Filmography

Director
“Recoil” 1996, “Bigger Fish to Fry” 1997, “Camera in Hand” 2000 “Capitalism” 2003, “Liebst du mich” 2004 (a collective film), “Olli” 2006, “Spitenflieger” 2007.

1991-1996 film school production: APPLESALUTE, WARDROBE, SMILE, TRANS.

Awards & Nominations
2005 OLLI (Tragic Comedy -10 min - 35mm)
Best Foreign Film, FIC Mostoles International Short Film Festival, Madrid
Deutsch Filmbewertungsstelle Prädikat “besonders wertvoll” & FBW Short film of the month - (German Film Rating Board: Especially Significant Commendation)
Honorable Mention Next Reel Film Festival, New York
Honorable Mention Jutro Film Festival Warsaw, Poland
Honorable Mention Festival of Nations Ebensee, Austria
Honorable Mention Etudia & Anima Festival Krakow Poland
Honorable Mention Sleepwalkers Film Festival, Tallin Estonia

HURT, 1999, A.F.I (Australian Film Institute) Best Editing Nomination
GOD MADE LITTLE GIRLS, 1995, Best Editing Award – Montecatini Film Festival Italy.

Co-opeterative film project
2004 “Liebst du mich” (60 min – Digital Video)
Meinblau Berlin. Inspired by “Dämonen” from Lars Noròn.

Writer
2006 HALS & BEINBRUCH (TV Sitcom) together Jörg Diernberger.
In script-development with Nostro Film, Berlin.

2005 BIG CITIES SMALL STORIES (Comedy-30 min–HD)
DIR: Christoph Lukus - in post-production

Co-writer
2002 SWIMMING UNDERGROUND MARY WORONOV (HFF-Goes Hollywood) DIR: Thorsten Trimpop (Doco -18 min – Digital Video) Locano Film Festival, Arte, RBB

Editor

*Numerous documentaries and programs for German television – listed only fiction orientated work)

2006 MORNING / EVENING / MORNING
(Doco-Drama – 23 min - 35mm) DIR: David Burrows,
Le Fresnoy National Studio of Contemporary Arts
PANORAMA 7 OUR BETTER WORLD

ZWISCHEN DEN WELTEN (Drama – 15 min – Digital Video)
DIR: Daniel Steiner. Project 11 Youth drama set on the ethnically diverse streets world of ‘Neuköln’ Berlin.

2002 SELBST SCHNITT
(Operation Art Film - 3 min Video) DIR: Wolfgang Hart. Int’ Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Kasseler Dokumentarfilm & Videofest zuviel.TV Kunst programme Berlin

2002 SWIMMING UNDERGROUND MARY WORONOV (HFF-Goes Hollywood) DIR: Thorsten Trimpop (Doco -18 min – Digital Video) Locano Film Festival, Arte, RBB

1999-2000 HURT (85 min -16mm, Super 8mm, Video) DIR: Philip Crawford
Australian Film Critics Special Award, SBS National Television, Permanent collection in ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image), Numerous commendations in international films festivals

1998 HANGER (Comedy - 5 min - Digital Video) DIR: Colin Mowbray
Sydney Tropfest Finalist, ABC TV & numerous film festivals.

1998 MINCO & MARTY MAKE A PORNO (Comedy - 8min - 16mm)
St Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne Comedy Festival

1995 GOD MADE LITTLE GIRLS” (Drama-Horror 16mm - 25 min) DIR: Andrew Mission.
St Kilda Film Festival Australia, Montecatini Film Festival Italy

Camera
1994 DESERT SURFERS. (Documentary Fiction, 16mm/Video - 45min)
Best Documentary Hawaiian Film Festival.

1994 “Body Melt” (Feature film, Horror) casting and pre-production camera.
DIR: Philip Brophy

Exhibitions
1997 KABOOM: EXPLOSIVE ANIMATION
Direction and production of ‘Microfilms & Interviews’. M.C.A Sydney (Museum of Contemporary Art) Curator: Philip Brophy

Theater & Performing Arts
2003 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN (Video Director and Design)
Staged by Berthold Schneider/Operaworks, Staatsbank Berlin

2004 HEUTE MITTAG SITZT ER NICHT IM BEIJING
(Video/Theatre Installation – 120min – Digital Video)
Director: Penelope Wehrli. Listening space with visual projection based in the the Michael Roes novel ‘der Coup der Berdache’ staged in Palace the Republic, Berlin

2003 EMILY ON THE ROCKS
(Video/Theatre Installation – 120 min – Digital Video) Director: Penelope Wehrli. Podewil Berlin.

2001-2007 various video and film works in theatre productions from director Regia Gyr,
„dopplereffekt“, „phobic inc.-auf dem rücken schwimmen“, „mlatko“, „barraccapolis“, „auf dem rücken schwimmen“, „crime+genius“, „fallwind“, „der himmel und sein dreckloch“, „alpenröcheln III“, „vorher / nachher“


About

Jack Rath began working in the Melbourne film and television industry as assistant in different departments while studying Cinema and Music at La Trobe University. After two years he transferred to a Bachelor of Media Arts in film, video, sound and art-theory at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
During this time he also kept […]

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