Screen Australia presents a Wild Eddie Production In association with Fulcrum Media Finance, Screen NSW Frame Set and Match and Exit Films
NOT SUITABLE
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NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
The Feature Directorial Debut of Academy Award and BAFTA nominated Director Peter Templeman Written by Michael Lucas and Produced by Jodi Matterson
A Modern Romantic Comedy Starring Ryan Kwanten Sarah Snook Ryan Corr and Bojana Novakovic
When a freewheeling guy in the prime of his life learns he will be infertile in a month - he has to find someone to have a baby with before it’s too late.
SCREEN AUSTRALIA PRESENTs A WILD EDDIE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH SCREEN NSW FRAME SET & MATCH AND EXIT FILMS “NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN” RYAN KWANTEN SARAH SNOOK RYAN CORR AND BOJANA NOVAKOVIC MAKE UP DESIGNER JENNIFER LAMPHEE CASTING DIRECTOR NIKKI BARRETT MUSIC SUPERVISORS NORMAN PARKHILL ROB SCOTT SOUND DESIGNER BROOKE TREZISE SOUND SUPERVISOR ANDY WRIGHT COSTUME DESIGNER GYPSY TAYLOR PRODUCTION DESIGNER ELIZABETH MARY MOORE COMPOSER MATTEO ZINGALES JONO MA FILM EDITOR MATTHEW WALKER DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY LACHLAN MILNE LINE PRODUCER BARBARA GIBBS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS BRUNA PAPANDREA GARY HAMILTON DARREN ASHTON STORY BY MICHAEL LUCAS AND PETER TEMPLEMAN SCREENPLAY BY MICHAEL LUCAS PRODUCED BY JODI MATTERSON DIRECTED BY PETER TEMPLEMAN
DOLBY DIGITAL
© 2012 Matterson Productions Pty Ltd, Eddie Wong Films Pty Limited, Stephen Dunn, Rick Schweikert, Exit Films Pty Ltd, Screen Australia Limited, New South Wales Film & Television Office trading as Screen NSW. All rights reserved.
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KEY CAST
JONAH Ryan Kwanten STEVIE Sarah Snook GUS Ryan Corr AVA Bojana Novakovic MARCIE Susan Prior DR McKENZIE Lewis Fitz-Gerald BECKY Kathryn Beck CLAIRE Belinda Bromilow LAB TECHNICIAN Zoe Carides ALISON Alice Parkinson JENNIFER Lulu McClatchy DAVE Daniel Henshall CANTZI Andy Ryan SMITTY Sam North SILVIO Apollo Kanakis MIRANDA Tasneem Roc THE EX-GIRLFRIENDS: Katie Wall Laura Brent Lucy Coleman Adele Vuco Clare Bowen
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KEY CREW
DIRECTOR Peter Templeman
PRODUCER Jodi Matterson
SCREENPLAY Michael Lucas
STORY BY Michael Lucas and Peter Templeman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Bruna Papandrea Gary Hamilton Darren Ashton
LINE PRODUCER Barbara Gibbs
DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY Lachlan Milne
EDITOR Matthew Walker
COMPOSERS Matteo Zingales Jono Ma
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Elizabeth Mary Moore
COSTUME DESIGNER Gypsy Taylor
MAKE UP/HAIR DESIGNER Jennifer Lamphee
MUSIC SUPERVISORS Norman Parkhill Rob Scott
CASTING BY Nikki Barrett
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SYNOPSIS
If your twenties is the party decade, then Jonah Reid (Ryan Kwanten) is one very high achiever. Impulsive and charismatic, Jonah lives in a crumbling inner-city share-house, surviving off the proceeds of the massive, anarchic house-parties he hosts every week with his best mate Gus (Ryan Corr). All financial considerations and life administration he outsources to Stevie (Sarah Snook) – house skeptic, and queen of the caustic retort.
Jonah might not have a career, a qualification or a serious relationship, but on an effort-to-pleasure ratio, he’s unbeatable… Until his life takes a jarring detour.
