Ross W. Clarkson is an Australian cinematographer and film director. He has also been credited as Ross Clarkson, Ross William Clarkson, Law Sez or Law Shut. Clarkson is best-known for Undisputed II: Last Man Standing and Undisputed III: Redemption. Film director Isaac Florentine endorsed him as "an amazing DP (director of photography) and camera operator" who had enabled him to "come up with long takes" of fight scenes.
Career Clarkson started as a cinematographer for feature films in Hong Kong. Ringo Lam hired him originally for underwater photography and employed him then for following movies. During this cooperation, Clarkson photographed the movie Victim. That earned him the Hong Kong Film Award for best cinematography in 2000.
Later, he worked on US-American action films in Bulgaria, but he frequently returned to Asia. 2019 saw him on the other side of the camera, playing an Australian doctor in Thai feature film The Cave. In the same year, he directed Captured, a film about domestic violence based on his own script. For her role in the film, female lead Sara Malakul Lane was elected "Artist of the Year" at the International Film Festival of Ahmednagar in India. The film harvested additional awards at independent film festivals. In 2023, he co-wrote and directed the Kickstarter-financed German-American martial arts film The Last Kumite.
Selected filmography YearTitleDirectorNotes1996The Age of Miracles Ringo Lam underwater cinematography 1998 The Suspect Ringo Lam 1999 Victim Ringo Lam Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography for Ross W. Clarkson 2002 Dead Heat Mark Malone Derailed Bob Misiorowski2003 Marines Mark Roper Looking for Mister Perfect Ringo Lam 2005 The Mechanik Dolph Lundgren 2006 Undisputed II: Last Man Standing Isaac Florentine 2008 Shark in Venice Danny Lerner2009 Direct Contact Danny Lerner Ninja Isaac Florentine 2010 Undisputed III: Redemption Isaac Florentine The Blood Bond (also known as Shadowguard) Michael Biehn 2012 Assassin's Bullet2013 Ninja: Shadow of a Tear Isaac Florentine 2015 Wild City Ringo Lam His highest rated movie on Metacritic 2016 Never Back Down: No Surrender Michael Jai White 2017 Sniper: Ultimate Kill Claudio Fäh2019 General Commander Philippe Martinez Ross W. Clarkson Vixen Ross W. Clarkson direct-to-VOD Captured Ross W. Clarkson also credited as writer 2021 Father Christmas Is Back Philippe Martinez2023 One Year Off Philippe Martinez Bring Him to Me Luke Sparke2024 Hellfire Isaac Florentine The Last Kumite Ross W.Clarkson also credited as writer
Awards +YearAwardCategoryWorkResultNotes2020“BLASTOFF” Film AwardsBest FilmCaptured2020Guerilla Movie-Making AwardsBest Film / Best cinematographyCaptured2020Elevation Indie Film AwardsSpotlight AwardCaptured2000Hong Kong Film AwardBest cinematographyVictim
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Video interview with Ross Clarkson by David Kurzhal Part 1 (2024) Video interview with Ross Clarkson by David Kurzhal Part 2 (2024)