Melinda Doring
DESIGNER 0417 686 544
LISA MANN CREATIVE MANAGEMENT P.O Box 3145, Redfern, 2016 NSW Tel: (02) 9387 8207 Fax: (02) 9389 0615
Education 1996-1998 MA Film & TV (Design) Extension Certificate Design Australian Film Television and Radio School 1987-1990 Diploma of Fine Arts East Sydney Technical College
Awards 1990 Lloyd Rees Youth Art Award 1997 SMPTE Award for Creative Use of Technology 1998 FOX Studios Australia Award for Design 2004 AFI Award for Best Production Design – Somersault 2007 IF Award for Best Production Design – The Home Song Stories 2007 AFI Award for Best Production Design – The Home Song Stories 2011 IF Award for Best Production Design – Oranges and Sunshine 2012 AACTA Award for Best Production Design – Eye of the Storm 2013 AACTA Award for Best Production Design – The Sapphires 2017 AACTA Award Nomination for Best Production Design – Berlin Syndrome 2020 AACTA Award Recipient for Best Production Design - Stateless
Experience
2021 Production Designer The Newsreader (TV Series) Producer – Joanna Werner, Michael Lucas, Stuart Menzies Werner Film Productions Director – Emma Freeman
2019 Production Designer Stateless (TV Series) Producer – Brendan Campbell, Sheila Jayadev, Paul Ranford Dirty Films/Matchbox Pictures Director – Emma Freeman, Jocelyn Moorhouse
2018 Production Designer Palm Beach (feature film) Producer – Deborah Balderstone New Town Films/Soapbox Industries Director – Rachel Ward
2017 Production Designer Storm Boy (feature film) Producers – Michael Boughen, Mathew Street Ambience Entertainment Director – Shawn Seet
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2017 Production Designer Wake in Fright (TV Series) Producers – Helen Bowden, Kristian Moliere Lingo Films Director – Kriv Stenders
2015 Production Designer Berlin Syndrome (feature film) Producers – Polly Staniford, Angie Fielder Aquarius Films Director – Cate Shortland ~ Selected 2017 – Sundance Film Festival ~ Selected 2017 – Berlin Film Festival
2014 Production Designer Strangerland (feature film) Producers – Naomi Wenck, Macdara Kelleher Dragonfly Pictures (Australia) & Fastnet Films (Ireland) Director – Kim Farrant ~ Selected 2015 – Sundance Film Festival
2012 Production Designer Tracks (feature film) Producers – Emile Sherman See Saw Films Director – John Curran ~ Selected 2013 – Venice Film Festival ~ Selected 2013 – Toronto Film Festival
2012 Production Designer Underground (telemovie) Producers – Helen Bowden Matchbox Films Director – Robert Connolly ~ Selected 2012 – Torronto Film Festival
2011 Production Designer The Sapphires (feature film) Producers –Rosemary Blight, Kylie Du Fresne Goalpost Pictures Director – Wayne Blair ~ Selected 2012 – Cannes Film Festival ~ 2013 ACCTA Award for Best Production Design
2010/11 Production Designer The Slap (8 Part Drama Series) Producers –Tony Ayres, Michael McMahon, Helen Bowden - Matchbox Pictures/ABC Directors – Jessica Hobbs, Matt Saville, Tony Ayres, Robert Connolly
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2010 Production Designer The Eye Of The Storm (feature film) Producers – Gregory Reed, Anthony Waddington - Paper Bark Films EOS Pty Ltd Director – Fred Schepisi ~2011 ACCTA Award Nomination Best Production Design
2009/10 Production Designer Oranges and Sunshine (feature film) Producers – Camilla Bray, Emile Sherman & Iain Canning Sixteen Films (UK) / See Saw Films (Australia) Director – Jim Loach ~ 2011 IF Award for Best Production Design
2008/9 Production Designer The Boys Are Back (feature film) Producers – Tim White & Greg Brenman – Southern Light Films (Australia)/Tiger Aspect (UK) Director – Scott Hicks
2008 Production Designer Triangle (feature film) Producers – Jason Newmark, Julie Baines and Chris Brown Writer /Director – Christopher Smith
