Craig Melville
Craig Melville | |
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| Born | Craig James Melville Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Director Producer |
| Known for | Maximum Choppage John Safran vs God The Chaser's War on Everything John Safran's Race Relations Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable |
| Website | [1] |
Craig James Melville is an Australian television comedy director. He is best known for his collaborations with comedians John Safran, Lawrence Leung and The Chaser.
Filmography
Television
- Maximum Choppage Series Director (2015)
- The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting – Director (2013)
- Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable Director / Producer (2011)
- John Safran's Race Relations Director / Producer (2009)
- The Chaser's War on Everything: Series 1, 2 & 3 – Director / Producer (2006–2009)
- Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure – Director / Producer (2008)
- The Chaser Decides: Series 2 – Director /Producer (2007)
- Speaking in Tongues – Director / Producer (2005–2006)
- John Safran vs God Director (2004–2005)
- John Safran's Music Jamboree Segment Director (2002)
- The Late Report John Safran Segment Director (1999)
- John Safran: Media Tycoon Director (1998)
- John Safran: Master Chef Director (1998)
Music clips
- The Bedroom Philosopher – "Northcote (So Hungover)" (2010) The Bedroom Philosopher: Northcote (So Hungover)
- TISM – "Thunderbirds Are Coming Out" (1998) TISM_Thunderbirds
- TISM – "Whatareya?" (1998)
- Magic Dirt – "She-Riff" (1999) MagicDirt
- Frenzal Rhomb – 'We're Going Out Tonight" (2000)
- Frank Bennett – "Opportunities", "Let's Make Lots of Money" (1999)
- Josh Abrahams – "Addicted to Bass" (1998)
- John Safran – "Not the Sunscreen Song" (1997)
Short film
- The Polygamist (2013)[1]
- Smithston (2013)[2]
- Dentally Disturbed (co-director) (2004)[3]
- Brief Fiction (1996)[4]
Awards
Television Awards
Maximum Choppage (ABC)
- Australian Directors' Guild - Best Comedy - Nomination [5]
John Safran's Race Relations (ABC)
- Australian Directors' Guild – Best Comedy – Nomination[6]
- Australian Directors' Guild – Best Reality / Light Entertainment – Nomination[6]
- Rose D'or 2010 – Best Comedy – Nomination (Producers: John Safran & Laura Waters)[7]
- Rose D'or 2010 – Social Award – Nomination (Producers: John Safran & Laura Waters)[7]
Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable (ABC)
- Australian Directors' Guild Awards – Best Television Comedy – Nomination 2009[8]
Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure (ABC)
- AFI Awards – Nomination – Best Television Comedy 2009[9]
- Australian Directors' Guild Awards – Best Achievement in Television Comedy – Nomination[10]
The Chaser's War on Everything (ABC)
- AFI Award 2006 – Best Television Comedy – Winner (Producers: Mark FitzGerald, Julian Morrow, Andy Nehl)[11]
- AFI Award 2007 – Best Television Comedy – Nomination (Producers: Andy Nehl, Julian Morrow, Jo Wathen)[11]
- Logie Award 2008 – Most Outstanding Comedy Program – Nomination[12]
- AFI Award – Winner – Best Television Comedy (Producers: John Safran and Selin Yaman)[13]
- Logie Awards – Nomination – Most Outstanding Comedy Program[14]
John Safran's Music Jamboree director – various segments
- AFI Award – Winner – Best Comedy Series – 2003 (Producers: Selin Yaman & John Safran)[13]
- Logie Awards – Nomination – Most Outstanding Comedy Program – 2003[15]
Music Video Awards
| Year | Song | Artist | Awards & Nominations | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Northcote (So Hungover) | The Bedroom Philosopher | American International Film Festival – Best Music Video[16] American International Film Festival – Best Director Music Video[16] |
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| 1998 | Thunderbirds Are Coming Out | TISM | Australian Cinematographers Society Award – Best Cinematography in a Music Video – Honourable Mention | [31] |
| Addicted to Bass | Josh Abrahams | Nominated ARIA Music Awards Nominated for Best Music Video |
Short Film Awards
The Polygamist
- Iron Mule Comedy Festival New York – Judges Favourite Award[32]
Dentally Disturbed (co-director) (2004) SF_Dentally_Disturbed
- Flickerfest 2005 – Sydney – Winner of SBS Television Award[33]
- Portland International Film Festival (USA) – Audience Choice Award 2005[33]
- Down Under Film Festival 'Best Australian Short Comedy' 2005[34]
- Sony Tropfest 'Best of the Rest' competition winner
- London Rushes Soho Short Film Festival – Best Newcomer – Runner up
- Angry Film Festival – Runner-up
Brief Fiction (1996)
- Gold – Australian Cinematographers Society Awards 1996
Love Hurts
- Silver – Australian Cinematographers Society Awards – Fictional Drama Shorts – Cinema and TV 1999
References
- ^ "The Polygamist". IMDb.
- ^ "Smithston". IMDb.
- ^ "SF_Dentally_Disturbed". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2007.
- ^ "Brief Fiction". IMDb.
- ^ "2016 ADG Awards Nominees — Screen Director". Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "Australian Television: 2010 ADG Awards". Australiantelevision.net.
- ^ a b "John Safran's Race Relations lands Rose D'Or nominations". Tvtonight.com.au.
- ^ "Australian Directors [sic] Guild announces nominees for 2012 awards". if.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013.
- ^ "2009 AFI Awards: Nominees". Tvtonight.com.au.
- ^ "Australian Television: 2009 ADG Awards". Australiantelevision.net.
- ^ a b "The Chaser's War on Everything - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "TV Week Logie Awards nominations". News.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Urban Cinefile Feature". Urbancinefile.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 August 2006.
- ^ "John Safran vs. God - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "And the nominees are..." 15 April 2003.
- ^ a b "ACME News Page". Aiff2010.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Australian Cinematographers Society". Cinematographer.org.au. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "The Bedroom Philosopher Tickets | the Bedroom Philosopher 2010 | Rocket Room | Moshtix". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Colorado International Film Festival & Screenplay Contest - 2011 Winners". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Houston Comedy Film Festival, 2010 Official Selections". houstoncomedyfilmfestival.tumblr.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "2010 Merrit Winners (Summer)". Hollywoodcff.com.
- ^ "Props for "Northcote (So Hungover)" | Nibbles Music". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Home". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ https://www.domainmarket.com/buynow/mountainfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Post Type the_wire - Creative Planet Network". blog.digitalcontentproducer.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "St Kilda Film Festival: Day 2 | the Astor Theatre Blog". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Award Winners - 15-MINUTES OF FAME". Festival4.weebly.com. Palm Bay, Florida. 22 January 2011.
- ^ "Northcote So Hungover". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Site Maintenance". Mvdbase.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "ABCクリニックの評判｜費用やキャンペーン、失敗例を完全公開". Skitbox.tv. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Dentally Disturbed". IMDb.
- ^ "Dentally Disturbed (2004) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". Screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 11 April 2022.