Domiciled:

Noumea, New Caledonia

Can travel / relocate:

Yes

Contact:

contact@jamesrobertson.info

Personal Website:

www.jamesrobertson.info

IMDB:

www.imdb.com/name/nm2394516/

Education:

Master in Film & Television (Narrative), Victorian College of the Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne, 2010.
Postgraduate Diploma Film & Television (Narrative), Victorian College of the Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne, 2009.

Recognition:

Quarter Finalist: Slamdance Screenwriting Competition, 2011.
Nominated: Best Director; Best Picture (short); Maverick Movie Awards, USA, September 2011.
Won: Professional Excellence Award; Show Us Your Shorts program, Warburton Film Festival,
Best Graduate Diploma Production 2009
for ‘Simon’.
Script award 2009.
Commonwealth Supported Places (C.S.P.) scholarships to the VCA 2009 & 2010.

Born in 1968 in Melbourne. Raised in western Victoria near Hamilton. Married with four children. Currently living in Nouema, New Caledonia. Spent 15 years in France. Wrote two of the episodes to Bryan Brown’s channel 9 TV series ‘Two Twisted’, aired in 2006.
Gained representation with RGM in 2006. In 2007 employed to adapt the books of Mary Moody for David Hanney (producing) and Di Drew (directing).
In 2008 applied to VCA. Attended and completed graduate diploma in film and TV in 2009, obtaining a scholarship, and winning both the script award and prize for best grad. Dip. Film of that year.
Returned to the VCA in 2010 to complete a Masters degree in Film and TV.

Film Credits:

Production:

Abraham

Featuring:

Tom Long, Natalia Novikova, Scott Werkmeister

Writer/Director:

James Robertson

Producer:

Lee Matthews

Cinematographer:

Ellery Ryan ACS

Release Date:

December 2010

Type:

Short film

Running Time:

13mins 44sec

Shooting Format:

RED-MX

Release Format:

HDcam 16:9 letterboxed to 1:2.35

Logline:

This short film is a contemporary retelling of God’s test of Abraham

Recognition:

Official Selection: Portugal Underground Film Festival, June 2012.
Official Selection: San Diego Christian Film Festival, USA, December 2011.
Redemptive Storytelling Award' from Redemptive Film Festival, Virginia USA, November 2011.
Winner: Best Cinematography;
Best Editing; Maverick Movie Awards, USA, September 2011.
Nominated: Best Actor; Female Actor; Supporting Actor; Sound Design; Best Director; Best Picture (short); Maverick Movie Awards, USA, September 2011.
Official Selection: Mudfest, Australia, August 2011
Awarded: Professional Excellence Award, Show Us Your Shorts program, Warburton Film Festival, Australia, June 2011
Official Selection: Melbourne University Film Society, May 2011
Official Selection: St Kilda Film Festival, May 2011
Premiere: ACMI Federation Square, Dec 2010

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Production:

Simon

Release Date:

2009

Writer/Director:

James Robertson

Producer:

Nickolas Bird

Cinematographer:

Tim Metherall

Type:

Short film

Running Time:

7mins 30secs

Shooting Format:

16mm

Release Format:

DigiBeta

Logline:

A young autistic boy learns a lesson in life and a lesson about who he is

Role:

Writer – Director – Editor.

Production:

The Beast

Release Date:

2009

Writer/Director:

James Robertson

Type:

Short film

Running Time:

3mins 30secs

Shooting Format:

HD

Release Format:

DigiBeta

Logline:

Two Dads retell stories about the joys and sorrows of fatherhood

Role:

Writer – Director – Editor.

Production:

Von Stauffenberg’s Stamp – Two Twisted

Release Date:

2006

Writer:

James Robertson

Director:

Glendyn Ivin

Producers:

Bryan Brown, Karen Radzyner & Helen Watts

Cinematographer:

Geoffrey Hall

Type:

TV series

Running Time:

30mins

Shooting Format:

16mm

Logline:

Two bumbling sticks-in-the-mud set out to authenticate a famed stamp

Role:

Writer.

Production:

Soft Boiled Luck – Two Twisted

Release Date:

2006

Writer:

James Robertson

Director:

Brendan Donovan

Producer:

Bryan Brown, Karen Radzyner & Helen Watts

Cinematographer:

Geoffrey Hall

Type:

TV series

Running Time:

30mins

Shooting Format:

16mm

Logline:

In the future a man is accused of killing his wife, problem is his clone is as well.

Role:

Writer.