In the wake of an unfortunate discovery during a one-night-stand, Jonah is diagnosed with testicular cancer. Assured that his life is not at risk, he is warned that his impending treatment will render him totally and permanently infertile. A shell-shocked Jonah goes directly to the sperm bank in an effort to preserve his parenting future. But when his sperm samples fail to freeze effectively, he is left with just one option for parenthood – natural conception. Within the next four weeks.
Suddenly the party maestro and sure-fire reveler has a convulsive shift in priorities. With paternal instincts firing, Jonah becomes determined to procreate before it’s too late. He barrels back to his ex-girlfriends - starting with Ava (Bojana Novakovic) - but after failing to convince her to drop her life and offer her womb, Jonah contacts just about every girl he has ever known (and some he doesn’t) before being given a reality check by Stevie.
Advising him to ditch the ex-girlfriend strategy and cut out the emotional complications, Stevie assesses his options with razor-sharp frankness, lining up candidates and brokering meetings. But as Stevie’s efforts as a ‘womb agent’ stall, and time ticks away … Jonah soon realises that the perfect candidate might be closer than anyone would think.
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Peter Templeman’s short films have won remarkable thirty-eight major festival awards between them, culminating in 2007 with an Academy Award nomination for his comedy The Saviour. That same year he also received a BAFTA nomination for his Ladder of Love episode in the Australian television series Lockie Leonard.
Notably, Peter is the only filmmaker to win the Slamdance Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film two years in a row: first in 2005 with the gritty drama Splintered, then again with The Saviour in 2006.
Peter has previously been a Finalist at the West Australian Screen Awards for acting, writing and directing, before attending the Australian Film Television and Radio School in 2003. In 2005 he completed a Masters degree in Drama Directing and won the Australian Film Commission’s Award for Best Director.
In 2006 he was honoured with the IF Award for Rising Talent.
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DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Being male can be tough. About half of us know this and bravely accept it. We’re hairier, not as pretty, we die young and can’t bare children (yet) but I think a movie like this one strives to remind us that men still have one or two blessings to count. We are those who have nuts on the outside. And this gift from old chromosome Y offers a far greater advantage than most people realise.
According to my research, the goolies are hands down the best place to get cancer in a human body. The male testicle is sufficiently peripheral to keep most malignancies contained to that particular nut-sack, and once diagnosed the treatment is laughingly simple. I challenge any woman to get an ovary removed with anywhere near the ease it takes to snip off a gonad. Not going to happen ladies. As far as cancer goes this one is startlingly accommodating. Unless you want kids. Then it gets a little trickier.
Being a Dad
Our guy Jonah takes it on the chin when he hears he’ll be losing a testicle. He’s happy to be alive and he’ll still be able to have sex but when he learns that his chance for paternity will soon expire a desperate desire grips him. This is the engine that drives the first half of our movie. Jonah wants to be a Dad and I hope the audience ache for him like I do. The guy has no money, no sense of responsibility and he’s terrible with kids, but once we see what he’s prepared to go through to find a womb that fits, I think we’re all going to want him to win. Until the real currency of the story starts to bloom – true love between platonic friends.
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Love
A major incentive for me has been to do justice to the chemistry, tension and payoff that this romance promises. A love borne from a long and platonic friendship is a special kind. The initial complication – housemates tripping over into something more – is delicious in itself. But two buddies negotiating being intimate to ‘arrange’ a pregnancy, just as their deeper desires are starting to ripple… that’s where the soul of our movie is.
Characters and Tone
Mike and I worked closely together on this screenplay for five years; we love these characters and know them well. Stevie and Jonah are extremes in their own ways - eccentric and unpredictable but starkly real and underplayed. Jonah speaks before he thinks; he lives in the moment and is perpetually distracted by it. And it’s the contrast between this and the sharp and sardonic Stevie that fuels what I hope will be a truly fresh and unpredictable screen romance.
