers Society. * Two Gold ACS Awards. Australian Cinematographers Society. * Two Silver ACS Awards. Australian Cinematographers Society. * Two Highly Commended Certificates. Australian Cinematographers Society. * Silver Screen Award. US International Film & Video Awards, Chicago. * Two Certificates for Creative Excellence. US International Film Awards, Chicago. * Questar Award. Questar Film Festival, New York. * Highly Commended Certificate. US International Film & Video Awards, Chicago * Distinction Award for Cinematography. Australian Cinematographers Society.

The films Dean has photographed have won more than 30 international awards from New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Adelaide and Sydney film festivals and competitions.

Dean's feature film credits are;

* Tomb Raider II (Angelina Jolie) 2nd Unit DP & operator (HK) * Spy Game ( Tony Scott - Director) 2nd unit & Spacecam aerial DP (HK) * Rush Hour II (Jackie Chan) 2nd unit DP (HK). * Night Watch. (Pierce Brosnan) Additional photography unit DP, HK & Macau. * Double Impact. (Jean Claude Van Damme) 2nd unit operator Hong Kong. * Thunderstorm. (Wong Ho Yi) 1st unit operator, 2nd unit DP. * Good-bye Hong Kong. (David Yip) 1st unit operator & 2nd unit DP. * Bamboo in Winter. (Crystal Kwok) 2nd unit operator.

As well as Dean's affiliate offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu, which makes shooting in China a great deal easier, his network of 'quality' contacts reaches not only around Asia but also around the world.

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