Edward Alexander White (born 9 October 1981) is an Australian animation writer/director and actor and co-founder of The People's Republic Of Animation

The People's Republic Of Animation

The People's Republic of Animation is an animation studio based in Adelaide, Australia. Since starting out on music videos for Australian bands in 2003, The People’s Republic of Animation has grown into a highly prolific studio creating international award-winning short films, TV commercials and...

. White won an Australian Film Institute

Australian Film Institute

The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...

 (AFI) Award for Short Animation for The Cat Piano (2009). The film was also shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Short Animated Film in 2010.

Biography

Eddie White was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He graduated from the Flinders University

Flinders University

Flinders University, , is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the South Australian coastline in the early 19th century.The university has established a reputation as a leading research...

 Drama Centre where he majored in acting. Eddie's fellow acting students include Xavier Samuel

Xavier Samuel

Xavier Samuel is an Australian actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films September, Further We Search, and Newcastle, and played Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third movie in Stephenie Meyer's The Twilight Saga film series.-Early life and education:Samuel was...

 of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse fame, Melanie Vallejo

Melanie Vallejo

- Films :* The Sculptor .... Renee* Dying Breed .... Rebecca-TV work:* Winners and Losers .... Sophie Wong* Dance Academy ABC .... Dana Strong* Packed to the Rafters Channel 7 .... Kat...

 and playwright Caleb Lewis

Caleb Lewis

Caleb Lewis is an Australian playwright raised in Melbourne and Adelaide and currently residing in Sydney.-Works:Lewis studied drama and playwriting at the Flinders University Drama Centre under playwright Verity Laughton. In 2002 he began a year-long mentorship with Nick Enright and began work on...

White made his directorial debut in 2003, writing and directing his first animated music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 The Bomb (Sixxx Legs) for Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

 unearthed band The Fuzz. He followed up in 2005 writing and co-directing his first short film, Fritz Gets Rich. He created and directed the short series Errorism: a comedy of terrors an animation that centred around a hopeless terrorist in a Betty Boop

Betty Boop

Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured in...

 style landscape. In 2006 he wrote Carnivore Reflux which he co-directed with James Calvert. The film was a Tropfest finalist

2006 Tropfest finalists

The Tropfest short film festival is held in Sydney, Australia each year. This is the List of 2006's Short Listed films and winners.Malice In WonderlandDairy Farmers Youth Award 2006Directed by Sarah Goddard and Emily-Kate Byrne...

. In 2007, he made his solo directorial debut on a short film called Sweet & Sour, a co-production with China's Shanghai Animation Film Studio

Shanghai Animation Film Studio

Shanghai Animation Film Studio is the animation division of the Shanghai Film Group Corporation in Shanghai, China. It is responsible for the production of Chinese animations.-History:...

. In 2008 he wrote and co-directed a TV pilot for Nickelodeon Australia called 'I was a teenage butterfly' with Ari Gibson featuring the voice talents of Frank Woodley

Frank Woodley

Frank Woodley is an Australian comedian who is best known for his work alongside Colin Lane as part of the comedic duo, Lano and Woodley. The two performed together for almost 20 years in live shows, a television series and an album of comedic songs, before deciding to pursue individual careers...

, Stephen Curry and Pia Miranda

Pia Miranda

Pia Miranda is an Australian, multi-award-winning actress whose career was launched with her successful 1999 role in the feature film Looking for Alibrandi, an Australian film based on the novel by Melina Marchetta....

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Recent work

Eddie White co-directed a short film called The Cat Piano

The Cat Piano

The Cat Piano is an award winning animated short film directed by Eddie White and Ari Gibson and narrated by Nick Cave.-Plot:The Cat Piano is narrated by the main character of the animated short, an anthropomorphic cat. It is clear that the narration is a poem, which the poet is typing on a...

with art director/animator Ari Gibson of The PRA. The short film is narrated by Nick Cave

Nick Cave

Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...

. It was awarded the Dendy Award for Best Short Animation at the 2009 Sydney Film Festival, the Best Short Animation award at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2009 and won both the IF and AFI awards for best short animation. It was also on the list of ten short animations shortlisted for a nomination for the 82nd Academy Awards

Academy Awards

An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...

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He is currently writing and developing several feature films.

Short films

• Fritz Gets Rich (2005)
• Carnivore Reflux (2006)
• Sweet & Sour (2007)
• The Cat Piano (2009)