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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
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
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
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
culminating
in
between
2007
them,
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 housesharing 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
designing clothing lines
manager
for
numerous
multi-platinum
and
children’s
managing more
show
albums
over 35
Hi-5,
and
releasing
videos,
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
Cinematography
Society
cinematographer
and
International
receiving
Film
multiple
Festival
Australian
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.
commended
by
the
Australian
Cinematographers
Society
for
Highly
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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