About Me
Cinematographer & Editor
Alana Tompson is an award winning cinematographer and editor based in Melbourne,
Australia. She specialises in producing creative and thought provoking documentary
and advertising content.
Alana has carved her path as a hard-working media professional with a strong sense
of duty to the planet. Her first job was as a camera operator filming for Animal Planet's
network television series, Whale Wars. She spent 100 days at sea documenting the high
seas clashes between the Japanese Whaling Fleet and the conservation group,
Sea Shepherd.
Since then she founded Black Ant Films and has worked with clients such as Melbourne
Fashion Festival, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Elle Magazine, Belle Magazine, Google, Ferrari,
Barcroft Media, Alpha Romeo, Yarra City Council, GQ Magazine, Jean Hailes Women’s
Health Week, Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation, Polyglot Theatre Company,
Big hArt, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria, Screen Producers Australia, PETA,
Evian Water and many more.
In 2017 Alana won three awards at the Houston Worldfest International Film Festival for three short films she shot in Texas, U.S.A. In 2019 her first feature length documentary, Defend, Conserve, Protect won Best International Feature Documentary at the American Documentary Film Festival.



Awards

WINNER
Bronze Remi Award
Independent Short Documentary
WORLDFEST HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2017
WINNER
Silver Remi Award
TVC / World Peace and Understanding
WORLDFEST HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2017


WINNER
Gold Remi Award
TVC / Corporate Communications
WORLDFEST HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2017

WINNER
Best International Feature Documentary
AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
2019
American International Film Festival 2019
Defend, Conserve, Protect.
Best International Feature Documentary
Editor
Worldfest Houston International Film Festival 2017
This Is Rowdy Girl
Gold Remi Award
TVC / Corporate Communications
Cinematographer & Editor
Worldfest Houston International Film Festival 2017
Elana & Gizmo
Silver Remi Award
TVC / World Peace & Understanding
Cinematographer & Editor
Worldfest Houston International Film Festival 2017
The Rescue
Bronze Remi Award
Independent Short Documentary
Cinematographer & Editor