A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Иван Сен
Birthplace:
Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Born:
January 1, 1972
Ivan Sen (born 1972; Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian filmmaker. He is a director, screenwriter and cinematographer, as well as an editor, composer and sound designer. He is co-founder and director of Bunya Productions. Throughout the late 1990s Ivan Sen worked on numerous short films, before making his feature film debut with Beneath Clouds in 2002. It won Ivan global acclaim, screening at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and winning the Premiere First Movie Award at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival and the 2002 Best Director Award at the Australian Film Institute Awards. Ivan has subsequently written and produced a number of award winning documentaries. His documentary Yellow Fella screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005. In 2011 Ivan completed his feature Toomelah, which was selected for the Cannes International Film Festival 2011 - Un Certain Regard. The world premiere of the film at Cannes received a standing ovation. The film won the Grand Prix at the Pacific Meridian Film Festival 2011 and the UNESCO Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2011. In 2013 Ivan completed the feature film Mystery Road starring Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten, Tasma Walton and Jack Thompson. Mystery Road had its international premiere with a "Special Presentation"at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival. Ivan is an Executive Producer on the successful tv adaptation of Mystery Road. In 2015 Ivan directed his Goldstone starring Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver, David Gulpilil, Cheng Pei Pei and David Wenham.
Co-Producer:
2023 Limbo
Director:
1997 Journey
1997 Shifting Shelter 1
1997 Warm Strangers
1998 Tears
1998 Vanish
1999 Dust
1999 Wind
2000 Shifting Shelter 2
2002 Beneath Clouds
2005 Who was Evelyn Orcher?
2005 Yellow Fella
2006 Aunty Connie
2006 Broken Borders
2006 Shifting Shelter 3
2006 The Dreamers
2007 A Sister's Love
2007 Men's Gathering
2008 Embassy Days
2009 Dreamland
2009 Fire Talker
2011 Shifting Shelter 4
2011 Toomelah
2013 Mystery Road
2016 Goldstone
2022 Loveland
2023 Limbo
Director of Photography:
1997 Journey
1997 Shifting Shelter 1
1997 Warm Strangers
1998 Tears
1998 Vanish
1999 Dust
1999 Wind
2000 Shifting Shelter 2
2002 Beneath Clouds
2005 Who was Evelyn Orcher?
2005 Yellow Fella
2006 Aunty Connie
2006 Broken Borders
2006 Shifting Shelter 3
2006 The Dreamers
2007 A Sister's Love
2007 Men's Gathering
2008 Embassy Days
2009 Dreamland
2009 Fire Talker
2011 Shifting Shelter 4
2011 Toomelah
2013 Mystery Road
2016 Goldstone
2022 Loveland
2023 Limbo
Editor:
1997 Journey
1997 Shifting Shelter 1
1997 Warm Strangers
1998 Tears
1998 Vanish
1999 Dust
1999 Wind
2000 Shifting Shelter 2
2002 Beneath Clouds
2005 Who was Evelyn Orcher?
2005 Yellow Fella
2006 Aunty Connie
2006 Broken Borders
2006 Shifting Shelter 3
2006 The Dreamers
2007 A Sister's Love
2007 Men's Gathering
2008 Embassy Days
2009 Dreamland
2009 Fire Talker
2011 Shifting Shelter 4
2011 Toomelah
2013 Mystery Road
2016 Goldstone
2022 Loveland
2023 Limbo
Gaffer:
1997 Journey
1997 Shifting Shelter 1
1997 Warm Strangers
1998 Tears
1998 Vanish
1999 Dust
1999 Wind
2000 Shifting Shelter 2
2002 Beneath Clouds
2002 My Mother India
2005 Who was Evelyn Orcher?
2005 Yellow Fella
2006 Aunty Connie
2006 Broken Borders
2006 Shifting Shelter 3
2006 The Dreamers
2007 A Sister's Love
2007 Men's Gathering
2008 Embassy Days
2009 Dreamland
2009 Fire Talker
2011 Shifting Shelter 4
2011 Toomelah
2013 Mystery Road
2016 Goldstone
2022 Loveland
2023 Limbo
Music:
1997 Journey
1997 Shifting Shelter 1
1997 Warm Strangers
1998 Tears
1998 Vanish
1999 Dust
1999 Wind
2000 Shifting Shelter 2
2002 Beneath Clouds
2002 My Mother India
2005 Who was Evelyn Orcher?
2005 Yellow Fella
2006 Aunty Connie
2006 Broken Borders
2006 Shifting Shelter 3
2006 The Dreamers
2007 A Sister's Love
2007 Men's Gathering
2008 Embassy Days
2009 Dreamland
2009 Fire Talker
2011 Shifting Shelter 4
2011 Toomelah
2013 Mystery Road
2016 Goldstone
2022 Loveland
2023 Limbo
Music Producer:
