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heads of department

ADAM ARKAPAW

Adam's credits include feature film Animal Kingdom for director David Michôd (Winner- Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema, Sundance Film Festival 2010) , the Cannes jury prize winning short film Jerrycan and I Love Sarah Jane , both of which screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Adam was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Cinematography and was the winner of Best Cinematography at the Hole Film Festival (USA) for his work on the film End of Town. He will be shooting David Michôd's feature Animal Kingdom in 2009.
Website: www.adamarkapaw.com
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RUSSELL BOYD, ACS

One of the trailblazers of the Australian filmmaking renaissance, Russell's credits include the seminal films Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli (for director Peter Weir), as well as Between Wars (director Mike Thornhill), The Man From Hong Kong (director Brian Trenchard Smith), Summer of Secrets (director Jim Sharman) and Break of Day (director Ken Hannam). Russell was DOP of Bruce Beresford's Oscar nominated Tender Mercies, Gillian Armstrong's Mrs Soffel and High Tide, the record breaking Crocodile Dundee I and II , along with the other US features Dr Doolittle (director Betty Thomas); Tin Cup, and White Men Can't Jump (director Ron Shelton). Currently Ghost Rider.
Russell won a 2003 Academy Award for his work on the Peter Weir seafaring epic Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World.
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LOUIS IRVING, ACS

Currently shooting new Foxtel series Spirited. Louis has just completed shooting Tangle for directors Jessica Hobbs, Stuart McDonald and Matthew Saville and will begin the second series in 2010. He recently shot Ray Quint's Bastard Boys beautifully on HD for the ABC. Telemovie The Falls with director Peter Andrikidis, three seasons of Love My Way (nominated for an AFI award). Set up The Alice, The Cooks, White Collar Blue and many others. Began his career as camera Operator on seminal Australian films including Newsfront, My Brilliant Career, and Heatwave.
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MIKE MOLLOY BSC, ACS

Mike's career started at Cinesound newsreel, shooting news and documentary. Moving to London he met Nic Roeg and was camera operator on both Performance and Walkabout. As a camera operator he worked on Stanley Kubrick's masterpieces; A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon, before returning to Australia as DOP of Mad Dog Morgan, directed by Phillipe Mora and starring Dennis Hopper. In the UK, Mike was DOP of The Shout directed by Jerzy Skolimowsky, Julian Temple's The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, Jim Sharman's Shock Treatment, The Hit for director Stephen Frears and Scandal, directed by Michael Caton-Jones. For director John Irvin he DOP'd the features The Fourth Angel, Shiner and the Hallmark mini-series Noah's Ark. He was DOP of producer Jeremy Thomas's recent directing debut All The Little Animals and of Stephan Elliot's Welcome to Woop Woop. In between features Mike has DOP'd over 1,000 television commercials around the world.
Website: www.molloydop.com
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GARRY PHILLIPS

DOP of Phillip Noyce's Catch A Fire and Candy, the feature adaptation of Luke Davies' book, directed by Neil Armfield and starring Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish. He shot Gettin' Square and Better Than Sex for director Jonathan Teplitzky; The Monkey's Mask for Samantha Lang and the very sexy Feeling Sexy for director Davida Allen and producers Glenys Rowe and Chris Noonan. DOP and 2nd Unit Director of The Cave, directed by Bruce Hunt for producer Andrew Mason, Razzle Dazzle for director Darren Ashton.
Website: www.garryphillips.com
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JOHN RADEL, ACS

A multi-award winning cinematographer working in both Australia and Asia, John's credits include Dance of the Dragon (dir. Max Mannix), Unfolding Florence- The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst (dir. Gillian Armstrong), feature-length docu/drama In our Name (dir. Chris Tuckfield), One of the Lucky Ones for SBS Independent (dir. Wendy Chandler), The Surgeon for Southern Star, as well as a range of other television and short film projects. John has received over 25 film industry awards including 15 Australian Cinematographer Society (ACS) Awards, The Kodak 2003 and 2004 Cinematography award for a record two years running, the 2004 critic's circle award for Best Cinematography, and winning Best Cinematography at the West Hollywood International Film Festival and the 2009 Feel Good International Film Festival for his work on the Asian love story, Dance Of The Dragon.
Website: www.johnradel.com
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ELLERY RYAN

