Karina DAVIES

First Assistant Camera · Focus Puller · Camera Operator

🎥 Feature Films | TV Series | Documentaries | Commercials

📍 Based in Australia | Available to Travel

📞 +61 410 948 653

📧 karina@sericaproductions.com.au

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🎞 Karina's IMDb

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Karina is an highly experienced 1st Assistant Camera / Focus Puller with an extensive career across feature films, television, documentary and commercial screen production in Australia and internationally.

Working across both A and B Camera, Karina brings strong technical knowledge, calm decision-making and a highly collaborative approach to the camera department. Her experience spans complex digital cinema systems, spherical and anamorphic formats, Steadicam and demanding production environments where accuracy, preparation and consistency are essential.

She has worked alongside some of Australia’s leading cinematographers and directors and is equally comfortable stepping into established camera teams or helping build an effective department around the requirements of a production.

Her credits span major Australian and international productions, including work for Netflix and Stan, feature films and international projects across Australia, India and South Korea.

VALUE TO PRODUCTION

Karina brings more than technical expertise to a camera department. Her value lies in combining precision, experience and an understanding of how a well-run camera team contributes to the efficiency of the entire production.

She offers:

• Experienced A & B Camera support — confident working closely with DPs, operators and directors while understanding the different demands and responsibilities of each camera position.
• Technical confidence under pressure — extensive experience across high-end digital cinema cameras, lenses, recording formats and workflows, allowing her to adapt quickly to the technical requirements of a production.
• Preparation and reliability — a methodical approach to camera preparation, lens management and maintaining consistency throughout demanding shooting schedules.
• Strong production awareness — understands that the camera department operates within a much larger production environment and works collaboratively with other departments to keep the day moving.
• International production experience — experience working across Australia and internationally, bringing adaptability to different crews, working styles and production environments.
• Continuity and problem-solving — able to anticipate camera requirements, respond quickly when circumstances change and help minimise delays during production.
• Leadership within the camera team — an experienced and approachable crew member who contributes to a professional, respectful and well-functioning department.
• Emerging crew development — experience mentoring camera attachments on recent Netflix and Stan productions, supporting emerging practitioners while maintaining professional production standards.

KEY SKILLS

• Expert focus pulling and lens knowledge across digital cinema platforms
• Confident with a wide range of camera systems: Alexa 35, Sony Venice, Steadicam, RED Monstro, Panavision DXL, Blackmagic, etc.
• Skilled with spherical and anamorphic formats, including ARRIRAW, ProRes, X-OCN, 8K workflows
• Experience working across Australia and internationally (India, South Korea, etc.)
• Strong collaboration with DPs and directors on both A and B camera
• Mentoring camera attachments on recent Netflix & Stan Productions
• Known for professionalism, technical precision, and team-first mindset

FEATURE FILMS 🎞 Karina's IMDb

• Wilderness (2026) 1st Assistant B Camera - Dir Martin McKenna
• The Travellers (2025) 1st Assistant B Camera - Dir. Bruce Beresford
• Fear Below (2025) 1st Assistant A Camera - Dir: Matthew Holmes
• Inside (2024) 1st Assistant B Camera - Dir: Charles Williams
• Don't Tell Mother (2024) 1st Assistant A Camera - Dir: Anoop Lokkur
• Road to Boston (2023) 1st Assistant Camera (Australia) - Dir: Kang Je-Kyu
• Shit: Three Women, One Dreadful Crime (2023) A Cam 1st Assistant - Dir: Susie Dee
• Kangaroo Valley (2022) - Camera Operator - Dir: Kylie Scott
• Blood Vessel (2019) 1st Assistant Camera - Dir: Justin Dix
• Upgrade (2017) 2nd Assistant Camera - Dir: Leigh Whannell
• Breath (2017) 2nd Assistant Camera - Dir: Simon Baker
• OtherLife (2017) 2nd Assistant Camera - Dir: Ben C. Lucas
• Jasper Jones (2017) 2nd Assistant Camera - Dir: Rachel Perkins
• Red Dog: True Blue (2017) 2nd Assistant Camera - Dir: Kriv Stenders