1997 Journey
1997 Shifting Shelter 1
1997 Warm Strangers
1998 Tears
1998 Vanish
1999 Dust
1999 Wind
2000 Shifting Shelter 2
2002 Beneath Clouds
2002 My Mother India
2005 Who was Evelyn Orcher?
2005 Yellow Fella
2006 Aunty Connie
2006 Broken Borders
2006 Shifting Shelter 3
2006 The Dreamers
2007 A Sister's Love
2007 Men's Gathering
2008 Embassy Days
2009 Dreamland
2009 Fire Talker
2011 Shifting Shelter 4
2011 Toomelah
2013 Mystery Road
2016 Goldstone
2022 Loveland
2023 Limbo
Original Music Composer:
1997 Journey
1997 Shifting Shelter 1
1997 Warm Strangers
1998 Tears
1998 Vanish
1999 Dust
1999 Wind
2000 Shifting Shelter 2
2002 Beneath Clouds
2002 My Mother India
2005 Who was Evelyn Orcher?
2005 Yellow Fella
2006 Aunty Connie
2006 Broken Borders
2006 Shifting Shelter 3
2006 The Dreamers
2007 A Sister's Love
2007 Men's Gathering
2008 Embassy Days
2009 Dreamland
2009 Fire Talker
2011 Shifting Shelter 4
2011 Toomelah
2013 Mystery Road
2016 Goldstone
2022 Loveland
2023 Limbo
Post Production Supervisor:
1997 Journey
1997 Shifting Shelter 1
1997 Warm Strangers
1998 Tears
1998 Vanish
1999 Dust
1999 Wind
2000 Shifting Shelter 2
2002 Beneath Clouds
2002 My Mother India
2005 Who was Evelyn Orcher?
2005 Yellow Fella
2006 Aunty Connie
2006 Broken Borders
2006 Shifting Shelter 3
2006 The Dreamers
2007 A Sister's Love
2007 Men's Gathering
2008 Embassy Days
2009 Dreamland
2009 Fire Talker
2011 Shifting Shelter 4
2011 Toomelah
2013 Mystery Road
2016 Goldstone
2022 Loveland
2023 Limbo
Producer:
1997 Journey
1997 Shifting Shelter 1
1997 Warm Strangers
1998 Tears
1998 Vanish
1999 Dust
1999 Wind
2000 Shifting Shelter 2
2002 Beneath Clouds
2002 My Mother India
2005 Who was Evelyn Orcher?
2005 Yellow Fella
2006 Aunty Connie
2006 Broken Borders
2006 Shifting Shelter 3
2006 The Dreamers
2007 A Sister's Love
2007 Men's Gathering
2008 Embassy Days
2009 Dreamland
2009 Fire Talker
2011 Shifting Shelter 4
2011 Toomelah
2013 Mystery Road
2016 Goldstone
2022 Loveland
2023 Limbo
Sound Editor:
1997 Journey
1997 Shifting Shelter 1
1997 Warm Strangers
1998 Tears
1998 Vanish
1999 Dust
1999 Wind
2000 Shifting Shelter 2
2002 Beneath Clouds
2002 My Mother India
2005 Who was Evelyn Orcher?
2005 Yellow Fella
2006 Aunty Connie
2006 Broken Borders
2006 Shifting Shelter 3
2006 The Dreamers
2007 A Sister's Love
2007 Men's Gathering
2008 Embassy Days
2009 Dreamland
2009 Fire Talker
2011 Shifting Shelter 4
2011 Toomelah
2013 Mystery Road
2016 Goldstone
2022 Loveland
2023 Limbo
Title Illustration:
1997 Journey
1997 Shifting Shelter 1
1997 Warm Strangers
1998 Tears
1998 Vanish
1999 Dust
1999 Wind
2000 Shifting Shelter 2
2002 Beneath Clouds
2002 My Mother India
2005 Who was Evelyn Orcher?
2005 Yellow Fella
2006 Aunty Connie
2006 Broken Borders
2006 Shifting Shelter 3
2006 The Dreamers
2007 A Sister's Love
2007 Men's Gathering
2008 Embassy Days
2009 Dreamland
2009 Fire Talker
2011 Shifting Shelter 4
2011 Toomelah
2013 Mystery Road
2016 Goldstone
2022 Loveland
2023 Limbo
Writer:
1997 Journey
1997 Shifting Shelter 1
1997 Warm Strangers
1998 Tears
1998 Vanish
1999 Dust
1999 Wind
2000 Shifting Shelter 2
2002 Beneath Clouds
2002 My Mother India
2005 Who was Evelyn Orcher?
2005 Yellow Fella
2006 Aunty Connie
2006 Broken Borders
2006 Shifting Shelter 3
2006 The Dreamers
2007 A Sister's Love
2007 Men's Gathering
2008 Embassy Days
2009 Dreamland
2009 Fire Talker
2011 Shifting Shelter 4
2011 Toomelah
2013 Mystery Road
2016 Goldstone
2022 Loveland
2023 Limbo
Director:
1997 Message Stick
Executive Producer:
1997 Message Stick
2018 Mystery Road
2022 Mystery Road: Origin
Producer:
1997 Message Stick
2018 Mystery Road
2022 Mystery Road: Origin
Writer:
1997 Message Stick
2018 Mystery Road
2022 Mystery Road: Origin
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