There is a detail in these performances that hums with the truth and complexity of real life. The scenes exude a natural clumsiness and spontaneity, and the moments in between are as rich as the rollicking interplay. The humour is sometimes bold, painful even, but always anchored in truth.
Vision and Style
I’ve used detailed shot design and restrained choices to show these guys at their best and worst. The camera moves in tune with their emotions rather than their actions. With Lachlan Milne’s natural lighting and Elizabeth Mary Moore’s attention to realism in the design, the world prints as rich, layered and lived in. We’ve captured Sydney’s inner west authentically and it throbs and breathes in this movie.
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Personally
For me personally, the film is largely a tribute to my own experiences house- sharing in my twenties and I hope it strikes the same chord with others. I tried to capture the essence of those years: the primal pulse of the parties, the hedonism, and the strength of the bonds that grow from good times in shared spaces. Ultimately I hope it shows that the most important things in life are the people we hold closest, and that this is more vital than any ideals we have for what our lives should be.
NSFC is a raunchy romantic comedy about two opposites blasting their way through the complications of friendship and ideals to find each other. The male body-clock is a theme rarely represented in cinema so I hope at the very least the film is a fresh perspective for audiences. Jonah starts as a freewheeling hedonist cut down in the prime of his seed-sowing years. He hurls himself into this mad mission and is instantly confronted with how others see him – a great option for a good time, not so much for a Dad. The comedy teases and jangles at the stakes as they stack up, and we almost hate ourselves for laughing as our guy scrambles for an edge to cling to.
I think the cast is outstanding in this film. It was a great pleasure to work with so many of the country’s eminent screen talent. And I am particularly proud of the soundtrack, which for me reflects the spirit of the film at every turn and carries the changing scope of these peoples’ lives through the work of some of my favourite bands, old and new. I hope this is an Australian film we can all be proud of. Peter Templeman, Director March 2012
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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
With Academy Award nominated director Peter Templeman (The Saviour) NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN was shot in Sydney, Australia over 7 weeks during the winter of 2011.
Set in the inner-city world of housemates literally living off the excesses of their generation NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN is a raunchy romantic comedy with two opposites blasting their way through the complications of friendship and ideals - to find each other.
Starring Ryan Kwanten as Jonah - a freewheeling guy in the prime of his life – who, after learning he will be infertile in a month, has to find someone to have a baby with before it’s too late, the cast includes the winner of the 2010 IF Out of the Box Award Ryan Corr (Packed to the Rafters, Underbelly: The Golden Mile) and emerging young actress Sarah Snook (Spirited, Blood Brothers) who received the 2012 AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama for her role in the ABC mini-series Sisters of War.
Also joining the ensemble are Bojana Novakovic (Burning Man, Edge of Darkness), the AACTA Award winning Daniel Henshall (Snowtown), A Few Best Men’s Laura Brent, Alice Parkinson (Bait, The Cup, Sanctum and X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Lewis Fitz-Gerald (The Cup, Crownies, Evil Angels, Breaker Morant) Andy Ryan (Tomorrow When The War Began, Reef Doctors), Tasneem Roc (Crownies, Reef Doctors) and Zoe Carides.
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In development for seven years, the initial idea was sparked when writer Michael Lucas (Offspring) discovered a lump where no man wants to find one, late one Friday night, prompting him to spend an entire weekend growing increasingly paranoid that his days of fertility were numbered. Luckily Lucas' lump proved to be harmless, but the genesis of the film was born!
The modern romantic comedy was shot in and around Newtown in Sydney with the hero house well known in the area as a party destination. Known as The Nunnery, the house had become a prolific share house with previous residents happy it was going to be captured on film hosting the wild parties it was famous for.
As a result, production designer Mary Elizabeth Moore and her team had little they needed to do to make it look authentic on film, other than making it camera ready with a few touches of paint and dressing of the various rooms. The location was secured weeks ahead of filming allowing the cast a generous rehearsal period alone in the actual sharehouse, allowing the characters to create that essential ‘lived in’ feel to their relationships.
