Mary and Max: The Exhibition
Mary and Max: The Creators
Writer, director and designer Adam Elliot
Prior to the release of his first feature Mary and Max, Adam Elliot’s short animations, Uncle, 6mins (1996) Cousin, 4mins (1998) Brother, 8 mins (1999) and Harvie Krumpet, 23mins (2003) have participated in over five hundred film festivals and won over one hundred awards. In 2004, Adam was awarded the Oscar® for Best Animated Short Film for Harvie Krumpet.
Born on the second of January 1972, Adam was raised in the Australian Outback on a prawn farm with his father (a retired acrobatic clown), his mother (a hairdresser), his two brothers, one sister and two parrots, Sunny and Cher.
A selection of Adam’s short films plus many other Australian animations are available to view in ACMI’s Mediatheque. For more information on Adam’s work, visit www.adamelliot.com.au
Producer Melanie Coombs
Melanie Coombs is the director and founder of Melodrama Pictures, an independent film and television production company based in Melbourne, Australia, which creates distinctive feature films, drama, documentary and animation. Melodrama Pictures produced Harvie Krumpet, winner of the 2003 Academy Award® for Short Film - Animation. In 2007, Melanie Coombs completed the Film Australia documentary The Fabric of a Dream – The Fletcher Jones Story, nominated for a BANFF World Television Award that year. While producing Mary and Max, Melanie also produced The Funk, a short film written and directed by Cris Jones which has screened at festivals worldwide. www.melodramapictures.com
Mary and Max: The Exhibition
An Australian Centre for the Moving Image touring exhibition managed by NETS Victoria
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