Dan Ilic
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Dan Ilic is an Australia
n presenter, comedian
and filmmaker. Ilic has been known for his parody work, including videos and Beaconsfield: The Musical, which he authored, and more recently for his work on the show Hungry Beast
.
and eventually joined the production team in 1994 as a junior producer at the age of 13. Dan spent 11 years performing and producing Cumberland Gang Show, and in the late nineties he was also was regular fixture in Sydney's amateur musical theatre scene.
At Macquarie University he performed in several shows including, Chris McDonald’s The Beatification Of Newt Berton and the Great Viagra Robbery which performed with Heath Franklin
, and James Pender. The show toured to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
and a short run in Canberra in 2003.
Dan Ilic was also part of the university sketch comedy The 3rd Degree
which formed the base of the Network Ten’s cult sketch comedy television show The Ronnie Johns Half Hour
which Dan was not only a cast member, and writer, but also animated and produced several sketches.
In 2007 he started the Sydney sketch comedy club night Comicide and in 2008 toured a “best of” the show, Comicide: Death By Funny, to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
.
Ilic is currently a reporter/presenter on the Andrew Denton
produced show Hungry Beast
, aired on ABC1
, and as a writer/performer on Can Of Worms on Network Ten. After Hungry Beast finished its second season in 2010, Ilic was one of nine members of the team to be selected by Denton to develop online content for Zapruder's Other Films.
Other television appearances include Romper Room
(Seven Network
), 9am with David & Kim (Network Ten
), 4 Corners (ABC-TV
), and ADbc
(Special Broadcasting Service
)
in late 2008, focused on the media circus
that surrounded the events of the 2006 Beaconsfield mine collapse
. The show received strong reviews, but its original title, Beaconsfield: A Musical in A Flat Minor, was strongly criticised, leading to the change in name.
and Charlie Pickering
. He has also filmed and produced a selection of short video parodies, along with other related online work. These have included filming and editing for the Axis of Awesome's Election '07 Rap Battle; an anti-web censorship advertisement, Censordyne, produced for GetUp
; a parody website describing a fake television series about the murder of Michael McGurk; and a parody video of the Freeview advertising campaign produced for Massage My Medium, a comedy stand-up routine featuring Ilic and Marc Fennell
, which in turn was removed from YouTube when it was accused of being a copyright violation, as the work employed footage from the advertisement being parodied.
At times his work has been the subject of criticism – his parody of the Where the bloody hell are you? advertising campaign, designed to attract tourists to Australia
, received threats of legal action from Tourism Australia
. Ilic was also behind Vicroads' controversial "Don't be a dickhead" campaign, which makes fun of "gingers" and "emos" in an attempt to create awareness of using mobile phones while driving.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n presenter, comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
and filmmaker. Ilic has been known for his parody work, including videos and Beaconsfield: The Musical, which he authored, and more recently for his work on the show Hungry Beast
Hungry Beast
Hungry Beast is an Australian television program, that is broadcast on Wednesday nights on ABC1 and repeated on Thursday night on ABC2. It is produced by Andrew Denton's production company,...
.
Performing
Ilic started his performing career with Cumberland Gang ShowGang Show
A Gang Show is a theatrical performance with a cast of youth members of Scouts and sometimes Guides too, by invitation. Adult leaders and parents help out behind the scenes. The aim of the shows is to give young people in Scouting and Guiding the opportunity to develop performance skills and...
and eventually joined the production team in 1994 as a junior producer at the age of 13. Dan spent 11 years performing and producing Cumberland Gang Show, and in the late nineties he was also was regular fixture in Sydney's amateur musical theatre scene.
At Macquarie University he performed in several shows including, Chris McDonald’s The Beatification Of Newt Berton and the Great Viagra Robbery which performed with Heath Franklin
Heath Franklin
-Career:He is most recognized for his characters from The Ronnie Johns Half Hour sketch comedy TV show; and for his appearances as himself on ABC TV's Spicks and Specks, Working Dog's Thank God You're Here and in New Zealand, as regular guest panellist on 7 Days....
, and James Pender. The show toured to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the third-largest international comedy festival in the world and the largest cultural event in Australia. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks in April typically opening on or around April Fool's Day...
and a short run in Canberra in 2003.
Dan Ilic was also part of the university sketch comedy The 3rd Degree
The 3rd Degree
The 3rd Degree is an Australian sketch comedy show that played at the Big Laugh Festival and Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2004 and 2005. The show features material and performers from student revues at the University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland and Macquarie...
which formed the base of the Network Ten’s cult sketch comedy television show The Ronnie Johns Half Hour
The Ronnie Johns Half Hour
The Ronnie Johns Half Hour is an Australian sketch comedy show produced by Jigsaw Entertainment and the Ten Network, which premiered in October 2005...
which Dan was not only a cast member, and writer, but also animated and produced several sketches.
In 2007 he started the Sydney sketch comedy club night Comicide and in 2008 toured a “best of” the show, Comicide: Death By Funny, to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the third-largest international comedy festival in the world and the largest cultural event in Australia. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks in April typically opening on or around April Fool's Day...
