Portraits
Campaigns & Projects
Nintendo Switch
Toyota Mobility
Esquire Peter Bol
Publicity & Gallery
Toyota Jumpers
Phi Movement
A Quiet Roar
Philip Treacy
Key Art
Campaign photography for film and television marketing, created for use across posters, print, digital and streaming platforms.
PR & Gallery
Editorial and character portraits of cast and talent, shot for publicity and editorial use across print and digital media.
Colin from Accounts
Publicity and editorial imagery shot for Colin from Accounts, featuring Harriet Dyer, Patrick Brammall & Buster.
Client / Binge & CBS Television
Role / Photographer & Creative Director
Mix Tape
Featuring Teresa Palmer, Jim Sturgess & Ben Lawson
Client / Binge & BBC Television
Role / Photographer
Human Error
Character & Actor portraits featuring Leeanna Walsman, Stephen Peacocke & Raphel Romahn
Client / Nine Network
Role / Photographer
CHICARGO FIRE
Taylor Kinney, Jessie Spencer, Miranda Rae Mayo, David Eigenberg & cast.
Client / NBC
Role / Photographer
RUN
Publicity editorial - George Mason, Robyn Malcolm, Ashleigh Cummings and Keiynan Lonsdale.
Client / Binge & Warner Brothers International
Role / Photographer & Creative Director
Telenovela
Character portraits - Eva Longoria, Jencarlos Canela, Diana Maria Riva, Amaury Nolasco,
Jose Moreno Brooks, Jadyn Douglas, Alex Meneses & Izzy Diaz.
Client / NBC
Role / Photographer
STRANGE CALLS
Character portraits Danny Pudi, Daniel Stern, Patrick Brammall, Allison Miller & Aliyah Royale
Client / NBC
Role / Photographer
FRONTIER
Publicity editorial captured over one shoot day - George Mason, Robyn Malcolm, Ashleigh Cummings and Keiynan Lonsdale.
Client / NBC
Role / Photographer
FILM II – METEOR –
THE CREATOR
Client / Christopher Boots Lighting
Project / 11-11-11brand Films
Role / Director and Photographer
Vivid light slashes through the sky, heralding the birth of innovation and an imminent time of dynamic creation. Meteors, seen as bearing messages of idle potential in Greek mythology, dare to dazzle observers of their cosmic wonder.
FILM 1 - Hotel Bidesoa
A brand film for Hotel Bidesoa, shot primarily with available light and minimal additional lighting. The project tested the limits of mobile cinematography while working quickly and discreetly within a functioning hotel environment.
Jessica
After surviving childhood abuse, homelessness, incarceration, and gang life, she found purpose in the law and in motherhood, working toward change within her community.
FILM I – OURANOS –
THE OUTLAW
Client / Christopher Boots Lighting
Project / 11-11-11brand Films
Role / Director and Photographer
The sun, the moon, time; limitless and complete. Revolve, rotate and echo into infinity. Cycles fracture, celestial bodies are disrupted from their path and the outsider’s revolution begins.
FILM 2 - Zapallar
A film shot on the volcanic cliffs of Zapallar, testing how the iPhone 15 Pro Max and ShiftCam lenses can achieve cinematic scale through a lightweight approach.
Mellow
A non-binary activist from Los Angeles who transformed personal struggle into outward love, moving from isolation toward connection and advocacy.
Crown Metropol -
Be In The Moment
Client / Crown Hotels
Project / Brand Film
Role / Director and Photographer
Crown Towers -
Above All Else
Client / Crown Hotels
Project / Brand Film
Role / Director and Photographer
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Producer / COCO Productions
PM / Francesca Scopeletti
DOP / Liam Gilour
Editor / Chris Ward
Grader / Lukas Schrank
Designer / David Bonney
Set Stylist / Heather Nette King
MUA / Nigel Stanislaus
Hair / Darren Cartedge
Motion
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Producer / Francesca Scopeletti
Lennon Rowe
Line Producer / Juliet Smith
PM / Jaime Gillespie
DOP / Richard Kendall
Choreographer / Garry Stewart
Cast / Marni Green, Robert Alejandro Tinning, Benjamin
Hancock, Kimball Wong, Jack Ziesing, Rachel Coulson
Costume Designer / David Bonney
Makeup Designer / Nigel Stanislaus
Hair / Seth Dale
Editor / Chris Ward, Greg Cooper
Composer / Brendan Woithe
Grader / Lukas Schrank
First AD / James Miles
Gaffer / Dan Carr
Bullet / Splice Boys
Crane Tech / Jacko Panagiotou
Crane Tech Assistant / Antonio Raiola
Standby Props / Tim Disney
Lighting / Film Star Lighting
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Producer / Francesca Scopeletti
PM / Jaime Gillespie
DOP / Liam Gilour
Editor / Chris Ward
Music / Mark Orell
Grader / Lukas Schrank
Designer / David Bonney
Set Stylist / Bianca Christoff
MUA / Nigel Stanislaus
Hair / Kim Tavares
Crown Hotels
A series of brand films for
the iconic Melbourne group.
Christopher Boots
Commissioned to mark the 11th anniversary of lighting atelier Christopher Boots, this triptych
of films brings the studio’s elemental light sculptures into motion.
A Quiet Roar
A Quiet Roar is a short documentary series about quiet forms of activism. It looks at how personal conviction becomes public action.
Shot on iPhone
Commissioned by Tantor Films and ShiftCam Lenses in Santiago, Chile, John directed two short films on the iPhone 15 Pro Max, testing mobile filmmaking for commercial use.
Celebrating METEOR, OURANOS and WINGS OF PEGASUS, the works draw on classical mythology, celestial time and choreography by Garry Stewart to translate raw materials, crystals and metals into gestures of creation, ritual and transformation.
Chabe
An artist from Guadalajara, Mexico, whose art practice formed a bridge between communities, leading to life-changing medical support for Indigenous artisans.
Josie
A young Indigenous woman whose act of protest, smudging sage at a Trump rally, became a viral moment. What began as ceremony shifts into resistance.
Eddie
A pastor who left a predominantly white congregation to serve an inner-city community, reshaping faith around solidarity, care, and radical love.
FILM III – WINGS OF PEGASUS –
THE LOVER
Client / Christopher Boots Lighting
Project / 11-11-11brand Films
Role / Director and Photographer
John Tsiavis is an Australian photographer and director, a key specialist in art and entertainment, with a practice spanning advertising, portraiture, and fashion.
John was shortlisted as Emerging Director at the 2023 AWARD Awards and is a past recipient of Best Short Director and Best Australian Documentary at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. His documentary series A Quiet Roar has screened internationally, with selections at the Toronto Short Film Festival, New York Indie Shorts Awards and St Kilda Film Festival.
Commercial clients include Nintendo, Toyota, Twinings, Disney, HBO, A24, Crown, NBC, Nickelodeon, Foxtel/Binge, Nine Network, MTV, CBC and Paramount+. His photography has been published in Esquire, Rolling Stone, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, GQ and Flaunt.
John mentors with the Image Makers Association. His portrait work is held in the National Portrait Gallery of Australia.
The portrait photography of John Tsiavis is characterised by a tough clarity of intent and subtle sophistication of expression. His portraits in the collection are compelling precisely for the complexity of human identity they convey.
Dr Christopher Chapman
Curator, National Portrait Gallery, Australia
Motion & stills enquiries:
Email : john@tsiavis.com
Cell : +61 481 716 772