Eddie White (director)

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Edward Alexander White (born 9 October 1981), known as Eddie White, is an Australian writer/director and co-founder of The People's Republic Of Animation. [1] White won an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for Short Animation for The Cat Piano (2009). The film was also shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Short Animated Film in 2010. [2]

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Biography

White was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He graduated from the Flinders University Drama Centre where he majored in Drama Performance. [3] White made his directorial debut in 2003, writing and directing his first animated music video The Bomb (Sixxx Legs) for Triple J unearthed band The Fuzz. He followed up in 2005 writing and co-directing his first short film, Fritz Gets Rich. He created and directed the short series Errorism: a comedy of terrors an animation that centred on a hopeless terrorist in a Betty Boop style landscape. In 2006 he wrote Carnivore Reflux which he co-directed with James Calvert. [4]

The film was a Tropfest finalist. In 2007, he made his solo directorial debut on a short film called Sweet & Sour, a co-production with China's Shanghai Animation Film Studio. [5]

In 2011, he left The People's Republic Of Animation who were moving into the video game and Short Form TV series market, to further pursue filmmaking, including branching out into live action. [6]

Later works

White co-directed a short film called The Cat Piano with art director/animator Ari Gibson of The PRA. The short film is narrated by Nick Cave. [7] [8] It was awarded the Dendy Award for Best Short Animation at the 2009 Sydney Film Festival, the Best Short Animation award at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2009 and won both the IF and AFI awards for best short animation. It was on the list of ten short animations shortlisted for a nomination for the 82nd Academy Awards. [9]

In 2011, he co-directed the animation for a music video (specifically for live concerts) for the track 'Easy Way Out' for Australian musical outfit Gotye with Benjamin Drake. [10] He was writing and developing a never-developed animated feature-length film with Ari Gibson as well as several live action features. [11] He has recently directed a live action short film Upside Down Feeling. [12]

Filmography

Short films

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References

  1. ↑ "The People's Republic of Animation - Film, Advertising and Video Games - About Us - About us". Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  2. ↑ New Artist-Eddie White-The Illustration Room
  3. ↑ "Adelaide animator shares secrets with Pixar in US-Brand SA News". Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Tiburon International Film Festival
  5. ↑ Tiburon International Film Festival
  6. ↑ "Adelaide animator shares secrets with Pixar in US-Brand SA News". Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Eddie White; Ari Gibson. "The Cat Piano". Catpianofilm.blogspot.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Transport & Logistics News - News Feed". If.com.au. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Academy Sets Animated Short Shortlist-IndieWire
  10. ↑ Gotye - Easy Way Out - official live visuals on Gotye's official YouTube channel
  11. ↑ Animation whiz Eddie White makes live-action debut with Odessa Young-IF Magazine
  12. ↑ Upside Down Feeling-Adelaide Film Festival
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