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Dennys Ilic is best known for moody, soulful celebrity portraiture. But before beginning his career as photographer, he worked as a cinematographer, having shot many Australian short films and music videos then moving into features. After lensing the low budget horror film Reign in Darkness which garnered him an award from the Australian Society of Cinematographers he went on to shoot one of the first HD major motion pictures in Bollywood Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!

Dennys first gained noteriety with his portraits of Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom and Elijah Wood for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003. From there he was enlisted by Warner Bros. Pictures to photograph Daniel Radcliffe. These photographs were commissioned for the international publicity to surround the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. On the eve of Daniels 16th birthday Dennys created a series of coming of age images that took the world by storm. The photographs showed Daniel as a versatile and amazingly handsome young man and appeared on magazine covers everywhere.

So pleased were Warner and Daniels publicity department with the success of this shoot that they enlisted Dennys to photograph Daniel for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as well as the Australian film December Boys.

Dennys continues to work in film, television and music, most recently capturing a range of intimate one-on-one portraits with actors such as James Callis, Aaron Douglas (actor), Michael Hogan (Canadian actor) as well as director Michael Rymer and producer Ronald D. Moore on the set of Battlestar Galactica (re-imagined) during its highly anticipated finale.

Since then his passion for stills has taken Dennys from Outback Australia to most of Southeast Asia and the Americas and has been featured either in or on the cover of publications from local newspapers to the likes of Rolling Stone the world over.

Photographic subjects include:
Daniel Radcliffe for Harry Potter Productions
Edward James Olmos - Battlestar Galactica
Mary McDonnell - Battlestar Galactica
Aaron Douglas "The Bridge" (Private Commission)
Orlando Bloom for Newline Cinema - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Keanu Reeves for Warner Bros. Pictures - The Matrix
James Callis Actor (Private Commission)
Jamie Bamber "Law and Order U.K." (Private Commission
David Wenham for Newline Cinema - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Martin Henderson Actor for VRP - Torque
Sigrid Thornton Actor (Private Commission
Sandra Bullock for Warner Bros. Pictures - Miss Congeniality II
Liv Tyler for Newline Cinema - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Viggo Mortensen for Newline Cinema - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Jessica Biel for Newline Cinema - Blade Trinity
Joel Silver Producer
David S. Goyer for Newline Cinema - Blade Trinity
Ryan Reynolds for Newline Cinema - Blade Trinity
Jada Pinkett Smith for Warner Bros. Pictures - The Matrix
Tricia Hlefer - Battlestar Galactica