Director of Photography Ellery Ryan has recently completed the feature Van Diemen's Land which premiered to great acclaim in 2009. He was the DOP on the Murray Whelan telemovie The Brush Off (directed by Sam Neill) and the feature films The Rage In Placid Lake and Visitors for Richard Franklin. Ellery's other work includes Cosi, Spotswood and The Matchmaker for director Mark Joffe. He won AFI Awards for his work on the feature films Angel Baby and Spotswood and received a nomination for Death In Brunswick.
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MAX LYANDVERT - Composer

Is a composer, pianist, sound designer and director. He formed the Sydney Improvisers Orchestra and directed the Kitchen Sink music festival. Throughout 2003 Max worked with the internationally acclaimed director Rovera Castalucci on his latest production staged in Rome and Paris. For the Sydney Theatre Company he has composed music and designed the soundscapes for King Lear, Pentecost, The Recruit, La Dispute, Life After George, Fireface, Three Sisters and Lady In The Van and in 2004, Away, The Unlikely Prospect of Happiness and Far Away. For Belvoir Company B he composed music for The Ham Funeral, Ubu and Macbeth and most recently A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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FELICITY ABBOTT - Designer

Felicity Abbott is a graduate of The Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS) (MA (Hons) Film & Television in Production Design) and The University of Auckland Elam School of Fine Arts (BFA Sculpture). She received the Fox Studios Australia award for Excellence in Design in 1999. Felicity's designs engage and enthrall the eye, evoking the memory of childhood in ABC TV's 13-part drama My Place, vibrant sixties Broome in the eagerly anticipated feature Bran Nue Dae, the magical realism of Sydney past in Julien Temple's Rose D'Or-winning film opera Eternity Man and employ a disciplined colour palette to portray starkest Van Diemen's Land in Michael James Rowland's The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce Felicity is currently working on Spirited for John Edwards starring Claudia Karvan.
Website: www.felicityabbott.com
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JO BRISCOE - Designer

Jo Briscoe holds a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Design from Penn. State University. Her set and costume designs for theatre include Mr Bailey's Minder (Griffin/Riverina), Nailed (Griffin), A Moment on the Lips (Old Fitzroy/Trades Hall Melbourne/Stables), La Ronde, Greek Tragedy, Elling and Chicks Will Dig You! (Belvoir B Sharp), Noir and The Memory of Water (Darlinghurst Theatre), Veritgo and the Virginia (Old Fitzroy), A Girl in a Car with a Man (The Street/Old Fitzroy), Car Gods ...Burn (Railway Street Theater), The Glory of Living (PACT) and Italian American Reconciliation (Belvoir Downstairs). Jo designed sets only for Stephen Sewell's play Myth, Propaganda and Disaster... (Stables) and has designed costumes for Blue Heart (Stables), What the Umbrella Did Next (ATYP), Wilde Tales (B Sharp), Lawrence and Holloman (Darlinghurst Theatre) and Legs on the Wall's show Sideways for the 2006 Commonwealth Games Cultural Festival. Her Sydney Theatre Company debut in 2006 was costume designer for the double bill Reunion and A Kind of Alaska, directed by Andrew Upton and Cate Blanchett. In 2007 Jo has designed set and costumes for Griffin Theatre Co's October, STC's Ruby Moon, ATYP's Stones in the Dark and she was production designer on the short film Hush for Film Depot and SBS TV.
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NICHOLAS DARE - Designer

Nicholas Dare is a set and costume designer working in theatre and film. He recently worked as a set designer on the Miramax Film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (director Troy Nixey) and before that was the Associate Designer on the mega-musical Priscilla, The Musical on the West End and for its Australian run. A 2001 NIDA Design graduate, Nicholas' design credits include the following: The Pillowman (sets only Company B Belvoir) for which he was nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award; Lovesong (MTC); the run away hit Hegwig and the Angry Inch (Showtune Productions): Honour Bound, directed by Nigel Jameson for Sydney Opera House; the Louis Nowra trilogy, The Emperor of Sydney, The Marvellous Boy and The Woman With Dog's Eyes (Griffin Theatre Co); and Halpern and Johnson, Trying, They're Playing Our Song, Mary Stuart and Losing Louis (Ensemble). Nicholas co-produced and designed the successful independent productions of Edmond and Dealer's Choice, both directed by Craig Illot. Nicholas has also art directed and production designed a number of short films and TVCs.

