Adam Elliot
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- Birth Place
- Berwick, Victoria, Australia
LEGACY & ORIGINS
Born Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Education The Victorian College of the Arts.
Known for Clayographies – Clay Animated Biographies
Notable work Mary and Max, Harvie Krumpet, Memoir of a Snail, Ernie Biscuit, Uncle, Cousin, Brother
Awards Academy Award, Five Australian Film Institute Awards, Young Achiever of the Year for Victoria – 1999, Australian of the Year Award
Adam Benjamin Elliot is an Australian animator and filmmaker based in Melbourne. Established as an independent auteur of minimalistic narrative-driven films in animation, all of his films have generally use of tragicomedy genre with themes of bittersweet nature and psychological development to the characters; based loosely on his family and friends, each of his films is considered a Clayography – a portmanteau genre of clay animation and biography, coined by himself.
Adam Benjamin Elliot was born in Berwick, Victoria, and raised in the Australian outback on a prawn farm by his father, Noel, a retired acrobatic clown, and his mother Valerie, a hairdresser; he has three siblings, Samantha, Luke and Joshua. After the farm went bankrupt, Elliot's father moved the family to the city of Melbourne, where he bought a small hardware shop.
Education The Victorian College of the Arts.
Known for Clayographies – Clay Animated Biographies
Notable work Mary and Max, Harvie Krumpet, Memoir of a Snail, Ernie Biscuit, Uncle, Cousin, Brother
Awards Academy Award, Five Australian Film Institute Awards, Young Achiever of the Year for Victoria – 1999, Australian of the Year Award
Adam Benjamin Elliot is an Australian animator and filmmaker based in Melbourne. Established as an independent auteur of minimalistic narrative-driven films in animation, all of his films have generally use of tragicomedy genre with themes of bittersweet nature and psychological development to the characters; based loosely on his family and friends, each of his films is considered a Clayography – a portmanteau genre of clay animation and biography, coined by himself.
Adam Benjamin Elliot was born in Berwick, Victoria, and raised in the Australian outback on a prawn farm by his father, Noel, a retired acrobatic clown, and his mother Valerie, a hairdresser; he has three siblings, Samantha, Luke and Joshua. After the farm went bankrupt, Elliot's father moved the family to the city of Melbourne, where he bought a small hardware shop.
Life & Career Details
Born Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Education The Victorian College of the Arts.
Known for Clayographies – Clay Animated Biographies
Notable work Mary and Max, Harvie Krumpet, Memoir of a Snail, Ernie Biscuit, Uncle, Cousin, Brother
Awards Academy Award, Five Australian Film Institute Awards, Young Achiever of the Year for Victoria – 1999, Australian of the Year Award
Adam Benjamin Elliot is an Australian animator and filmmaker based in Melbourne. Established as an independent auteur of minimalistic narrative-driven films in animation, all of his films have generally use of tragicomedy genre with themes of bittersweet nature and psychological development to the characters; based loosely on his family and friends, each of his films is considered a Clayography – a portmanteau genre of clay animation and biography, coined by himself.
Adam Benjamin Elliot was born in Berwick, Victoria, and raised in the Australian outback on a prawn farm by his father, Noel, a retired acrobatic clown, and his mother Valerie, a hairdresser; he has three siblings, Samantha, Luke and Joshua. After the farm went bankrupt, Elliot's father moved the family to the city of Melbourne, where he bought a small hardware shop.
Education The Victorian College of the Arts.
Known for Clayographies – Clay Animated Biographies
Notable work Mary and Max, Harvie Krumpet, Memoir of a Snail, Ernie Biscuit, Uncle, Cousin, Brother
Awards Academy Award, Five Australian Film Institute Awards, Young Achiever of the Year for Victoria – 1999, Australian of the Year Award
Adam Benjamin Elliot is an Australian animator and filmmaker based in Melbourne. Established as an independent auteur of minimalistic narrative-driven films in animation, all of his films have generally use of tragicomedy genre with themes of bittersweet nature and psychological development to the characters; based loosely on his family and friends, each of his films is considered a Clayography – a portmanteau genre of clay animation and biography, coined by himself.
Adam Benjamin Elliot was born in Berwick, Victoria, and raised in the Australian outback on a prawn farm by his father, Noel, a retired acrobatic clown, and his mother Valerie, a hairdresser; he has three siblings, Samantha, Luke and Joshua. After the farm went bankrupt, Elliot's father moved the family to the city of Melbourne, where he bought a small hardware shop.
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