My adam elliot journey is almost complete and once i watch mary and max, ill be able to call myself an adam elliot completest. Elliot calls himself an auteur filmmaker and each of. In 1996 he started his studies on the victorian university from the arts where uncle 1996, the initial section. About adam elliott documentary wedding photography. In 2003, elliot with producer melanie coombs made harvey krumpet narrated by geoffrey rush. Oct 23, 2010 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. Ernie biscuit is the first film that you have made since mary and max came out in 2009. Everyone really liked the feature script, said elliot, but we had a budget of 40 million at one stage laughs. He discerned his artistic abilities at an early age and spent five years studying photography, painting, pottery etc. Adam elliot, oscarwinning animator, turns down hollywood. 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. Based loosely on his family and friends, elliot calls each of his works a clayography clay animated biography. Melbourne international film festival miff and adam elliot. 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.
Academy awardwinning animator adam elliot says he has turned down. A conversation with adam elliot skwigly animation magazine. Adam elliott certainly managed to capture the role of karenin effortlessly everything theatre. Adam elliott as karenin, annas overbearing and cold hearted husband, is comically pompous. Adam elliot one doggie day short film by penguin books australia. Interview with adam elliot, writerdirectordesigner of mary and max. Elliot was brought up on a prawn farm run by his father who had once been a circus clown, and his mother. Adam elliot is an independent australian stopmotion animation writer, director and producer based in melbourne, australia. Adam elliot brings ernie biscuit to flickerfest if magazine. His short movie called harvey krumpet won the 2003 academy award for best animated short film. 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. At the same time, it is possible to feel some sympathy for this. He discerned his creative abilities young and spent five years learning pictures, painting, pottery etc. 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.
Last weekend, mark and i attended the miff closing night after party. Grew up on a shrimp farm in southern australia together with two brothers, one sister and two parrots. Adam elliot born january 2, 1972 is an australian animator. Elliots most current clayography, ernie biscuit, is a 20minute blackandwhite short animated stop motion film exploring the life of a deaf parisian taxidermist. 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. 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. 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. Back in 2004, excited australians watched as adam elliot humbly accepted the academy award for his short animated film, harvie krumpet.
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. Aacta curates program of asian films for vivid 06 may. Adam is an oscar award winning independent stopmotion animation writer and director. 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. 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. His shorts trilogy has participated in over two hundred film festivals and won over fifty awards including four afi awards. When i was at film school in 1996 id always had a plan to make a trilogy of trilogies. Adam elliots bittersweet clayographies are one of a kind. Adam elliots animated short films uncle, cousin, brother and harvie krumpet have participated in over five hundred film. 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. Elliot calls his films clayography clay animated biography because most of them are based on his friends and family.
Search news channels submit shop youtube adam elliot. 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. He discerned his creative abilities young and spent five years learning picture taking, painting, pottery etc. 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. It won an oscar in 2003 for best animated short film.
I got the chance to chat with adam about his films, his characters and his life. In conversation with filmmaker adam elliot sungenre interview. I have a slight addiction in collecting old film cameras and counting. Sep 23, 2018 back in 2004, excited australians watched as adam elliot humbly accepted the academy award for his short animated film, harvie krumpet.
Interview with adam elliot on new short film ernie biscuit. Interview with adam elliot, writerdirectordesigner of. 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. Max and mary won numerous australian and international film awards.
In 1996 he started his studies in the victorian university from. Eleven years after he won an oscar for harvie krumpet, adam elliot is back in the shortfilm business. Actor in a leading role ben kingsley in house of sand and fog. He has become one of the worlds most celebrated animators with films including uncle, cousin, brother, harvie krumpet and max and mary. Theyve amassed hundreds of awards, including the 2004 academy award for animated short film. The son of an acrobatic prawn famer, adam elliot is an australian based clayographer. Adam elliot is an oscar award winning independent stopmotion animation writer and director. 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. 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. Ernie biscuit is the most recent short film by adam elliot and his second short film with a runtime of 20 minutes. With a running time of six minutes uncle won numerous international awards including an australian film institute award for best australian animated short. Based loosely on his family and friends, elliot calls each of his works a clayography clay animated. Adam elliot born 2 january 1972 is an independent australian stopmotion animation writer, director and producer based in melbourne, australia. Get this dvd and add it to your collection now also look out for mary and max, adam elliots follow up film from 2009.
