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Emerging Talent program

 

Julius Avery

Melbourne Airport Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award
Melbourne International Film Festival, 2006
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Julius Avery

Q&A

Q: Did you have any idea that you'd win the Melbourne Airport Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award?
JA: I was confident I had made a good film that I liked - I just didn't know if anyone else would like it. So I was more concerned about people understanding what I was trying to say than winning awards. The award itself was a very welcome surprise and has opened a lot of doors for me. Winning this award at the Melbourne International Film Festival makes people sit up and take notice.
Q: Why did you decide to become a filmmaker?
JA: Shortly after I watched The Godfather parts one and two that aired over a weekend on terrestrial TV when I was thirteen. I was hooked on the idea from then.
Q: What's special about the Melbourne International Film Festival?
JA: It's great to get like-minded people all together in Melbourne. It's not something that happens very often. You get to meet a lot of filmmakers some of whom become your friends for life.
Q: Who is your favourite Director?
JA: I'm a huge fan of early Martin Scorsese.
Q: Who or what inspires your work?
JA: I draw my inspiration from life. The best stories are the personal ones that only you could tell.
Q: Favourite film and why?
JA: Easy. Star Wars. I love that film because it reminds me of a time long ago... when I was kid and not so bloody serious.
Q: Best and worst things about being a filmmaker?
JA: Solving problems & solving problems. Filmmakers are equally cursed and blessed.
Q: Interests outside of movie-making?
JA: Long, long walks and Melbourne is the perfect place for it.

Julius Avery is a Melburnian writer/director and the 2006 winner of the Melbourne Airport Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award. His winning film 'End of Town' is a drama set against the bleak backdrop of an isolated country landscape.

Since winning the award, Julius has become acknowledged as a rising star. Julius has taken his talents around the world, at festivals such as Jackson Hole (USA), Raindance (UK) and Palm Springs (USA). Julius is committed to telling uniquely Australian stories that will resonate with wider audiences.

Julius has recently taken his talents to the small screen directing three memorable television commercials for the Traffic Accident Commission.

His next major film 'The Tank' will be released later this year.

Julius Avery accepting his award
 
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