With the wardrobe designed by emerging designer Gypsy Taylor, one of the major challenges for the production was the casting and clothing of literally 100s of extras to populate the various party scenes. A call went out via various social media outlets and by word of mouth for as many people to participate in the filming, resulting in the colourful party cast seen on screen.
Shot on the Arri Alexa by up and coming director of photography Lachlan Milne, the film has a warm and rich contemporary look and feel, which beautifully captures the essence of modern inner city life.
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With an urban edge, the soundtrack for the film was paramount in providing the backdrop for not only the party scenes, but also the more intimate dramatic moments.
The Black Keys, Black Joe Lewis and a fresh punk rock cover of Ian Dury’s Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick performed by Tom Spender provide the soundtrack for the wild and decadent party scenes. Playing an important role in shaping the characters’ world, the other music used in the film plays as a counter to that of the house parties, and immerses the audience in the complicated inner world of the lead characters. Overall, the musical palette swings from the raw, blues-rock of The Black Keys to 70s funk with Funkedelic. Composers Matteo Zingales and Jono Ma have produced an indi-blues rock style score with a strong 70s soul influence that has rumbling tribal percussive elements.
Produced by Jodi Matterson (Thunderstruck, Razzle Dazzle) and directed by Peter Templeman NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN will be released in 2012.
Screen Australia presents a Wild Eddie Production.
In association with Fulcrum Media Finance,
Screen NSW, Frame Set and Match and Exit Films.
Not Suitable For Children will be distributed in Australia by Icon Film Distribution, with international sales by Arclight.
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SOUNDTRACK
Heavy Soul Written by Patrick Carney & Dan Auerback Performed by The Black Keys
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Written by Ian Dury & Charles Jankel Performed by Tom Spender
Perception Written by William Holland Performed by Quantic
Just Got To Be Written by Patrick Carney & Dan Auerback Performed by The Black Keys
I’m Broke Written by Joe Lewis, Bill Stevenson, Ian Varley & Zachary Ernst Performed by Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Two Cousins Written by Charles Watson & Rebecca Taylor Performed by Slow Club
Tidal Wave Written by Chas Gawenda Performed by Husky
I Got Burned Written by Lance Ferguson Performed by The Bamboos featuring Tim Rogers
Kitchen Bay Written by Adam Cargill & Tom Spender Performed by Offcutts
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Soundtrack Continued/…
Again Written by Jack Prest & Chris Soulos Performed by Flatwound
Mammalian Locomotion Written by Abbe May Performed by Abbe May
Feel Good Inc Written by Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, Brian Burton & David Jolicoeur Performed by Gorillaz
Carried Written by Guy Brown Performed by Mammals
Keep Walking Written by Jed Kurzel, Cecil Condon & Burke Reid Performed by Mess Hall
Can You Get To That Written by George Clinton & Erni Harris Performed by Funkadelic
Girl Is On My Mind Written by Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney Performed by The Black Keys
Teething Written by Adam Connelly, Sam Goldsmith, Shaun Grevler Danny Keig & Adam Zwi Performed by Megastick Fanfare
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RYAN KWANTEN is JONAH Nurturing an impressive body of work that encompasses film and television, Ryan Kwanten has become one of Australia’s most successful leading actors.
Ryan began his acting career while attending Sydney University, where he earned a degree in business. He starred in numerous feature films and television shows and gained international notoriety when he joined the cast of the long running popular series Home and Away.
Ryan can be seen starring alongside Academy Award winner Anna Paquin in the high rating HBO series True Blood, from creator Alan Ball. Currently filming its fifth season True Blood has received many accolades including a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Television Series – Drama and People’s Choice Nominations for Best TV Show and TV Obsession. Ryan’s additional television credits include the role of Jay Robertson in the critically acclaimed series Summerland, the lead in the ESPN original movie The Junction Boys and a special guest star in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Ryan recently guest starred on the hit Fox Network comedy, New Girl, alongside Zooey Deschanel.
