Wayne Coles-Janess
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Wayne Coles-Janess is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning producer
, writer
and director
of drama and documentary
programs. Producing film
s that define humanity in international situations and engage audiences across cultures and nations.
.
received an AFI (Australian Film Institute
) nomination. One of Australia most successful productions, with screenings at the world's most highly regarded film festivals including Clemont – Ferrand, Mannheim, Chicago and entertaining audiences at more than 150 international festivals from Turkey to San Francisco Golden Gate Awards.
The international award-winning feature In the Shadow of the Palms
– Iraq is a unique film. The only documentary
shot during the last weeks of Saddam’s
Government, it follows the characters into “Operation Shock and Awe” and into war. The last third of the film is based on the return to Iraq
to document changes in life and society with the newly elected Iraqi Government
in place.
It is the first Australian film
in international competition for more than 12 years.
It is only the third Australian film
in past 15 years to meet the standards for the highly competitive Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
: held every two years, only 15 Films from around the globe are selected for this prestigious festival. In the Shadow of the Palms
was voted the most popular film, winning the Audience Award.
Screening at over 35 international film festivals, Bougainville - Our Island Our Fight has won numerous international awards including Best Documentary, Best Video Production and Audience Awards, and defined the path forward for a peaceful political resolution to the 12 year war in Bougainville
.
His documentary Life at the End of the Rainbow
gives an honest and authentic account of life for people living on the land. It attained the second highest rating in ABC
’s prestigious True Stories documentary slot. Life at the End of the Rainbow
has gone onto the international festival circuit winning a number of awards.
He has worked as producer and director for the highest rating programs on Australian television, the Nine Network’s 60 Minutes, ABC’s Flagship program - Foreign Correspondent, completely revamping SBS’s 13 part series front up, and The Movie Show
.
Wayne is widely quoted as an expert in Iraq
, and South Pacific
Culture and Politics. His pieces have been published in Time Magazine, The Age
, The ABC, The Sydney Morning Herald
, National Geographic
Magazine and numerous international Media Outlets. – Folhade S.Paulo to CNN Turk, - through to Variety.
He has been a guest and speaker at International Film Festivals in Turkey, USA, Brazil, Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Spain, Germany, Iran and a Judge at International Film Festivals.
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, writer
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and 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:...
of drama and documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
programs. Producing film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s that define humanity in international situations and engage audiences across cultures and nations.
Life
He holds three Post Graduate Awards in Media Studies (Hons), Visual and Performing Arts (Hons) and Education. He studyed Engineering at an Under Graduate Level, but changed direction, and graduated from the Film School at the Queensland College of ArtQueensland College of Art
The Queensland College of Art is a specialist arts and design college located in South Bank, Brisbane, and Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It was founded in 1881 and is the oldest arts institution in Australia....
.
Career
His drama, On the Border of HopetownOn The Border Of Hopetown
On The Border Of Hopetown is a 1992 Australian short Film. It was produced and directed by Wayne Coles-Janess.-Synopsis:On The Border Of Hopetown is a dramatic chronicle of travellers passing through a remote service station located in the Wheat Belt of rural Australia.-Festivals and awards:Awards...
received an AFI (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...
) nomination. One of Australia most successful productions, with screenings at the world's most highly regarded film festivals including Clemont – Ferrand, Mannheim, Chicago and entertaining audiences at more than 150 international festivals from Turkey to San Francisco Golden Gate Awards.
The international award-winning feature In the Shadow of the Palms
In The Shadow Of The Palms
In the Shadow of the Palms is the only documentary filmed in Iraq prior to, during and after the fall of Saddam Hussein. It documents the changes in Iraqi society, and the lives of ordinary Iraqis by focusing on a cross-section of individuals.-Plot:...
– Iraq is a unique film. The only documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
shot during the last weeks of Saddam’s
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
Government, it follows the characters into “Operation Shock and Awe” and into war. The last third of the film is based on the return to Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
to document changes in life and society with the newly elected Iraqi Government
Government of Iraq from 2006
The current government of Iraq took office on May 20, 2006 following approval by the members of the Iraqi National Assembly. This followed the general election in December 2005...
in place.
