Biographie
A passionate and versatile director, writer and producer, Marc Radomsky has made more than 250 documentary and drama programs for International and local broadcasters, winning nine awards and receiving numerous nominations.
In South Africa, Marc was a co-founder and director of Free Film Makers / Gasworks post-production, working with international clients including Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Nickelodeon, Channel Four, IKON, ZDF. Free Film Makers were the associate producers of the Oscar nominated biography of Nelson Mandela. The 40 part observational series 'The Communites' created an experiential melting pot where young people from differing social, racial, cultural backgrounds and sexual orientation explored issues of Identity in the fledgling post-apartheid South Africa. Award winner "Ghetto Flowers" (SABC) continued this character driven socio-cultural theme, uncovering new ways to help traumatised youth in violence wracked South African townships. Prior to relocating to Australia, Marc was a core member of the team winning the bid for the South African co-production of Sesame Street. He directed the 40 part series. In "Choosing Exile" (ABC) Marc explored his own family's personal journey, leaving South Africa to migrate to Australia, winning Best Documentary at the 2003 Kalamata International Film Festival.
In Australia, Marc's films and series have screened on the ABC, SBS, Network Ten, Channel Seven, Foxtel, ZDF, ITV, IKON, BBC, National Geographic, YLE, Discovery and SKY.
Highlights include Barrenjoey Road (ABC) a three part True Crime series with dramatic recreation where Marc designed a present day observational investigation into a 40- year- old cold case. Struggle Street Series 1 (SBS) sparked a controversial media avalanche on the issue of poverty, and is the highest rating locally commissioned documentary program in the history of broadcaster SBS. Rewriting History (SBS) challenged the Lithuanian government's plan to alter the history of the Holocaust by charging local survivors with war crimes for supporting Soviet partisans against the Nazis, and Outback Kids (ABC) followed a mix of troubled Anglo and Indigenous juvenile offenders in a secret last chance behaviour modification program in the Northern Territory. The series was nominated for Best TV Series in the inaugural 2012 AACTA awards, Allan Kessing: The Reluctant Whistleblower, (SBS Law & Disorder series) uncovered the whistle-blower hero's unfair prosecution, winning the 2010 Logie award for Most Outstanding Factual Program. In Tackling Peace, Marc partnered with the Peres centre for Peace in Israel to follow the journey of a group of Israelis and Palestinians trying to overcome the inherent prejudices of their divided worlds in order to play together on the same team under the banner of peace in an International sporting competition in Australia, wining the 2010 Provincia Di Milano Award at the Sport and Society International Festival in Milan, also receiving a 2009 AFI nomination for Best Documentary, and an Honorary Mention at the Gold Panda awards in China, and "An Australian Idol in Africa" (Channel Ten 2005) profiled the plight of the Child Soldiers in war torn Northern Uganda through the journey of Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian to the region.
