Mike Southon

Movies

St George's Day
Director of Photography
Infamous London gangster cousins, Micky Mannock and Ray Collishaw, are at the top of the food chain, when their world is turned upside down as they lose a shipment of the Russian Mafia's cocaine in rough seas. Set in London, Amsterdam and Berlin, the story races across Europe at breakneck speed as Micky and Ray attempt to stay one step ahead of the Police. Can they pull off a daring diamond heist in time to put things right and retire to a "legitimate" way of life.
The Nutcracker in 3D
Director of Photography
Set in 1920s Vienna, this is the tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll one Christmas Eve.
Beneath
Director of Photography
Christy (Zehetner) returns to her hometown years after a car accident that disfigured her older sister. Haunted by the accident in which she was the driver, she learns that her worst nightmares have either come true ... or are about to.
Air Buddies
Director of Photography
Five puppies are shocked to find out that their parents, Buddy and Molly, have been abducted and face obstacles while trying to rescue them.
The Mermaid Chair
Director of Photography
A married woman (Basinger) falls in love with a Benedictine monk.
Pursued
Director of Photography
A fast rising hi-tech executive must protect his career and family from the ruthless tactics of a homicidal corporate headhunter.
Bandido
Director of Photography
When legendary thief Max Cruz is framed by the CIA, he has no choice but to help them with a top-secret mission in the Yucatan.
Tricks
Director of Photography
Laurel, Jane and Candy. We meet them as children, we know them as prostitutes and we come to understand them as women. The town is Chicago and the girls are from all walks of life. This is love at a price.
MXP: Most Xtreme Primate
Director of Photography
The 2000s Most Valuable Primate is back, this time on a snowboard.
Air Bud: Spikes Back
Director
Air Bud finds that he has the uncanny ability to play volleyball.
Replicant
Director of Photography
Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops.
Sorted
Director of Photography
A young lawyer gets more than he bargains for while investigating his brother's mysterious death.
RKO 281
Director of Photography
In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the purpose of making his first film.
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
Director of Photography
Josh and Buddy move from basketball to football in this first of several sequels to the original Air Bud.
Air Bud
Director of Photography
A lonely boy befriends a stray dog who has a natural talent for basketball and together they experience the highs and lows of life as their friendship remains solid through a series of escapades.
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Director of Photography
When young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an evil mirror with the power to make her queen of all living things. After escaping an attempt on her life, Lili finds herself lost in a dark forest, where living happily ever after seems unlikely.
The Final Cut
TV News Crew in Van
A former bomb squad leader comes out of retirement to investigate a series of bombings plaguing Seattle.
The Final Cut
Director of Photography
A former bomb squad leader comes out of retirement to investigate a series of bombings plaguing Seattle.
The Run of the Country
Director of Photography
An Irish lad (Matt Keeslar) who fled from his oppressive, widowed father (Albert Finney) falls for a girl (Victoria Smurfit) from an affluent family.
Roommates
Director of Photography
An elderly, yet young-at-heart man, moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.
Wuthering Heights
Director of Photography
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.
Little Man Tate
Director of Photography
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget that his extremely powerful intellect is harboured in the body and emotions of a child.
A Kiss Before Dying
Director of Photography
Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
Director of Photography
During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
Director of Photography
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming follows the exciting life of a dashing young Ian Fleming, the mastermind behind the highly successful James Bond books and movies.
Queen of Hearts
Director of Photography
Eddie Luca is the youngest son in a family of Italian immigrants who has moved to London. Beginning from nowhere, they open a cafe in an Italian neighbourhood. One day their father loses the cafe, the home and his wedding ring by gambling.
Paperhouse
Director of Photography
A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
Aria
Director of Photography
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (Vivaldi, Bach, Wagner), and is an interpretation of the particular aria.
Gothic
Director of Photography
Living in an estate on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron is visited by Percy and Mary Shelley. Together with Byron's lover Claire Clairmont, and aided by hallucinogenic substances, they devise an evening of ghoulish tales. However, when confronted by horrors, ostensibly of their own creation, it becomes difficult to tell apparition from reality.
Captive
Director of Photography
The daughter of an international tycoon is kidnapped by a trio of abductors who seek to mold her to their lifestyle.
Burroughs: The Movie
Director of Photography
An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Francis Bacon, Herbert Huncke, Patti Smith, Terry Southern, and William Burroughs Jr.
Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes
Director of Photography
A documentary featured on BBC's Arena series in 1983. The author discusses his life, his work and his thoughts and opinions.