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Aliases: Иван Сен

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Nambour, Queensland, Australia

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Movie Involvements: 100

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Mystery Road
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6

Mystery Road

(2013) Writer
Goldstone
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6

Goldstone

(2016) Writer
Mystery Road: Origin
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8

Mystery Road: Origin

(2022) Executive Producer
Mystery Road
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7

Mystery Road

(2018) Executive Producer
Limbo
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6

Limbo

(2023) Writer
Loveland
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5

Loveland

(2022) Writer
Beneath Clouds
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6

Beneath Clouds

(2002) Writer
Toomelah
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7

Toomelah

(2011) Writer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
Year Character Movie/Tv

Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Director of Photography
2022 Director of Photography
2016 Director of Photography
2013 Director of Photography
2011 Director of Photography
Director of Photography
2009 Director of Photography
2007 Director of Photography
2006 Director of Photography
2005 Director of Photography
2000 Director of Photography
1998 Director of Photography
1997 Director of Photography
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Editing

Production

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Original Music Composer
2022 Original Music Composer
2016 Original Music Composer
2013 Original Music Composer
2011 Original Music Composer
2009 Original Music Composer
Sound Editor
2007 Original Music Composer
Music
2002 Original Music Composer
Music Producer
1999 Original Music Composer
1998 Original Music Composer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Lighting

Year Role Movie/Tv
2002 Gaffer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Art

Year Role Movie/Tv
2002 Title Illustration
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1997 Post Production Supervisor
Year Role Movie/Tv

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