Aacta curates program of asian films for vivid 06 may. Ernie biscuit is the most recent short film by adam elliot and his second short film with a runtime of 20 minutes. The best movies directed by adam elliot flickchart. T he australian stopmotion animator adam elliot, who won an oscar for his 2004 short harvie krumpet, works laboriously with deliberately lumpy clay figures, and his first fulllength film. His five films have collectively participated in over seven hundred film festivals and have received over one hundred awards, including an academy award for harvie krumpet and five annecy cristals. Interview with adam elliot, writerdirectordesigner of. It won an oscar in 2003 for best animated short film. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. About adam elliott documentary wedding photography. The son of an acrobatic prawn famer, adam elliot is an australian based clayographer. Adam elliots animated short films uncle, cousin, brother and harvie krumpet have participated in over five hundred film. Interview with adam elliot, writerdirectordesigner of mary. With a running time of six minutes uncle won numerous international awards including an australian film institute award for best australian animated short.
Elliot calls himself an auteur filmmaker and each of. In a similar style to his academy awardwinning harvie krumpet, this film is a bittersweet biography that has both comedic and tragic elements. He discerned his artistic abilities at an early age and spent five years studying photography, painting, pottery etc. Winner of the best short film, animated oscar at the 2003 academy awards, adam elliots harvie krumpet is the clayography of a lonely man cursed with perpetual bad luck. The animation is not quite up to that of ardman, but is still excellent and complements the styling and mood of the characters and of the story being told. A conversation with adam elliot skwigly animation magazine. He discerned his creative abilities young and spent five years learning picture taking, painting, pottery etc. Six years after he brought us mary and max, a tearjerker of stopmotion feature film, adam elliot has brought into the world his newest short ernie biscuit. Elliots most current clayography, ernie biscuit, is a 20minute blackandwhite short animated stop motion film exploring the life of a deaf parisian taxidermist. Harvie krumpet is a 2003 australian clay animation comedydrama short film written, directed and animated by adam elliot, and narrated by geoffrey rush.
This short film available to watch here is an australian clay animation made in melbourne written, directed and animated by adam elliot who also did the more recent mary and max, and narrated by geoffrey rush. As with uncle, elliot chose a minimalist approach and a spare narration to drive a very simple remembrance of a childhood relationship he had with his cousin who has cerebral palsy. Adam elliot born 2 january 1972 is an independent australian stopmotion animation writer, director and producer based in melbourne, australia. Voiced by esteemed actor geoffrey rush and showcasing director adam elliots distinct clayography style, harvie krumpet is the oscarwinning tale of a world war two refugee who relocates to australia. Made in 1997, cousin was elliotas first professional film funded by the australian film commission, sbs independent and film victoria. Aug 22, 2011 the title characters of adam elliots first trilogy of short films, uncle, cousin and brother images courtesy of adam elliot pictures the connections to family are especially strong with adams original trilogy films, beginning with his 1996 vca student short uncle and the afcfunded followups cousin 1998. Adam elliot s first professional film is the middle film in a wonderful, heartfelt, darkly comic trilogy about family that began with his student film uncle. In conversation with filmmaker adam elliot sungenre. Last weekend, mark and i attended the miff closing night after party. Winner of the best short film, animated oscar at 2003 academy awards, adam elliots harvie krumpet is the clayography of a man cursed with bad luck. As with uncle, elliot chose a minimalist approach and a spare narration to drive a very simple remembrance of a childhood relationship he. Adam elliot is an australian independent stopmotion animation writer and director. Adam is an awardwinning realtimerendered short film, written and directed by veselin efremov, and created by the unity demo team.
Adam elliott as karenin, annas overbearing and cold hearted husband, is comically pompous. Adam is also one of australias funniest and most refreshing speakers and after dinner raconteurs. While uncle was a fictionalised series of remembrances loosely based on elliot s many uncles, cousin focuses specifically on elliot s real cousin who has cerebral. Grew up on a shrimp farm in southern australia together with two brothers, one sister and two parrots. Elliot said when he and his team entered his 2003 film harvie krumpet in the academy awards they had very low expectations as it was quite long for a short film. My adam elliot journey is almost complete and once i watch mary and max, ill be able to call myself an adam elliot completest. In 1996 he started his studies in the victorian university from the arts where uncle 1996, the 1st section of his. Adam elliot is an oscar award winning independent stopmotion animation writer and director. Back in 2004, excited australians watched as adam elliot humbly accepted the academy award for his short animated film, harvie krumpet.
Academy awardwinning animator adam elliot says he has turned down. His short movie called harvey krumpet won the 2003 academy award for best animated short film. Jul 06, 2015 adam elliot, oscar winner for the short film harvie krumpet and director of the beloved feature mary and max, has recently released his latest film ernie biscuit. His five films have collectively participated in over sixhundred film festivals and have received over one hundred awards, including an oscar for harvie krumpet and the annecy cristal for mary and max. A really great film some bleak topics dressed up in black humour and childlike claymation. Adam elliot is an independent australian stopmotion animation writer, director and producer based in melbourne, australia. Short clay animation film written, directed and animated by adam elliot. Here are a few examples of ways you can filter the charts. Adam elliots bittersweet clayographies are one of a kind. The title characters of adam elliots first trilogy of short films, uncle, cousin and brother images courtesy of adam elliot pictures the connections to family are especially strong with adams original trilogy films, beginning with his 1996 vca student short. Ernie biscuit is the first film that you have made since mary and max came out in 2009. His animations, created painstakingly from lumps of clay, bring to life a cast of oddball characters.
