You Should Have Been Here Yesterday (2023)
Feature Documentary
“Took me back… way back!” - Peter McCabe, Surfing Legend
“Genuinely extraordinary… a gold mine of majestic images.” – Monty Webber, Tracks Magazine
“A hell of a yarn… drop-dead gorgeous.” – Graeme Tuckett, Stuff NZ
You Should Have Been Here Yesterday combines hundreds of hours of lovingly-restored 16mm surf film footage with a salt-infused soundscape and wisdoms from Australia’s Gurus, Outsider Artists and Intuitives to tell the story of a wild community who took off up the coast and discovered a whole new way to live.
Adelaide Film Festival 2023
Brisbane International Film Festival 2023
CinefestOZ Albany 2024
Sydney Film Festival 2024
Melbourne International Film Festival 2024
Perth Revelation Film Festival 2024
Byron Bay International Film Festival 2024
Finalist – Documentary Australia Award | Sydney Film Festival 2024
Watandar, My Countryman (2022)
Feature Documentary
“A marvellous film. Loved it.” – Dev Patel
“Documentary magic. It touches the soul.” – David Minear, Former Chair South Australian Film Corporation
“A journey through sadness, hope and sparkling laughter.” – Becc Bates, Director Creative Industries, Dept Industry, Innovation & Science SA
“Excellent… a pleasure to experience.” – David Stratton
When former Afghan Refugee Muzafar Ali, discovers that Afghans have been an integral part of Australia for over 160 years, he begins to photograph their descendants in a search to define his own new Afghan-Australian identity. Then the Taliban take over Afghanistan and his old country comes calling.
Finalist – Feature Documentary of the Year | Screen Producers Australia Awards 2022
Adelaide Film Festival 2022
Screenwave International Film Festival 2023
Castlemaine Documentary Festival 2023
CinefestOZ 2023
The Staging Post (2017)
Feature Documentary
“A truly moving piece of cinema” – Nick Valentine
“Uplifting and unforgettable” – Philippa Byers
“Full of wisdom and humour” – Eileen O'Brien
In 2013 the Australian Government ‘stopped the boats’. At the time I was living in Jakarta and wanted to know more, so I drove to the boats’ staging post in Indonesia. Who were the refugees? Where did they come from? And what were they going to do now?
The Staging Post follows two Afghan Hazara refugees, Muzafar and Khadim. Stuck in Indonesia and facing many years in limbo, they built a community and started the school which inspired a refugee education revolution.
A real-life, real-time, multi-platform documentary. The Staging Post is about friendship, connection and the power of community.
Purchase on Vimeo
Stories from Aceh: 10 Years after the Tsunami (2014)
30 min Documentary
Over 220,000 people died in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, 160,000 of those were from Aceh. Ten years later, in their own words, we follow the lives of the Aceh locals and their stories of reconstruction.
On permanent display at the Aceh Tsunami Museum, Banda Aceh.
Nigerian Stories (2011-2014)
Documentary Web Series
Between 2011-2014 I was lucky enough to spend three years living in Nigeria, West Africa.
During that time I filmed in 24 of 36 states and completed many short development films. Working with Partnerships in the Niger Delta (PIND) I proposed, created and managed a film production and training facility in Warri, a post-conflict region of the Niger Delta.
As I travelled I began to make these short web-docs about some of my favourite people and places in this fascinating country.
THIEVERY CORPORATION - LIVE AT THE 9:30 CLUB (2011)
Feature Documentary/Concert Film
"The most visually interesting concert film since Stop Making Sense"
Thievery Corporation: Live At The 9:30 Club is the first ever live concert film from Thievery Corporation. TC's eclectic ensemble weaves in and out of the band's musical history while delivering a beautiful and engaging visual experience. This is an intimate account of the band and a dazzling recording of one of the world's most unique musical stage-shows.
Screened on The Documentary Channel (USA).
SEARCHING FOR MICHAEL PETERSON (2009)
Feature Documentary
There is a fine line between madness and genius.
Between 1972 and 1977 Michael Peterson won virtually every surfing contest in Australia. He was, and is, our outsider hero. His exploits lie at the very core of Australian surfing folklore.
Searching for Michael Peterson screened up and down the east coast of Australia, the east and west coast’s of the US and around the UK and Europe.
Finalist Best Documentary IF AWARDS 2009
Finalist Best Documentary ST KILDA FILM FESTIVAL 2009
Nominated Best Documentary ATOM AWARDS 2009
Finalist Best Documentary NEW YORK SURF FILM FESTIVAL 2009
Screened BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2011
Screened AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR THE MOVING IMAGE
NUMBER ONE FAN (2007)
Short Documentary
“It was terrific. Great memories. Made me cry." - Arthur Beetson (Rugby League Immortal)
What is lost when one man's football team is sold? The story of Australian Rugby League's greatest fan, Laurie Nichols
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THE MORROWIND BABIES (2006)
Feature Documentary
Produced by Think Film Inc.
This documentary followed the making of blockbuster role-playing computer game Oblivion. It was sold as part of the collector’s edition and watched by over 5 million people.
Radio Retaliation feat. Sleepy Wonder - Thievery Corporation (2008)
Music Video
Sweet Tides feat. Loulou - Thievery Corporation (2008)
Music Video
The Numbers Game feat. Chuck Brown - Thievery Corporation (2008)
Music Video
The Wolf feat. Jake - The Baggsmen (2007)
Music Video
The Time We Lost Our Way feat. Loulou - Thievery Corporation (2005)
Music Video
Revolution (dir: Sean Kruck) - Gelbison (2003)
Music Video
Mad Max is Nobody
Multi-screen Installation
