Three years in the making and set in a Sydney greyhound track, Ascendant is a haunting, modern noir piece from Observance writer/producer Josh Zammit. Josh wrote, directed & produced the film [...]
Fighting the Skin Trade with Gabe Dowrick
Gabe Dowrick is. Bad. Ass. As careers go, Gabe slings a couple of pistols, with feature credits as an editor and screenwriter. Which when you press for it, places him in esteemed company – think uber auteur Ethan Cohen and shoot ‘em up/slice ‘em up rogue Robert Rodriguez.
Peter Cornwell on ‘The Haunting in Connecticut’
Peter started his career as a sound recordist at the ABC in Sydney, Australia, where he also practiced stop-motion animations in his spare time. After taking a redundancy package from the ABC, he was able to finish his animated short Ward 13 which went on to win 17 awards internationally and was also shortlisted for […]
CASE STUDY: Director Christiaan Blok
AnyCam recently spoke to director Chistiaan Blok about getting his start as a director for hire, working for agencies and working on TVC’s and branded content. We talked through his early work and spoke about what a director does and how he got his start.
Dane Millerd on ‘There’s Something In The Pilliga’
Hands up who’s heard of the Yowie? For most Australians under 35; a bulbous bug-eyed chocolate-koala-thing might spring to mind. But in Aboriginal folklore, the Yowie or ‘Jingra’ is a terrifying, yeti-esque brute of the bush, roaming its vast, harsh abode amidst the seemingly infinite stretches of soil & scrub…
Sofya Gollan’s ‘Gimpsey’
From humble beginnings sing-signing on Australian TV show ‘Play School’ in the early 90’s to helming a plethora of award winning shorts and the successful triple AFI nominated feature Preservation (2003), writer/director Sofya Gollan now serves up ‘Gimpsey’ in 2015