In 2003, elliot with producer melanie coombs made harvey krumpet narrated by geoffrey rush. It was a moment of collective triumph an aussie had not won this category since 1977. Apr 10, 2009 interview with adam elliot, writerdirectordesigner of mary and max. Everyone really liked the feature script, said elliot, but we had a budget of 40 million at one stage laughs. The story of a deaf parisian taxidermist who accidentally gets on the wrong plane and winds up in the outback, ernie biscuit was originally meant to be a feature. Search news channels submit shop youtube adam elliot. Theyve amassed hundreds of awards, including the 2004 academy award for animated short film. Adam elliot simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Adam elliot one doggie day short film by penguin books australia. A claymation animation by academy awardwinning filmmaker adam elliot harvie krumpet, it tells the simple story of a 20year penpal friendship between two very different people. Based loosely on his family and friends, elliot calls each of his works a clayography clay animated. Dark comedy adam elliot 22 minutes harvie krumpet winner of the best short film, animated oscar at the 2003 academy awards, adam elliots harvie krumpet is the clayography of a lonely man cursed with perpetual bad luck. Adam elliot brings ernie biscuit to flickerfest if magazine. In 1996 he started his studies on the victorian university from the arts where uncle 1996, the initial section. It tells the life story of harvie krumpet, a polishaustralian man whose life is plagued by bad luck but who nevertheless remains optimistic. Adam elliot has become one of australias most celebrated animators and certainly our most successful short filmmaker. Jun 15, 2015 six years after he brought us mary and max, a tearjerker of stopmotion feature film, adam elliot has brought into the world his newest short ernie biscuit. His shorts trilogy has participated in over two hundred film festivals and won over fifty awards including four afi awards. Elliot was brought up on a prawn farm run by his father who had once been a circus clown, and his mother. He went on to win the 2004 academy award for best animated short film, for the claymation film harvie krumpet. Adam elliot on being an animator, winning an oscar.
I got the chance to chat with adam about his films, his characters and his life. Winner of the best short film, animated oscar at 2003 academy awards, adam elliots harvie krumpet is the. Grew up on the shrimp plantation in southern australia as well as two brothers, a single sister and two parrots. Sep 23, 2018 back in 2004, excited australians watched as adam elliot humbly accepted the academy award for his short animated film, harvie krumpet. Elliot calls his films clayography clay animated biography because most of them are based on his friends and family. Adam elliott certainly managed to capture the role of karenin effortlessly everything theatre. Actor in a leading role ben kingsley in house of sand and fog.
The film was funded by sbs independent, the australian film commission and film victoria, and it was filmed and animated by adam elliot and two assistants over 15 months in 20012003, using models made of plasticine and other materials. Get this dvd and add it to your collection now also look out for mary and max, adam elliots follow up film from 2009. His touching trilogy of short films uncle, cousin and brother have built his international recognition as a master storyteller. Max and mary won numerous australian and international film awards. When i was at film school in 1996 id always had a plan to make a trilogy of trilogies. Adam elliot born january 2, 1972 is an australian animator. Adam elliot completed his postgraduate diploma in animation at the victorian college of the arts in 1996. Adam elliots claymation labour of love is as heartfelt and sadsackfunny as his 2003 oscarwinning short harvie krumpet which youll find on youtube. Adam is an oscar award winning independent stopmotion animation writer and director. Adam elliot, mbfilms and miff mark battistella films. He has received over one hundred awards through his career. Adam elliot, oscarwinning animator, turns down hollywood. Adam elliot, oscarwinning animator, turns down hollywood in.
Interview with adam elliot on new short film ernie biscuit. He uses claymation and has won five australian film institute awards because of his work. Adam elliot, oscar winner for the short film harvie krumpet and director of the beloved feature mary and max, has recently released his latest film ernie biscuit. He has become one of the worlds most celebrated animators with films including uncle, cousin, brother, harvie krumpet and max and mary. I have a question adam elliot animation world network. In 1996 he started his studies in the victorian university from. In 2003 harvie krumpet, narrated by geoffrey rush, won the oscar for best animated short film, eclipsing the work of the disney, pixar and fox studios. He uses claymation and has won five australian film institute awards because of his work early life. I have a slight addiction in collecting old film cameras and counting. Adam elliots animated short films uncle, cousin, brother and harvie krumpet have participated in. Jan 05, 2009 a claymation animation by academy awardwinning filmmaker adam elliot harvie krumpet, it tells the simple story of a 20year penpal friendship between two very different people. After a short introduction of the whole family, the story of the elder brother is told. He discerned his creative abilities young and spent five years learning pictures, painting, pottery etc. Adam elliot, creator of the oscar winning harvey krumpet, and the equally beautiful claymation feature, mary and max.
Adam elliot is a member of vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Get this dvd and add it to your collection now also look out for mary and max, adam elliot s follow up film from 2009. Interview with adam elliot, writerdirectordesigner of mary and max. Drafted by the new york mets in the 6th round of the 2002 mlb june amateur draft from clayton valley hs concord, ca high school. Melbourne international film festival miff and adam elliot. Based loosely on his family and friends, elliot calls each of his works a clayography clay animated biography. Dec 05, 2017 adam elliots bittersweet clayographies are one of a kind. This is adam elliot, brother pl by j on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. At the same time, it is possible to feel some sympathy for this. Adam elliot has toured ernie biscuit, his latest stopmotion short, to over 70 festivals, and hes exhausted. Interview with adam elliot on new short film ernie.
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