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Music SA
City of Adelaide
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Adelaide Video Production — Director and Cinematographer
Commercials & brand films — high-end TVCs, social campaigns and branded content
Corporate video — company profiles, case studies and event coverage
Big-budget productions get their look from a director and a director of photography working in lockstep. I bring that same partnership to a single role - shaping both the story and the image into one cohesive role so smaller productions in Adelaide can achieve a scale and polish usually reserved for far larger interstate shoots. A cohesive creative vision from first concept to final grade, and genuinely cinematic results whatever the size of the project.
Whether you're a production company or agency needing an experienced DP on your crew, or a business after commercial, corporate or brand video with real production value, I bring feature-film craft to every frame. Cinematography is what separates footage that looks fine from footage that looks expensive — and directing it myself means every shot serves the story and the brief, not just the checklist.
Planning a video production in Adelaide? Get in touch to talk through your project and timeline — or see my commercial cinematography in Adelaide here
About
Michael Tessari is an ACS National Award-winning cinematographer and director of photography based in Adelaide, bringing feature-film craft to corporate and commercial video across South Australia and Melbourne.
Michael's work spans a growing feature filmography — including the SXSW-selected Monolith, Diabolic, The Run, Wowy, and The Debt — and in 2024 he was named a Rising Talent by IF Magazine. It's the same discipline behind those films — motivated lighting, considered framing, and a calm, efficient set — that he brings to every corporate and branded project.
For businesses and agencies, that means production value you can see: company profiles, case studies, brand films and commercials shot with the visual language of cinema rather than the flat, generic look of standard corporate video. Directing and shooting in a single role, Michael delivers a cohesive creative vision from concept to final grade, giving smaller productions a scale and polish usually reserved for far larger shoots.
Based in Adelaide and available across Melbourne, Michael partners with production companies, agencies and direct clients to make corporate storytelling genuinely cinematic.