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Volcano Man
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Now Streaming in Australia & New Zealand via DocPlay
Won, Best Writing in a Documentary Feature AWGIE - Australian Writers Guild 2023
Won, Best Editing in a Documentary Feature - Australian Screen Editors Guild 2023
Nominated, Best Feature Documentary - Film Critics Circle of Australia 2023
World Premiere - Melbourne International Film Festival 2022
International Premiere - Heartland International Film Festival 2023
When filmmaker James Crawley discovers his father's hidden video tapes, he sets out to reveal the real Richard Crawley, an eccentric photographer and documentarian who lives atop a dormant volcano and approach to life is utterly explosive.
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE FUND presents
In association with VICSCREEN and COMMON VENTURES
A PIVOT STUDIOS and GOODTHING PRODUCTIONS film
VOLCANO MAN
Camera operator MATT CRESSWELL Featuring music by THE BLACK BELTS
Original Music and Sound Design by RUMBLE STUDIOS
Edited by STEVEN SANDER Cinematography by JAMIE GRAY
Executive Producers NICK BATZIAS & VIRGINIA WHITWELL
Produced by TIM RUSSELL & RHIAN SKIRVING
Written by JAMES CRAWLEY, TIM RUSSELL & STEVEN SANDER
Directed by JAMES CRAWLEY
The Elements
PODCAST
“Spectacular” The Australian
“Diver is the ultimate survivor” The Age
“Diver shines light on incredible stories” Today Show
Hosted by the sole survivor of the 1997 Thredbo Landslide Stuart Diver and from Gold Walkley award winning audio producer Slade Gibson (THE TEACHER'S PET), THE ELEMENTS is a tense and harrowing ride through some of Australia’s most devastating natural disasters with those who emerged from the ashes to tell their tale.
Hosted by Stuart Diver
Written & Produced by Tim Russell
Audio Produced & Composed by Slade Gibson
Research & Reporting by Clare O'Halloran
Featuring Voice Acting by Trent Dalton
Executive Produced by Stuart Diver, Slade Gibson & Cameron Jurd
A production of Pivot Studios
Highway
Short Film
A troubled young hitchhiker struggles to escape her fate on a remote mountain highway
Available on Amazon Prime (AUS/NZ/US/UK) & HBO Europe
In Development as a Feature Film with Goalpost Pictures & Automatik Entertainment
Nominated for Best Direction in a Short Film by Australian Directors Guild 2018
BFI London Film Festival 2016
Warsaw Film Festival 2016
Palm Springs International ShortFest 2017
Fantastic Fest 2017
Flickerfest International Film Festival 2017
HollyShorts Film Festival 2017
Canberra Short Film Festival 2017
Written & Directed by Vanessa Gazy
Produced by Tim Russell & Michael Wark
Starring Odessa Young, Andrew Gilbert, Rebecca Young
Cinematography by Edward Goldner
Production Design by Sherree Philips Edited by Anil Griffin
Sound Design by Michael Newton
Original Score by Jonathan Adam Joseph Wilson & Beau Cassidy
Supported by Screen ACT
The Driver
Short Film
A lonely train driver must confront his traumatic past on his first day back on the job
Sydney Film Festival, Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowship Short List 2016
Flickerfest International Film Festival 2016
HollyShorts International Film Festival 2016
Royal Australian College of Physicians Special Gala Screening 2016
Written & Directed by Tim Russell
Produced by Michael Wark
Starring Dean Kyrwood Cinematography by Adam Howden
Production Design by Mike Price Edited by David Whittaker
Sound Design by Liam Price Original Music by Alison Cole
Supported by Metro Screen & Screen NSW
Horse Feathers
Short Film
In the alluring world of horse racing, a struggling jockey will risk everything to prove herself.
Flickerfest International Film Festival 2014
Written & Directed by Tim Russell
Produced by Caroline Tresise & Jiao Chen
Starring Victoria Thaine & Brendan Donoghue
Cinematography by Andrew McLeod
Production Design by Pip Vassett Costume Design by Anna Cahill
Edited by Anthony Cox Sound Design by Jared Dwyer
Original Music by Alison Cole & Dave Smith
Supported by the National Jockeys Association
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