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Elissa Down

Elissa Down

Director, Writer, Producer

Born July 2, 1975 in Camden, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Elissa Down is an Australian filmmaker. In 1999 and 2000 Elissa was nominated for Young Film-maker of the year at the WA Screen Awards.

Her major works comprise of a number of award winning short films, Summer Angst, The Cherry Orchard, Her Outback, The Bathers, Pink Pyjamas, HMAS Unicorn and Samantha Stewart, aged fourteen. They have been screened at numerous festivals including Tampere, Locarno Aix-en-Provence, Montecatini, Milan, San Francisco Indie, St Kilda, Brisbane, Revelation, Women on Women, POV and Tropfest. These shorts have also been screened in theatres and broadcast nationally and overseas. Elissa was one of Australia's upcoming artists featured in the In Progress spread in Vogue (2005).

Elissa Down's first feature film, the semi-autobiographical, The Black Balloon was released in Australian cinemas 6 March 2008. It stars Rhys Wakefield, Gemma Ward, Luke Ford, Erik Thomson and Academy Award Nominee Toni Collette. The world premiere was at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany in February 2008, where the film received a Crystal Bear as the best feature-length film in the Generation 14plus category. On 6 December 2008 Elissa Down was awarded the AFI Best DIrection in Film Award and AFI Best Original Screenplay Award for the Black Balloon. The film also won the L'Oreal Paris AFI Award for Best FIlm.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Curtin University.

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Actor

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Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition Poster

Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition TV Series2006Self

Good News Week Poster

Good News Week TV Series1996Self

Director

16

Type

Year

While the Men Are Away Poster

While the Men Are Away TV Series2023

Ivy + Bean Poster

Ivy + Bean Feature Film2022

Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance Poster

Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance Feature Film2022

Ivy + Bean: The Ghost That Had to Go Poster

Ivy + Bean: The Ghost That Had to Go Feature Film2022

Feel the Beat Poster

Feel the Beat Feature Film2020

The Honor List Poster

The Honor List Feature Film2018

Confess TV Series2017

Offspring Poster

Offspring TV Series2010

The Black Balloon Poster

The Black Balloon Feature Film2008

Summer Angst Poster

Summer Angst Short Film2004

The Bathers Poster

The Bathers Short Film2003

The Cherry Orchard Poster

The Cherry Orchard Short Film2003

Her Outback Poster

Her Outback Documentary2002

HMAS Unicorn Poster

HMAS Unicorn Short Film2001

Pink Pyjamas Poster

Pink Pyjamas Short Film2001

Samantha Stewart, Aged 14 Poster

Samantha Stewart, Aged 14 Short Film2000

Writer

6

Type

Year

Confess TV Series2017

The Black Balloon Poster

The Black Balloon Feature Film2008

Summer Angst Poster

Summer Angst Short Film2004

The Bathers Poster

The Bathers Short Film2003

Pink Pyjamas Poster

Pink Pyjamas Short Film2001

Samantha Stewart, Aged 14 Poster

Samantha Stewart, Aged 14 Short Film2000

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4

Type

Year

Ever Green & The F***ing Spectrum Poster

Ever Green & The F***ing Spectrum Short Film2026

While the Men Are Away Poster

While the Men Are Away TV Series2023

The Black Balloon Poster

The Black Balloon Feature Film2008

HMAS Unicorn Poster

HMAS Unicorn Short Film2001

Thanks

1

Amend Short Film2023

Script and Continuity Department

1

The Waiting City Poster

The Waiting City Feature Film2009

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