Glendyn Ivin

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Glendyn Ivin
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Occupation(s)Director, writer, producer
Years active2001–present

Glendyn Ivin is an Australian film and television director. [1] [2]

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Early life

Glendyn was born in Tamworth. [3] He graduated from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts in graphic design. [4] In 1998, he attended the Victorian College of the Arts, where he completed a Post Graduate diploma in documentary film. [5]

Career

In 2003, Glendyn directed his first short film, Cracker Bag, which won many awards including the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. [6] He has directed two feature films, Last Ride in 2009 and Penguin Bloom in 2020. [7]

Glendyn also directed several television series like Seven Types of Ambiguity , Safe Harbour , The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart and more. [8] [9]

Filmography

Short film

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2003Cracker BagYesYesAlso producer
2006The DesertYesYesAlso editor

Feature film

'Television

YearTitleNotes
2006 Two Twisted 1 episode
2010 Offspring 2 episodes
2012 Beaconsfield TV movie
2012 - 2014 Puberty Blues 9 episodes
2015 Gallipoli 7 episodes
2016 The Beautiful Lie 3 episodes
2017 Seven Types of Ambiguity 2 episodes
2018 Safe Harbour 4 episodes
The Cry 4 episodes
2023 The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart 7 episodes;
Also executive producer

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
2003Won Cannes Film Festival Short Film Palme d'Or Cracker Bag [6]
Won Australian Film Institute Awards Best Short Fiction Film [10]
WonBest Screenplay in a Short Film
2004Won Aspen Shortsfest Special Jury Award [11]
Won Berlin International Film Festival Best Short Film [12]
2009Won Rome Film Festival Alice in the City Prize Last Ride [13]
Nominated Australian Directors' Guild Best Direction in a Feature Film [14]
2012NominatedBest Direction in an Original Online ProjectPlayGround [15]
2013Nominated AACTA Awards Best Direction Beaconsfield [16]
2017WonBest Direction in a Drama or Comedy Seven Types of Ambiguity - Episode 2: "Alex" [17]
2018WonBest Television Direction Safe Harbour [18]
2019Won International Emmy Awards Best TV Movie or Miniseries [19]
2021NominatedAACTA AwardsBest Direction Penguin Bloom [20]
2023Nominated Camerimage TV Series Competition The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart [21]
2024NominatedAACTA AwardsBest Direction in Drama or Comedy
WonBest Miniseries [22]

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