Segueing effortlessly between the big and small screen, Ryan has lent his voice to Zach Snyder’s animated feature, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole, and played a young police officer in the modern day revenge western Red Hill. Red Hill debuted at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival and earned Ryan a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award Nomination for Best Actor. Ryan also starred in the Australian feature Griff the Invisible which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and released in the US in August 2011. Ryan’s other feature film credits include Don’t Fade Away, Flicka, a Twentieth Century Fox film in which he starred opposite Tim McGraw, Maria Bello and Alison Lohman, the title role in American Brown, which received the Audience Award for Best Film at the Montreal Film Festival, Liquid Bridge, nominated for Best Picture at the Australian Film Festival and Dead Silence directed by James Wan (writer/director of Saw).
Ryan recently wrapped filming on 7500, the new horror film by director Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge). His most recent film, Joe Lynch’s horror comedy Knights of Badassdom co-starring Steve Zahn and Peter Dinklage, is set for release mid 2012.
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SARAH SNOOK is STEVIE
One of Australia’s most exciting emerging actresses Sarah graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in 2008.
Recipient of the 2012 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama for her standout performance in the ABC’s Sisters Of War, Sarah was nominated for the 2011 Graham Kennedy Most Outstanding New Talent TV Week Logie Award and announced as the runner up in the Australian’s In Film 2011 Heath Ledger Scholarship.
With other television credits including Spirited Series 2, the telemovie Blood Brothers, Packed To The Rafters, My Place, and All Saints, Sarah’s theatre credits include Rope And DNA for the Tamarama Rock Surfers, S27 and Crestfall for the Griffin Independent, and King Lear for the State Theatre Company of South Australia.
Most recently seen in Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty, which was selected for competition at the 2011 Cannes International Film Festival, in 2012 Sarah will commence filming a starring role opposite Mark Webber in the new Lionsgate horror film Jessabelle directed by Kevin Greutert (Saw 3D) and produced by Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity).
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RYAN CORR is GUS
Awarded the 2011 Australians in Film ‘Heath Ledger Scholarship’, Ryan Corr was the recipient of the 2010 IF Out of the Box Award recognizing emerging new talent.
A stand out graduate of NIDA’s 2009 year, Ryan played the explosive lead role of Michael ‘Doc’ Kanaan in Underbelly: The Golden Mile, receiving rave reviews. Immediately following, he appeared as Isaac in Season Two of showcase’s critically acclaimed Tangle, before joining the cast of the Seven Network’s top rating hit series Packed to the Rafters in 2010 - receiving nominations for both the Most Outstanding New Talent and Most Popular New Male Talent Awards at the 2011 TV Week Logies.
Prior to NIDA, Ryan amassed a number of major television credits including The Sleepover Club (which marked his professional debut at only 13), Silver Sun and Blue Water High for the ABC, as well as Neighbours and Blue Heelers.
His film credits include Irina Goundortseva’s Piranha, Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, Before the Rain for NIDA/AFTRS and Jimmy Tennison for NIDA.
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BOJANA NOVAKOVIC is AVA Graduating from NIDA in 2002, Bojana Novakovic has received wide acclaim for her body of work, including being honoured in 2004 with an AFI Award for Best Actress in a TV Drama or Comedy For Marking Time; two Green Room Award Nominations in 2007 for her work on the independent theatrical production of Debris as Producer and as Best Female Performer; and two Australian Subscription TV and Radio Association Award nominations for Showtime’s Satisfaction for Outstanding Drama and Favorite Program as well as Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor.
Her film credits include: The King is Dead directed by Rolf de Heer, Generation Um directed by Mark L Mann, Burning Man directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, Devil directed by Drew Dowdle (Universal), Edge of Darkness directed by Martin Campbell (Warner Bros), Drag Me To Hell directed by Sam Raimi (Universal), Sisanje, Optimisti, Thunderstruck, The Monkeys Mask, Strange Fits of Passion, Blackrock. In television her credits include: As Australian As, Satisfaction, Solo, Blackjack – At the Gates, The Cooks, Marking Time, Water Rats, Big Sky, Heartbreak High, All Saints, Wildside, Murder Call.
