Alex Frayne
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Alex Frayne is an Adelaide
based Australian film director
whose films have received attention locally and abroad. He studied Film at the Flinders University of South Australia, where he met long-time collaborator and cinematographer Nick Matthews. With Matthews and school friend Tom Heuzenroeder, he formed Sputnik Films [au].
He then directed, edited, and produced his debut feature film Modern Love
in 2006. It screened at over 30 world festivals, secured theatrical releases in Australia, NZ and the UK, and was released on DVD via the Accent Underground label. In the US the film was released by Seminal Films.
Variety Magazine critic Richard Kuipers hailed the film:
He is a recognized photographer who won the 2010 Atkins SALA South Australian Living Artists Festival
Photographic Award and was semi finalist in the 2010 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize.
He plays Jazz piano
and holds of one of the world's largest rare jazz fusion
and funk music collections. He also plays competitive Texas Hold'em Poker and tennis. He is based at the South Australian Film Corporation
, and is due to direct his second feature film Texas Dolly, in mid 2011.
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
based Australian film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
whose films have received attention locally and abroad. He studied Film at the Flinders University of South Australia, where he met long-time collaborator and cinematographer Nick Matthews. With Matthews and school friend Tom Heuzenroeder, he formed Sputnik Films [au].
Biography
Alex Frayne graduated from Flinders University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1996, moving straight into production with a series of short films from 1998-2004.He then directed, edited, and produced his debut feature film Modern Love
Modern Love (film)
Modern Love is the debut feature film of award winning Australian director Alex Frayne. It was independently financed and filmed in South Australia, where the director lives and works...
in 2006. It screened at over 30 world festivals, secured theatrical releases in Australia, NZ and the UK, and was released on DVD via the Accent Underground label. In the US the film was released by Seminal Films.
Variety Magazine critic Richard Kuipers hailed the film:
"...unlike anything else in the Australian genre catalogue" destined for..."cult status..."
He is a recognized photographer who won the 2010 Atkins SALA South Australian Living Artists Festival
South Australian Living Artists Festival
The South Australian Living Artists Festival is an annual free visual arts festival in the city of Adelaide.The SALA festival includes open art studios, moving-image based art, and public art events across South Australia....
Photographic Award and was semi finalist in the 2010 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize.
He plays Jazz piano
Jazz piano
Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic and harmonic capabilities...
and holds of one of the world's largest rare jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
and funk music collections. He also plays competitive Texas Hold'em Poker and tennis. He is based at the South Australian Film Corporation
South Australian Film Corporation
South Australian Film Corporation is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972. Former State Premier Don Dunstan played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Corporation and its early film production activities....
, and is due to direct his second feature film Texas Dolly, in mid 2011.
Filmography
- La Famille (1993)
- Zoyd (1995)
- The Art of Tabloid (1997)
- Doctor by Day (2000)
- The Longing (2003) doco
- Modern Love (film)Modern Love (film)Modern Love is the debut feature film of award winning Australian director Alex Frayne. It was independently financed and filmed in South Australia, where the director lives and works...
(2006)