.
Ilic is currently a reporter/presenter on the Andrew Denton
Andrew Denton
Andrew Christopher Denton is an Australian television producer, comedian, Gold Logie-nominated television presenter and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's weekly television interview program Enough Rope. He is known for his comedy and interviewing technique...
produced show Hungry Beast
Hungry Beast
Hungry Beast is an Australian television program, that is broadcast on Wednesday nights on ABC1 and repeated on Thursday night on ABC2. It is produced by Andrew Denton's production company,...
, aired on ABC1
ABC1
ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on...
, and as a writer/performer on Can Of Worms on Network Ten. After Hungry Beast finished its second season in 2010, Ilic was one of nine members of the team to be selected by Denton to develop online content for Zapruder's Other Films.
Other television appearances include Romper Room
Romper Room
Romper Room is a children's television series that ran in the United States from 1953 to 1994 as well as at various times in Australia, Canada, Japan, Puerto Rico, New Zealand and the United Kingdom...
(Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
), 9am with David & Kim (Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
), 4 Corners (ABC-TV
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
), and ADbc
ADbc
ADbc is an Australian television comedy history quiz show hosted by Sam Pang. It was first broadcast on SBS One in 2009.-Summary:There are two teams of two contestants, the AD team and the bc team. Each team consists of an academic and a celebrity working together in an attempt to win the game...
(Special Broadcasting Service
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
)
Beaconsfield: The Musical
Ilic's production Beaconsfield: The Musical, which premiered in MelbourneMelbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in late 2008, focused on the media circus
Media circus
Media circus is a colloquial metaphor, or idiom, describing a news event where the media coverage is perceived to be out of proportion to the event being covered, such as the number of reporters at the scene, the amount of news media published or broadcast, and the level of media hype...
that surrounded the events of the 2006 Beaconsfield mine collapse
Beaconsfield mine collapse
The Beaconsfield Mine collapse occurred on 25 April 2006 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia. Of the 17 people who were in the mine at the time, 14 escaped immediately following the collapse, one was killed and the remaining two were found alive using a remote-controlled device...
. The show received strong reviews, but its original title, Beaconsfield: A Musical in A Flat Minor, was strongly criticised, leading to the change in name.
Directing
In 2008 Dan moved to melbourne to direct The Comedy Channel's satirical news program, The Mansion staring Michael ChamberlinMichael Chamberlin (comedian)
Michael Chamberlin is a Melbourne-based stand up comedian. Along with fellow comedian Charlie Pickering, Michael was a co-creator of influential Melbourne comedy room Stagetime....
and Charlie Pickering
Charlie Pickering
Charlie Pickering he grew up in Melbourne, Australia and attended an Independent Anglican Boys' School; Brighton Grammar...
. He has also filmed and produced a selection of short video parodies, along with other related online work. These have included filming and editing for the Axis of Awesome's Election '07 Rap Battle; an anti-web censorship advertisement, Censordyne, produced for GetUp
GetUp
GetUp! is a left-leaning Australian activist group that campaigns on issues important to its members. It was launched in August 2005, the week that the Coalition took control of the Australian Senate....
; a parody website describing a fake television series about the murder of Michael McGurk; and a parody video of the Freeview advertising campaign produced for Massage My Medium, a comedy stand-up routine featuring Ilic and Marc Fennell
Marc Fennell
- Film reviewing :In 2002, Fennell was a winner of the first AFI Young Film Critics Competition. He then became the film critic and reporter for Sydney radio station FBi Radio from 2003-2006....
, which in turn was removed from YouTube when it was accused of being a copyright violation, as the work employed footage from the advertisement being parodied.
At times his work has been the subject of criticism – his parody of the Where the bloody hell are you? advertising campaign, designed to attract tourists to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, received threats of legal action from Tourism Australia
Tourism Australia
Tourism Australia is a statutory authority of the Government of Australia, with responsibility for tourism marketing within Australia and internationally, as well as research and forecasting of domestic and global tourism trends...
. Ilic was also behind Vicroads' controversial "Don't be a dickhead" campaign, which makes fun of "gingers" and "emos" in an attempt to create awareness of using mobile phones while driving.
External links
- “The Official Dan Ilic” website
- Adams Management Dan Ilic's agent - Liz Adams
- “The Ronnie Johns Half Hour website
- A story about “Beaconsfield: A Musical In a-flat Minor”
- A story about “Beaconsfield: A musical in a-flat minor”
- An Interview conducted with Ben Grubb from Tech Wired Australia about Dan’s “Freeview Spoof”
- Downwind Media Ilic’s viral video and media production company
- Box Cutters Interview An interview with Dan Ilic and Marc FennellMarc Fennell- Film reviewing :In 2002, Fennell was a winner of the first AFI Young Film Critics Competition. He then became the film critic and reporter for Sydney radio station FBi Radio from 2003-2006....
about the Massage My Medium - Beaconsfield: The Musical – The Age A review of the 2009 MICF production of Beaconsfield: The Musical
- An article on the controversy surrounding the "Don't be a dickhead" campaign