2006/2007 Production Designer $9.99 (Stop animated feature film) Sherman Pictures & Lama Films Producer – Emile Sherman Director – Tatia Rosenthal
2006 Production Designer The Home Song Stories (feature film) Porchlight Films Producers – Liz Watts, Michael McMahon Director – Tony Ayres ~ 2007 IF Award Winner Best Production Design ~ 2007 AFI Award Winner Best Production Design ~ 2007 Taipei Golden Horse Film Awards Nomination for Best Art Direction
2005 Costume Designer Suburban Mayhem (feature film) Suburban Mayhem P/L Producers – Jan Chapman, Leah Churchill-Brown Director – Paul Goldman ~ 2006 AFI Award Nomination Best Costume Design
2005 Production Designer The Silence (mini series ABC television drama) Jan Chapman Films Producer – Jan Chapman Director – Cate Shortland lisa mann creative management pty ltd
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2005 Production Designer Unfolding Florence (feature documentary on the life of Florence Broadhurst) Becker Entertainment Producer – Sue Clothier Director – Gillian Armstrong ~ Selected 2006 – Sundance Film Festival
2004 Costume Designer Little Fish (feature film) Porchlight Films Producers – Vincent Sheehan, Liz Watts, Richard Keddie Director – Rowan Woods ~ 2005 AFI Award Nomination Best Costume Design
2004 Production Designer Jewboy (featurette) Porchlight Films Producers –Liz Watts, Libby Sharpe Director – Tony Krawitz ~ Selected 2006 – Sundance Film Festival ~ Selected 2005 Un Certain Regard -Cannes Film Festival
2003 Production Designer Somersault (feature film) Red Carpet Productions Producers - Jan Chapman, Anthony Anderson Director -Cate Shortland ~ Selected 2004 Un Certain Regard -Cannes Film Festival ~ 2004 AFI Award Winner Best Production Design
2003 Costume Designer Marking Time (4 part television mini series) Zodiac Films/ A.B.C Producer – John Edwards Director - Cherie Nowlan
2002 Costume Designer Temptation (Telemovie Channel 10) Producer - Penny Chapman, Chapman Pictures Director - Tony Tilse
2001 Costume Designer Walking On Water (feature film) Porchlight Films Producer - Liz Watts Director - Tony Ayres ~ Winner 2002 Golden Bear Berlin Film Festival Awards
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2000 Production /Costume Designer Delivery Day (part of the Hybrid Life Series for SBS) Porchlight Films Producer - Liz Watts Director - Jane Manning ~ Winner 2001 Flicker Fest
2000 Costume Designer Mullet (feature film) Porchlight Films
Producer - Vincent Sheehan, Director - David Caesar
1999 Production/Costume Designer Unit 52 (short film) Producer -Tamara Popper Writer/Director -Tony Krawitz ~ Screened at 2003 Cannes Film Festival Directors Fortnight
1998 Production/Costume Designer Flower Girl (short film) Director - Cate Shortland Producer - Anthony Anderson, Red Carpet Productions ~ Winner 1999 Dendy Awards - Fiction Over 15 minute
1998 Production/Costume Designer Threaded (short film) Producer -Cheryl Woods Director - Mark Forstmann ~ Winner 1999 Nescafé Short Film Award
1998 Production Designer Pent Up House (AFC funded short film) Producer - Anthony Anderson Director - Cate Shortland Red Carpet Productions ~ Winner 1999 Dendy Awards -Fiction Under 15 minutes
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Television Commercials
2012 Art Director VW “The Word” TVC-Dir. Justin Kurzel Revolver
2009 Art Director I&J “Iron Jay” TVC-Dir. Justin Kurzel Cherub Pictures
2007 Art Director/Costume Designer Cherub Pictures Producer-Pip Smart 2006/07 Wallabies TVC- Dir. Cate Shortland 3 Mobile “Cricket” TVC – Dir. Justin Kurzel “Cricket Pitch” – TVC Dir. Justin Kurzel “Bonds” -TVC Dir. Justin Kurzel
2007 Art Director Cherub Pictures Producer-Pip Smart St George Bank TVC- Dir. Samantha Lang
2001 Costume Designer Radical Media Sultana Bran TVC - Director-Kim Farrant
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