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XANTHE HEUBEL - Designer

A classically trained ballet dancer, Xanthe graduated from NIDA with a BA in Design after studying Environment and Jewellery Design at the College of Fine Art. She completed attachments in Catherine Martin's Art Department on Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge; with designer Stephen Curtis on the Belvoir Street production of Small Poppies and in the costume department of the John Edwards Southern Star television series Fireflies. She was Art Director of the 2004 Tropfest winning short film The Money and Art Director and Costume Designer of the Tropfest Ford promotional short Goodbye Tim . Xanthe designed the Australian Fashion Week set for the Pablo Nevada label this year as well as the B Sharp production Love Play and the Burton Street Theatre production of Lysistrata. In the last nine months Xanthe has worked in the wardrobe dept on four major screen projects: Eucalyptus as Textile Assistant, Footy Legends as Costume Buyer, The Silence as Costume Assistant and as the Costume Supervisor on the feature film 48 Shades of Brown. In 2006 Xanthe was the costume assistant for the Essential Viewing documentary The Bridge for the ABC.

Website: www.xanthe.info

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CHRIS KENNEDY - Designer

With 18 feature films, 3 AFI awards and a further 5 nominations, Chris Kennedy is one of Australia's most experienced and respected production designers. chris's career was celebrated at the 2005 AFI Awards when he was awarded the coveted Byron Kennedy Award.
Chris was the designer for John Hillcoat's The Proposition starring Ray Winstone, Guy Pearce, Danny Huston and Emily Watson, the Murray Whelan telemovies Stiff and The Brush Off and the feature films Angel Baby, Cosi, Dirty Deeds, Spotswood and Ghosts of the Civil Dead amongst many others.
Most recently The Road , again for director John Hillcoat starring Viggo Mortensen and Kody Smit McPhee.
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JULIE LYNCH

Julie has worked extensively as a Costume and Set Designer in Australian Theatre, having worked many times with respected Directors such as Neil Armfield and Gale Edwards. In 2003 she won the Robert Helpman Award for Best Costume Design for her work on The Way of the World with the Sydney Theatre Company. Her most recent production, for which she designed costumes, is the critically acclaimed Sydney Theatre Company show Festen (Winner, Best Costume Design, Sydney Theatre Awards 2005). Other credits include: Chasing the Dragon, Del Del, What is the Matter with Mary Jane, Death and the Maiden, The Ham Funeral (co-designer; Sydney Theatre Company); Buried Child & Trouble in Tahiti (Belvoir Street Theatre); Love Burns (Victoria State Opera). Julie was Head of Costume at the National Institute of Dramatic Art between 2000 and 2005. Julie is currently designing costumes for Kookaburra Musical Theatre's Company.

Website: www.julielynchdesign.com

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MARGOT WILSON

Margot recently won an AFI for her meticulous and beautiful costume design for John Hillcoat’s The Proposition. More recently she designed (production and costumes) Jindabyne for Ray Lawrence and costumes for the period docu-drama Hunt Angels. She also designed costumes for Japanese Story, Preservation, Ghost Ship, La Spagnola (AFI nomination), Lantana (AFI nomination), Risk and Terence Malick’s Thin Red Line. She is currently designing the adaptation of The Road for John Hillcoat.
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DANY COOPER

Nominated for a 2004 Emmy Award for her work on the TV mini-series Battlestar Galactica for Universal Pictures. She edited the Paramount Viacom television pilot Haunted USA, the Warner Bros feature Queen of the Damned, the Samantha Lang feature The Monkey's Mask and In Too Deep for Miramax/Dimension as well as winning an AFI Award as Best Editor for The Well (In Competition Cannes, 1998). Dany won her first AFI Award as Editor for the 1994 feature Angel Baby (directed by Michael Rymer). Recent projects include Candy (dir. Neil Armfield, starring Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish), December Boys (dir. Rod Hardy, starring Daniel Radcliffe), Hey Hey It's Esther Blueberger (dir. Cathy Randall), Australia (additional editor- dir. Baz Luhrmann, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman), Beneath Hill 60 (directed by Jeremy Sims) and Oranges & Sunshine (dir. Jim Loach, starring Emily Watson).
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JOHN SCOTT

Works between the UK, US and Australia and is currently resident in Australia. John recently completed the feature Return To Sender for Academy Award winning director Bille August (Pelle the Conqueror). He edited The Quiet American, co-edited Rabbit Proof Fence with Veronika Genet for Phillip Noyce, and was co-editor of Sexy Beast for Jonathan Glazer. Having edited Khyentse Norbu's first feature film, the Tibetan heart warmer The Cup, he collaborated again with Norbu on the beautiful Travellers and Magicians. John's extensive list of credits include Map of the Human Heart, The Navigator, The Cocoa Cola Kid, Heatwave, Wrong Side of the Road, Newsfront and The Adventures of Barry McKenzie.
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