In 1996 he started his studies in the victorian university from the arts where uncle 1996, the 1st section of his. 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. 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. Adam elliot is a member of vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Adam elliot completed his postgraduate diploma in animation at the victorian college of the arts in 1996. 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. Adam elliot simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Short clay animation film written, directed and animated by adam elliot. He uses claymation and has won five australian film institute awards because of his work. The film is a halfhour spectacular reminiscent of his academy awardwinning harvie krumpet about a misunderstood, lonely french man who makes a daring leap in his later life to go to venice, where he dreams of gondolas and perhaps love. 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. Dec 05, 2017 adam elliots bittersweet clayographies are one of a kind. 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. Adam elliot has become one of australias most celebrated animators and certainly our most successful short filmmaker. It tells the life story of harvie krumpet, a polishaustralian man whose life is plagued by bad luck but who nevertheless remains optimistic. 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. He went on to win the 2004 academy award for best animated short film, for the claymation film harvie krumpet.
In 1996 he began his studies at the victorian college of the arts where uncle 1996, the first part of his trilogy, was made. Winner of the best short film, animated oscar at 2003 academy awards, adam elliots harvie krumpet is the. Adam elliot, oscarwinning animator, turns down hollywood in. In 2003 adam elliot won an academy award for animated short film for his movie harvie krumpet. Adam elliot, mbfilms and miff mark battistella films. Adam is an awardwinning realtimerendered short film, written and directed by veselin efremov, and created by the unity demo team. Adam elliots claymation labour of love is as heartfelt and sadsackfunny as his 2003 oscarwinning short harvie krumpet which youll find on youtube. Adam elliot has toured ernie biscuit, his latest stopmotion short, to over 70 festivals, and hes exhausted. He has received over one hundred awards through his career. Adam elliot is an australian independent stopmotion animation writer and director. His touching trilogy of short films uncle, cousin and brother have built his international recognition as a master storyteller. The best movies directed by adam elliot flickchart. As with uncle, elliot chose a minimalist approach and a spare narration to drive a very simple remembrance of a childhood relationship he. It was a moment of collective triumph an aussie had not won this category since 1977.
Adam elliots animated short films uncle, cousin, brother and harvie krumpet have participated in. 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. 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. Grew up on the shrimp plantation in southern australia as well as two brothers, a single sister and two parrots. Harvie krumpet is a 2003 australian clay animation comedydrama short film written, directed and animated by adam elliot, and narrated by geoffrey rush. In conversation with filmmaker adam elliot sungenre. He uses claymation and has won five australian film institute awards because of his work early life. After a short introduction of the whole family, the story of the elder brother is told. 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. Interview with adam elliot, writerdirectordesigner of mary. Here are a few examples of ways you can filter the charts. Made in 1997, cousin was elliotas first professional film funded by the australian film commission, sbs independent and film victoria. Adam elliot on being an animator, winning an oscar.
Apr 10, 2009 interview with adam elliot, writerdirectordesigner of mary and max. Adam is also one of australias funniest and most refreshing speakers and after dinner raconteurs. 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. 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.
A really great film some bleak topics dressed up in black humour and childlike claymation. In a similar style to his academy awardwinning harvie krumpet, this film is a bittersweet biography that has both comedic and tragic elements. I have a question adam elliot animation world network. Adam elliot, creator of the oscar winning harvey krumpet, and the equally beautiful claymation feature, mary and max.