Damon Gameau

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Damon Gameau
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Gameau at the Save Your Legs! premiere in Sydney, Australia, February 2013
Born
Damon Gameau

1982 (age 4243)
Education National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
Occupation(s)Actor, director, and producer
Notable work That Sugar Film
2040
Spouse
(m. 2016)
Children2

Damon Gameau (born 1982) is an Australian actor, director, and producer, known for his documentaries That Sugar Film and 2040 . Gameau has also appeared in a number of award-winning TV shows and films, such as Love My Way , The Tracker, and Balibo . [1] [2]

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Early life

Damon Gameau was born in 1982 and was and raised in Adelaide, Australia. In 1997, he attended National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). [3]

Career

Gameau graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1999. [2] [4]

In 2011, he won the short film competition, Tropfest with his animation 'Animal Beatbox'.

In 2014, he announced the production of the documentary That Sugar Film in which he relates the dire mood swings and weight gain he experienced after taking on the low-fat, high-sugar diet for 60 days. [5] Gameau wrote a companion book for the film, That Sugar Book, which reached the top of the Health & Well-being best-seller lists in Australia. [6]

That Sugar Film is the highest-grossing Australian documentary released in cinemas across Australia and New Zealand.

His most recent film, 2040 , is a documentary presented as a letter to his 4-year-old daughter showing her what the world could look like in 2040 if the best solutions to many of the world's environmental challenges are put into action. It premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and has recently become one of the highest grossing Australian documentaries of all time in Australia. He also wrote an accompanying book, 2040: Handbook for the Regeneration.

He appeared in the 2009 feature film Balibo , in which he plays the part of Seven Network reporter Greg Shackleton. [7] [8] He starred as Scotsman Andy Maher in the Australian TV miniseries Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities . [2]

Gameau starred as Sonny in the Australian movie Thunderstruck , a tale of a group of friends and their devotion to AC/DC and in particular Bon Scott. [9]

He appeared in RTÉ's latest Irish drama, Raw , based in an exclusive Dublin restaurant. [10] playing the head chef Geoff Mitchell from Seasons 1 to 5. Gameau portrayed a homosexual character and received great praise for his performance throughout his time on the series. He also starred in Spirited as Adrian Brixton alongside Claudia Karvan and Matt King. [11]

In 2012, he featured in both episodes of the drama-miniseries Howzat! Kerry Packer's War as Australian batsman Greg Chappell.

In 2013, he appeared in an episode of Wentworth as Mark Pearson.

Gameau is married to Winners and Losers actress, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith. Together they have 2 children.

Awards and honours

Gameau was nominated for NSW Australian of the Year in 2020 for his work in creating 'the Regeneration' movement which is associated with his film 2040 .

His first documentary feature, That Sugar Film , was selected for Berlin Film Festival [ citation needed ] and IDFA.[ citation needed ]. The film was nominated for the AACTA award for best feature-length documentary. [13] It is still the highest grossing Australian documentary of all time across Australia and New Zealand.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
2002 The Tracker The FollowerFeature film
2003The 13th HouseMark WatermanFilm
2004 Thunderstruck SonnyFeature film
2006Court of Lonely RoyalsHolden JanicowskyFilm
2007 Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance NeilMockumentary film
2009 Balibo Greg ShackletonFeature film
2012 Save Your Legs! StavFeature film
2013 Patrick: Evil Awakens Ed PenhaligonFeature film
2013 Charlie's Country Darwin Hospital NurseFeature film
2014 That Sugar Film HimselfDocumentary film
2019 2040 HimselfDocumentary film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
2001 Going Home ShaneTV series
2002 White Collar Blue Michael CarlTV series
2004 Love My Way FelixTV series
2007 How I Met Your Mother Australian BackpackerTV series
2008-13 Raw Geoff MitchellTV series, season 1-5
2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Andy MaherTV series
2010 Spirited Adrian BrixtonTV series
2011 SLiDE AshTV series
2012 Howzat! Kerry Packer's War Greg ChappellTV miniseries
2012 Puberty Blues LarryTV series
2013 Mr & Mrs Murder Tom Di BiasiTV miniseries
2013 Wentworth Mark PearsonTV miniseries
2014 Secrets & Lies Dave CarrollTV miniseries
2015 Gallipoli Keith MurdochTV miniseries
2015 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Dr. Allen PerkinsTV series
2016 Barracuda Ben WhitterTV miniseries
2016 The Kettering Incident Jens JorgenssonTV miniseries

References

  1. Damon Gameau at IMDb
  2. 1 2 3 "Damon Gameau (Andy Maher)". Nine Network. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  3. "Damon Gameau… Appreciating His Kingdom". [[The Beast (Sydney magazine)|]]. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  4. Damon Gameau – Biography at IMDb
  5. That Sugar Film director Damon Gameau receives shocking diagnosis after going on healthy sugar diet for just 60 days The Independent, 21 November 2014
  6. "That Sugar Book | That Sugar Film". Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  7. "BALIBO IN PRODUCTION". Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  8. "Damon Gameau writes 'Australia'". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  9. "Thunderstruck". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 12 May 2004. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  10. RTÉ Television – RAW Archived 16 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Spirited Biography [ permanent dead link ]
  12. "2007 Sydney Underground Film Festival: Award Winners". Underground Film Journal. 29 September 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  13. "5th AACTA Awards". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . Retrieved 4 December 2020.