Eammon Ashton-Atkinson

Eammon Ashton-Atkinson was born in Perth, Western Australia on August 25, 1986. One of four children, he is of Australian and Malaysian ancestry. In 2002, he moved with his family to Queensland and subsequently studied law at Griffith University, obtaining an honors degree in 2008. He was admitted as a solicitor in 2010 and after practicing law in Sydney and tutoring at Bond University began his journalistic career in 2013 as a cadet television reporter for Channel 7. In 2016 he moved to London and set up a production company making corporate videos while producing for ITV's Good Morning Britain and Al Jazeera. In 2017 he joined Australia's Network 10 as their UK and Europe correspondent based in London. In 2019 he moved to New York City and commenced his present position as the US correspondent for Network 10 in Australia. In 2018 he was the Director of Photography on the short film Hey You which was shortlisted for the IMDB New Filmmaker Award. In 2020 he wrote, produced, directed and edited his debut feature documentary 'Steelers: the World's First Gay Rugby Club'. The film played in film festivals in 7 countries including BFI Flare, New Zealand International and Queer Screen Film Fest (Sydney) where it won the Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary. It also had a cinematic release in Australia. He resides in Washington DC.