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Jared Daperis
Jared Daperis on the red carpet 2018.
Born (1989-08-18) 18 August 1989 (age 35)
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationFilm Director
Years activeSince 1993
SpouseDena Kaplan Divorced
RelativesDaniel Daperis (brother)
Websitehttp://www.jareddaperis.com

Jared Daperis (born 18 August 1989) is an Australian film director. He has received a Young Artist Award nomination and Berlin Commercial Award Nominations.

Early life

Daperis was born in Melbourne in 1991, the middle child of three. His father of Greek descent migrated from Egypt and his mother from the United Kingdom. Daniel Daperis is his brother.

Daperis attended Mentone Grammar School in Melbourne for his secondary education before graduating and moving to New York to study at film at New York University; throughout his childhood he performed in films and television.[citation needed]

Daperis returned to his directorial studies in Australia and moved to Sydney to study cinematography at AFTRS. He began his directing career as a commercial director in 2018.

Career

He began acting at an early age appearing in the AFI award-winning short film The Order (1999), directed by Aden Young, and in television series such as Lift Off, Carla Cametti PD, Ocean Star and as Little Joe Cartwright in the US series Ponderosa, the prequel to the hit TV series Bonanza. He also appeared in the Foxtel series Small Time Gangster. However, Daperis is best known for his leading role as the eponymous Squizzy Taylor, in Underbelly: Squizzy.[citation needed]

Feature film work includes the lead role in the Australian feature Playing For Charlie, composed by Academy Award winner Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator (2000) and Whale Rider in 2002 for which he received critical praise[1] and the Italian jockey Frankie Dettori in The Cup (2011), based on the 2002 Melbourne Cup. He lent his voice to the sheep ensemble in the animated Paramount movie Charlotte's Web (2006).

His final acting appearance was in Network Nine's Underbelly: Squizzy series, where he played the lead, Joseph Leslie "Squizzy" Taylor, in 2012.[citation needed]

Appearances

Daperis (right) on the set of Small Time Gangster with director Jeffrey Walker
Year Title Type Episodes Role
2013 Underbelly: Squizzy TV mini-series Squizzy Taylor
2011 Small Time Gangster TV mini-series Charlie
2011 The Cup Film Frankie Dettori
2009 Carla Cametti PD TV series Johnno Carroll
2008 Playing For Charlie Film Tony Hobbs
2006 Hotel Sorrento Theatre Troy Moynihan
2006 Charlotte's Web Film Sheep V/O
2005 Holly’s Heroes TV series Ralph Owen
2004 The Full Monty Musical Theatre Nathan
2003 Oliver! Musical Theatre Artful Dodger
2002 Ocean Star TV series Trent Steadman
2002 Round The Twist TV series Barnaby Von Clapp
2001 Ponderosa TV series Little Joe Cartwright
2001 Like Mother Like Son Film Kenny Kimes
1999 The Order Film Jack
1995 Lift Off TV series Raph Ponti

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2016 Daniel and Jared Daperis for Gang of Youths' "The Deepest Signs, the Frankest Shadows" Best Video Nominated [2]

References

  1. ^ "Movie: Playing for Charlie". SBS.com.au.
  2. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 December 2019.