It is the first Australian film
Cinema of Australia
Cinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...
in international competition for more than 12 years.
It is only the third Australian film
Cinema of Australia
Cinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...
in past 15 years to meet the standards for the highly competitive Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival is a documentary film festival held biennially in Yamagata, Japan.It was first held in October 1989, which makes it one of the longest running documentary film festivals in the world and the most distinguished such festival in Asia...
: held every two years, only 15 Films from around the globe are selected for this prestigious festival. In the Shadow of the Palms
In The Shadow Of The Palms
In the Shadow of the Palms is the only documentary filmed in Iraq prior to, during and after the fall of Saddam Hussein. It documents the changes in Iraqi society, and the lives of ordinary Iraqis by focusing on a cross-section of individuals.-Plot:...
was voted the most popular film, winning the Audience Award.
Screening at over 35 international film festivals, Bougainville - Our Island Our Fight has won numerous international awards including Best Documentary, Best Video Production and Audience Awards, and defined the path forward for a peaceful political resolution to the 12 year war in Bougainville
History of Bougainville
Bougainville is a province of Papua New Guinea. It was named after the French navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville.-Prehistory:Bougainville has been inhabited for at least 33,000 years...
.
His documentary Life at the End of the Rainbow
Life at the End of the Rainbow
Life at the End of the Rainbow is a 55-minute, 2002 documentary by filmmaker Wayne Coles-Janess about the small farming community of Rainbow, population 500, which lies on the edge of the Big Desert, North Western Victoria, Australia.-Synopsis:...
gives an honest and authentic account of life for people living on the land. It attained the second highest rating in ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
’s prestigious True Stories documentary slot. Life at the End of the Rainbow
Life at the End of the Rainbow
Life at the End of the Rainbow is a 55-minute, 2002 documentary by filmmaker Wayne Coles-Janess about the small farming community of Rainbow, population 500, which lies on the edge of the Big Desert, North Western Victoria, Australia.-Synopsis:...
has gone onto the international festival circuit winning a number of awards.
He has worked as producer and director for the highest rating programs on Australian television, the Nine Network’s 60 Minutes, ABC’s Flagship program - Foreign Correspondent, completely revamping SBS’s 13 part series front up, and The Movie Show
The Movie Show
The Movie Show is an Australian film review program that airs on SBS TV. Its history falls into three parts.-Original format:The original format, which ran from 30 October 1986 to 12 May 2004, had two presenters, David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz. Stratton and Pomeranz left for the ABC in early...
.
Wayne is widely quoted as an expert in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, and South Pacific
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
Culture and Politics. His pieces have been published in Time Magazine, The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
, The ABC, The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
, National Geographic
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...
Magazine and numerous international Media Outlets. – Folhade S.Paulo to CNN Turk, - through to Variety.
He has been a guest and speaker at International Film Festivals in Turkey, USA, Brazil, Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Spain, Germany, Iran and a Judge at International Film Festivals.
List of films
- In the Shadow of the PalmsIn The Shadow Of The PalmsIn the Shadow of the Palms is the only documentary filmed in Iraq prior to, during and after the fall of Saddam Hussein. It documents the changes in Iraqi society, and the lives of ordinary Iraqis by focusing on a cross-section of individuals.-Plot:...
- Bougainville – Our Island Our FightBougainville – Our Island Our FightBougainville – Our Island Our Fight is a 1998 documentary film. It was produced and directed by Wayne Coles-Janess.The film focuses on an indigenous people who fight against a multinational mining company and government forces. The guerrillas hold the belief that they are fighting to defend their...
- Life at the End of the RainbowLife at the End of the RainbowLife at the End of the Rainbow is a 55-minute, 2002 documentary by filmmaker Wayne Coles-Janess about the small farming community of Rainbow, population 500, which lies on the edge of the Big Desert, North Western Victoria, Australia.-Synopsis:...
- On the Border of HopetownOn The Border Of HopetownOn The Border Of Hopetown is a 1992 Australian short Film. It was produced and directed by Wayne Coles-Janess.-Synopsis:On The Border Of Hopetown is a dramatic chronicle of travellers passing through a remote service station located in the Wheat Belt of rural Australia.-Festivals and awards:Awards...
- Big City of Dreams