Jared Daperis

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Jared Daperis
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Jared Daperis on the red carpet 2018.
Born (1989-08-18) 18 August 1989 (age 34)
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationFilm Director
Years activeSince 1993
Spouse Dena Kaplan Divorced
Relatives Daniel Daperis (brother)
Website http://www.jareddaperis.com

Jared Daperis (born 18 August 1989) is an Australian film director. He has received a Young Artist Award nomination and Berlin Commercial Award Nominations.

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Early life

Daperis was born in Melbourne in 1991, the middle child of three. His father of Greek descent migrated from Egypt and his mother from the United Kingdom. Daniel Daperis is his brother.

Daperis attended Mentone Grammar School in Melbourne for his secondary education before graduating and moving to New York to study at film at New York University; throughout his childhood he performed in films and television.[ citation needed ]

Daperis returned to his directorial studies in Australia and moved to Sydney to study cinematography at AFTRS. He began his directing career as a commercial director in 2018.

Career

He began acting at an early age appearing in the AFI award-winning short film The Order (1999), directed by Aden Young, and in television series such as Lift Off , Carla Cametti PD , Ocean Star and as Little Joe Cartwright in the US series Ponderosa , the prequel to the hit TV series Bonanza . He also appeared in the Foxtel series Small Time Gangster . However, Daperis is best known for his leading role as the eponymous Squizzy Taylor, in Underbelly: Squizzy .[ citation needed ]

Feature film work includes the lead role in the Australian feature Playing For Charlie, composed by Academy Award winner Lisa Gerrard ( Gladiator (2000) and Whale Rider in 2002 for which he received critical praise [1] and the Italian jockey Frankie Dettori in The Cup (2011), based on the 2002 Melbourne Cup. He lent his voice to the sheep ensemble in the animated Paramount movie Charlotte's Web (2006).

His final acting appearance was in Network Nine's Underbelly: Squizzy series, where he played the lead, Joseph Leslie "Squizzy" Taylor, in 2012.[ citation needed ]

Appearances

Daperis (right) on the set of Small Time Gangster with director Jeffrey Walker Jeffrey Walker and Jared Daperis on set.jpg
Daperis (right) on the set of Small Time Gangster with director Jeffrey Walker

Television appearances

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015-17 House Husbands Joshua Naylor2 episodes
2016The Wizards of AusGhost Writer2 episodes
2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Charlie Street1 episode
2013 Underbelly: Squizzy Squizzy Taylor TV mini-series
2011 Small Time Gangster CharlieTV mini-series
2009 Carla Cametti PD Johnno CarrollTV series
2005 Holly’s Heroes Ralph OwenTV series
2002 Ocean Star Trent SteadmanTV series
2002 Round The Twist Barnaby Von ClappTV series
2001 Ponderosa Little Joe CartwrightTV series
1995 Lift Off Raph PontiTV series

Film appearances

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999The OrderJackFilm
2001Like Mother Like SonKenny KimesFilm
2006 Charlotte's Web Sheep V/OFilm
2008Playing For CharlieTony HobbsFilm
2011 The Cup Frankie Dettori Film
2014AdamAdamShort
2015HitShaneShort

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 The Full Monty NathanMusical Theatre
2006 Hotel Sorrento Troy MoynihanTheatre

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2016 Daniel and Jared Daperis for Gang of Youths "The Deepest Signs, the Frankest Shadows" Best Video Nominated [2]

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References

  1. "Movie: Playing for Charlie". SBS.com.au.
  2. ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 December 2019.