Awards & Winners

Adam Elliot

Date of Birth 02-January-1972
Place of Birth Berwick
(Victoria, Melbourne)
Nationality Australia
Also know as Adam Benjamin Elliot
Profession Screenwriter, Film Director, Film Editor, Film Producer, Animator
Adam Elliot is an independent Australian stop-motion animation writer and director based in Melbourne, Australia. His five films have collectively participated in over six-hundred film festivals and have received over one hundred awards, including an Oscar for Harvie Krumpet and the Annecy Cristal for Mary and Max. Elliot calls himself an auteur filmmaker and each of his films have a bittersweet nature to them. Based loosely on his family and friends, Elliot calls each of his works a Clayography – clay animated biography. Utilising a large team of animators and modelmakers each film takes several years to complete. He is noted for his use of traditional 'in-camera' techniques, which means every prop set and character is a 'real' miniature handcrafted object. Elliot does not use digital additions or computer generated imagery to enhance his visual aesthetic. His company, Adam Elliot Pictures, produce the films and Elliot’s work practices adhere to the French auteur methodology. Each film has been voiced by notable actors including, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Geoffrey Rush, Eric Bana, William McInnes and Barry Humphries. Elliot is also a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and in 1999 was awarded The Young Achiever of the Year for Victoria.

Awards by Adam Elliot

Check all the awards nominated and won by Adam Elliot.

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Mary and Max
AACTA Award for Best Production Design Mary and Max

2003


Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)
Honored for : Harvie Krumpet
AACTA Award for Best Short Animation
Honored for : Harvie Krumpet

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
AACTA Award for Best Short Animation Harvie Krumpet
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated) Harvie Krumpet

2000


AACTA Award for Best Short Animation
Honored for : Brother
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film
Honored for : Brother

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film Brother
AACTA Award for Best Short Animation Brother

1999


AACTA Award for Best Short Animation
Honored for : Cousin

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film Cousin
AACTA Award for Best Short Animation Cousin

1997


AACTA Award for Best Short Animation
Honored for : Uncle

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
AACTA Award for Best Short Animation Uncle