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Volcano Man
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Won, Best Writing in a Documentary Feature - Australian Writers Guild 2024
Won, Best Editing in a Documentary Feature - Australian Screen Editors Guild 2023
Nominated, Best Feature Documentary - Film Critics Circle of Australia 2023
Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund 2022
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 presents
In association with VicScreen and Common Ventures
A Pivot Studios and GoodThing Productions film
Camera operator Matt Creswell 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
The Driver
SHORT FILM
Short Listed, Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowship Sydney Film Festival 2016
Official Selection Flickerfest International Film Festival 2016
A lonely train driver must confront his traumatic past on his first day back on the job
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
Highway
SHORT FILM
Nominated, Best Direction in a Short Film - Australian Directors Guild 2018
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016
Official Selection Warsaw Film Festival 2016
Official Selection Palm Springs International ShortFest 2017
Official Selection Flickerfest International Film Festival 2017
A troubled young hitchhiker struggles to escape her fate on a remote mountain highway
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
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