Novakovic has worked with some of Australia’s most prestigious theatre directors and State Theatre Companies including the Malthouse: The Story of Mary Maclane by Herself (in association with Ride On Theatre), Woyzeck, El Dorado, Necessary Targets; for Arena Theatre Company: Criminology; For Sydney Theatre Company: Strange Fruit, Away, These People; for Ride On Theatre: The Story of Mary MacLane by Herself, The Blind Date Project, Debris, Loveplay; for Melbourne Theatre Company: Female of the Species; for B. Sharp: Death Variations; for Bell Shakespeare Company: Romeo and Juliet; for Darlinghurst Theatre: Necessary Targets; for Theatre of Image: Carnival of Animals and for Tamarama Rock Surfers. Diary of a Madman.
Her directing work includes Fake Porno, Family Stories and Sugar.
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JODI MATTERSON PRODUCER After starting her own live performance production company as a teenager, at the age of 21 Jodi Matterson undertook an apprenticeship with the producers of The Adventures of Priscilla – Queen of the Desert and Chopper, before moving to London, where she worked for some of the UK’s leading producers.
Returning to Australia, Jodi became marketing manager for children’s show Hi-5, releasing numerous multi-platinum albums and videos, designing clothing lines and managing more over 35 categories of merchandise.
In 2004 Jodi produced her first feature film - the AC/DC road movie Thunderstruck directed by Darren Ashton. A rock ’n’ roll road movie set to the music of AC/DC, Jodi negotiated more access to the notoriously protective group’s brand and music than had ever been granted before. The film was released by Icon in 2005 with the soundtrack released through Sony Music.
In 2007, Jodi made her second film, Razzle Dazzle about pushy stage mothers. Also directed by Darren Ashton, the film starred British comic, Ben Miller and award winning Australian actress Kerry Armstrong.
Jodi is also a producer with Australia’s most exciting and awarded commercials company, Exit Films.
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MICHAEL LUCAS WRITER
Michael Lucas’ short films have played in festivals worldwide including the Sydney International Film Festival, the Brisbane International Film Festival, Clermont Ferrand, France and Golden Horse Film Festival, Taipei, and have won numerous awards.
Michael worked in script development and research for Baz Lurhmann on his recent film Australia. In 2009 Michael worked on the writing team for the multi-platform teen drama series SLiDE for FOXTEL, developed by PlayMaker Media and Hood-lum Active.
Script co-ordinator for showcase’s Tangle, most recently Michael was one of the writers for Southern Star Entertainment’s Offspring (Series 1, 2 & 3) for the TEN Network.
ELIZABETH MARY MOORE PRODUCTION DESIGNER One of Australia’s leading production designers, Elizabeth Moore’s credits include Andrew Lancaster’s Accident’s Happen, Nash Edgerton’s The Square, as well as Gone, Opal Dream, Illustrated Family Doctor, Preservation, David Caesar’s Mullet and Stavros Kazantizidis’ Russian Doll. Moore has art directed over 80 television commercials and production designed numerous music videos including Missy Higgins’ Steer directed by Nash Edgerton, Silverchair’s Miss You Love and The Ten Tenors Here’s To The Heroes.
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LACHLAN MILNE DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY One of Australia’s most exciting new talents, Lachlan Milne was born into a film making family, and grew up on film sets observing some of Australia’s great trailblazing cinematographers including Geoffrey Simpson ACS, Dean Semler ACS ASC and John Seale ACS ASC.
