Closer Productions

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Closer Productions
Company typePrivate company
IndustryFilm, television
Founded2004;20 years ago (2004)
Founder Sophie Hyde & Bryan Mason
Headquarters Adelaide, South Australia
ProductsFilm and television production
Website closerproductions.com.au

Closer Productions is a film and television production company founded by filmmakers Sophie Hyde and Bryan Mason in Adelaide, South Australia, in January 2004. It is known for award-winning feature films such as 52 Tuesdays (2013) and Animals (2019), as well as television series and documentary films.

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History

Closer Productions was founded by Hyde and Mason, who are personal as well as professional partners, [1] having both graduated from Flinders University in 1997. [2] They began Closer Productions in 2004 [3] and produced their first work under the Closer banner in 2005. [1]

Writer Matthew Cormack joined the pair soon afterwards, and Matthew Bate came in 2010; [1] both of them are Flinders graduates too. [2] Previously, Bate had his own company, Plexus Films, but after working on separate projects after winning FilmLab funding, with Bate having his short film The Mystery of Flying Kicks, he and the Closer team decided to amalgamate. [3]

Closer Productions was registered as a private company on 28 January 2010. [4] Producer Rebecca Summerton (also a Flinders graduate [2] ) joined the company shortly after the merger. [3]

Description

The company is located in the inner Adelaide suburb of Glenside, sharing the historic former administration building of Glenside Hospital with Adelaide Studios, which are managed by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC). [5]

The company is self-described as a "collective of film-makers". As of 2021, in addition to the four directors, Hyde, Mason (editor, DOP, producer, director [6] ), Cormack (writer, sales/delivery [7] ), Summerton (producer [8] ), and Bate (writer, director [9] ), other members of the team include editor, designer, and visual effects creator Raynor Pettge, [10] emerging director and screenwriter Matt Vesely, [11] [5] (another Flinders graduate [2] ) and director Maya Newell ( Gayby Baby , In My Blood It Runs). [12] [5]

Closer Services creates promotional films for industry clients and projects documenting various aspects of arts and architecture, [13] including for clients such as the Adelaide Festival and the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA). [3] They created a series of videos for the 2020 Tarnanthi exhibition at AGSA, which included profiles of Ernabella Arts, Iwantja Arts and Tjala Arts. [14]

Grants and mentoring

In September 2020, Closer Productions and the Adelaide Film Festival announced a "new grants program aiming to broaden accessibility to the Australian filmmaking industry for artists from underrepresented communities". Four selected emerging filmmakers would be awarded A$5,000 as well as the opportunity to participate in three workshops with the Closer Productions team. [15] [16]

Selected filmography

Feature fiction

Television series

Short films and documentaries

Awards

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  7. ↑ Matthew Cormack at IMDb
  8. ↑ "Rebecca Summerton appointed to SAFC Board". SAFC. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Matthew Bate at IMDb
  10. ↑ Raynor Pettge at IMDb
  11. ↑ Matt Vesely at IMDb
  12. ↑ Maya Newell at IMDb
  13. ↑ "Closer Services". Closer Productions. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "Tarnanthi 2020 Videos". AGSA – The Art Gallery of South Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  15. ↑ Von Einem, Johnny (28 September 2020). "Closer Productions and Adelaide Film Festival announce grants for underrepresented filmmakers". CityMag. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  16. ↑ "Closer Productions & Adelaide Film Festival announce grants for underrepresented voices". Glam Adelaide. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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  18. ↑ Fucking Adelaide at IMDb
  19. ↑ "F*!#ing Adelaide". ABC iview. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  20. ↑ Beyond Beliefs: Muslims & Non-Muslims in Australia at IMDb
  21. ↑ Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure at IMDb
  22. ↑ Sam Klemke's Time Machine at IMDb
  23. ↑ My Best Friend Is Stuck on the Ceiling at IMDb
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