GARY DOUST - BIO

Gary Doust is an award winning factual television Director and Producer. He recently worked as Series Director on NEXT STOP HOLLYWOOD, a 6 part observational series following 6 actors in L.A, for which he received an ADG nomination. He has just completed work as a Director / Writer on BLUE ZOO, a 13 part series for ABC3.

Gary began his career in TV working as an Assistant Editor on BEYOND 2000 before cutting his teeth Producing and Directing a multitude of conference launch videos for really cool products such as Rectinol and Zithromax (for Chlamydia).

His first TV project was MAKING VENUS, an observational feature documentary that followed the epic, roller-coaster journey of two young film producers as the making of their first low-budget feature spiralled out of control. The film premiered at the 2002 Film Festival where it was awarded a 'Mention Speciale' by the International Fipresci Jury. The film also won the ‘Independent Spirit Award’ at the Inside Film Awards and the ‘Documentary Jury Prize’ at the Film Critic Circle Awards of , before receiving a national cinema release and premiering on SBS.

His Directing / Writing credits include BATTLE OF THE BRAINS, a 4 part observational documentary series for ABC, which followed the highs and lows of 24 of Australia's brainiest Biology Students as they competed for a spot to represent Australia at the Science Olympics in Beijing. He also Directed and Wrote EMBEDDED WITH SHEIK HILALY, an hour long documentary for SBS that followed a guy named Dave, who attempts to live as a Muslim with controversial Islamic figure Sheik Hilaly.

Other factual work includes a role as a Producer / Director on the ‘Peru’ and ‘China’ episodes of TROUBLE IN PARADISE, a dramatised factual series about travel ‘horror’ stories for Channel Nine, and the Australian Producer on ITV’s MAD FOR WILL AND KATE for TLC in the US. He also toured with Taylor Swift capturing behind the scenes footage of her Australian tour with some footage featuring in her FEARLESS music clip.

Gary has made several award-winning short documentaries including GREAT WHITE HUNTERS, about three fishing buddies who set out to land a Great White shark by paddling baits out on their surfboards. The film was awarded ‘Third Place’ and ’Best Comedy’ at the 2008 Film Festival. Gary also won the Tropfest ‘Tropicana Award’ back in 2002 with MURBAH SWAMP BEER, another documentary about some opportunistic locals that spring into action when a truck loaded with beer crashes into a river. In 1998 he made PARKING PATROL OFFICER 808, which won 'Best Documentary' at the St Kilda and Bathurst Film Festivals.

At the 2000 AFI Awards Gary was awarded the ‘’ for his work on the successful screenings event . A Co-Founder of the organisation, Gary programmed more than 200 events between 1999 - 2008 with on- stage guests that included Kevin Smith, and Ewan McGregor.

Gary is currently developing several factual projects for Australian television.

To view samples of Gary’s work, visit - www.garydoust.com Or contact Gary directly: Ph +61 0408 411 808 / [email protected]