At the age of 18 he joined the camera department and went on to load and assist on commercials and films for the next seven years, working along side a variety of local and international cinematographers. Since winning his first Gold ACS award at 25 for the outstanding Anthony Callea Per Sempre music video, he has been a practicing cinematographer receiving multiple Australian Cinematography Society and International Film Festival awards for his commercials and short films including the AFI nominated and St Kilda Film Festival winner Suburbia and Sam Bennetts’ John Jameson winner Octopus. Highly commended by the Australian Cinematographers Society for the SBS documentary The Away Game, he was also awarded the Paladino d’Oro Best Cinematography Award at the Palermo International Film Festival. In 2009 he worked alongside AFI Award winning director Bill Bennett as cinematographer of his latest feature film, Uninhabited, which screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2010.
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GYPSY TAYLOR COSTUME DESIGNER One of Australia’s emerging costume designers, Gypsy Taylor’s most recent credits include costume design assistant on Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, costume illustrator for Andrew Adamson’s feature film, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, costume concept art for Baz Luhrmann’s Alexander the Great and buyer on his Chanel No. 5 commercial.
A graduate of NIDA in Bachelor of Design in 2003, Gypsy has also completed short courses at AFTRS, Whitehouse School of Fashion and Central Saint Martins, London. Throughout her career she has collaborated with many of Australia and the UK’s leading film companies and advertising agencies, as well as various animation studios, editing houses and illustrators agencies.
Whilst studying Gypsy had the opportunity to be a part of the modeling team on Matrix Revolutions and Costume Designer for Sydney Dance Company’s Random Play collaborating with other NIDA students and Graham Murphy’s choreographers.
Gypsy has also illustrated a series of children’s books for Random House written by Wendy Harmer.
NORMAN PARKHILL MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Norman Parkhill began his musical career as a performer while still at university. Since then he has clocked up more than 20 years in the industry, working in music publishing, recording, artist management, A&R and music supervision.
Some of his credits for music supervision include the television series’ Packed to the Rafters, East of Everything and the forthcoming Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries; and the feature films Tomorrow When the War Began, Wog Boy 2: The Kings of Mykonos, The Black Balloon, Razzle Dazzle, Kenny, Candy and Somersault.
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ROB SCOTT MUSIC SUPERVISOR
After an extensive career as Network Coordinator and Program Director at Australia’s national contemporary radio network Triple J throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Rob founded Fly Music for ABC Enterprises in 2003. Here he released artists including Andy Clockwise, Vassy, Deepface and The Morning After Girls.
In 2007 he left the ABC and was instrumental in setting up Australia’s first indigenous owned and run label, Gadigal Music, whilst building the foundations for his own company. In January 2009 the new entity Source Music, a music publishing company and label, took shape with partner Norman Parkhill - specialising in film and television music supervision.
The Source Music label has now released albums from WA powerhouse Abbe May, alternative rock act The Paper Scissors, heavenly singer-songwriter Jen Cloher and the daughters of Willie Nelson and Arlo Gurthrie who call themselves Folk Uke. On the publishing side Source represents respected UK label Warp Music, local distributor Vitamin Records and cutting edge hip hop label Elefant Traks. Source also works with many local and international writers and composers.
BARBARA GIBBS LINE PRODUCER
Barbara Gibbs is one of Australia’s most highly respected line producers. With film credits including The Year My Voice Broke, BABE – Pig in the City, Australian Rules, Thunderstruck, December Boys, Disgrace, My Year Without Sex and South Solitary, Barbara most recently series produced the comedy The Jesters.
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BRUNA PAPANDREA EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
With credits including Gus Van Sant's acclaimed Milk, Rawson Marshall Thurber's The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Wedding Daze, Bruna Padandrea was a producer on Andrew Jarecki's All Good Things, Noam Murro's Smart People, Todd Louiso's The Marc Pease Experience and Jonathan Teplitzky's Better Than Sex.
Bruna ran Ashton Kutcher’s film company Katalyst, and for three years was President of Michael London's Groundswell Productions. Prior to that she served as a Producer at Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack's Mirage Enterprises in the UK.
Bruna’s latest film in production is the highly anticipated Warm Bodies starring Nicholas Hoult and is a partner in the soon to be launched production company Pacific Standard with Reese Witherspoon.
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