FEATURE FILMS PREVIOUS

• The Light Between Oceans (2016); Wardbukkarra: The First Song (2015); Looking for Grace (2015); Holding the Man (2015); Shan he gu ren (2015); The Waler: Australia's Great War Horse (2015); Strangerland (2015); Son of a Gun (2014); Kill Me Three Times (2014); Paper Planes (2014); The Reconig (2014); Revive (2013); These Final Hours (2013); Taio Cruze: My Life on Film (2013); Raven's Cabin (2012); Ronan's Escape (2010)

TV SERIES 🎞 Karina's IMDb

• The Survivors (2025) 1st Assistant B Camera - Dir: Ben C Lucas, Cheri Nowlan
• The Twelve S3 (2024) 1st Assistant B Camera - Dir: Madeleine Gottlieb
• Videoland (2024) 1st Assistant Camera - Dir: Jessica Smith
• Scrublands: Silver S2 (2024) 1st Assistant B Camera - Dir: Ben Young
• The Twelve S2 (2023) 2nd Unit and Additional 1st Assistant Camera - Dir: Stevie Cruz-Martin
• Australian Epic (2023) 1st Assistant B Camera - Dir: Max Miller
• Scrublands S1 (2023) 1st Assistant A Camera / Steadicam - Dir: Greg McLean
• Surviving Summer S1 (2022) 1st Assistant B Camera - Dir: Ben Chessell
• Retrograde (2020) Camera & Audio Operator - Dir: Natalie Bailey
• Mystery Road S2 (2019) 1st Assistant A Camera - Dir: Rachel Perkins
• My Life is Murder (2019) 1st Assistant B Camera - Dir: King/Lucas/O'Shaughnessy/Purcell
• The Inbestigators (2018) 1st Assistant B Camera - Dir: Hope/Butler/Reiser/Bartley/Buxton
• Bad Mothers (2018) 1st Assistant A Camera - Dir: Bennett/Davies/McKenzie
• Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018) 2nd Assistant A Camera - Dir: Kondracki/Rymer/Brotchie

TV SERIES PREVIOUS

• Sexy Herpes (2017); Wentworth (2017); Fancy Boy (2016-2017); Hunters (2016); Childhood's End (2015); The Secret River (2015)

DOCUMENTARIES / SHORT FILMS / TV SPECIALS 🎞 Karina's IMDb

• Kangaroo Valley (2022) Camera Operator - Dir: Kylie Scott,
• Clap (2019) Short - Focus Puller - Dir: Sophie O'Connor
• Long Distance (2018) Assistant Camera - Dir: Anoop Lokkur
• Yulubidyi: Until the End (2018) 1st Assistant Camera - Dir: Nathan Mewett, Curtis Taylor
• Sidney Nolan (2018) Assistant Camera - Panasonic Varicam
• Mrs McCutcheon (2017) 1st Assistant Camera (Additional) - Dir: John Sheedy
• Bush Lullaby (2016) Camera Operator - Dir: Anthony Guibert

CINEMATOGRAPHY 🎞 Karina's IMDb

• When Morning Comes (2020) - Cinematographer - Dir: Luke Keatinge
• The Bear (2015) – Cinematographer - Dir: David Meadows
• Hotel (2013) – Cinematographer - Dir: Dylan Tilbury

CINEMATOGRAPHERS KARINA HAS WORKED WITH:

Mark Wareham ACS, Sky Davies ACS, Marden Dean ACS, Ben Cunningham ACS, Anna Howard ACS, Andy Commis ACS, Peter James ACS ASC, Katie Milwright ACS, Warwick Thornton, John Stokes ACS, Dan Freene ACS, Edward Goldner ACS, Matthew Jenkins, Matthew Temple ACS, Michael McDermott ACS

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• Extensive on-the-job training under acclaimed DPs
• Certified for RED, Alexa, Sony Venice, and Panavision systems