David Beesley - Filmography

2009 - code monkey
'Urban Camp' website renewal project
http://www.urbancamp.org.au
Design & Project Management: YOLK DESIGN; Illustrator: Jorge Tarzia; Implementation: Beeworld

2008 - animator / producer
'Dignity of Risk' Projection Project / DVD (current project)
Director: Alexandra Beesley / Rachel Lowe
Writer: Alexandra Beesley / The Echo Lens Photographers
Producer: Alexandra & David Beesley; Beeworld Pty Ltd
Looped 3'55" animation installation for International Day of People with a Disability commissioned by Darebin City Council / Access for All Abilities

2007 - director, producer, interface designer
The Tale of the Right Hand of Spider Lil (and her Cabinets of Curiosity) (current project)
Director: Alexandra & David Beesley
Writer: Alexandra Beesley
Producer: Alexandra & David Beesley; Beeworld Pty Ltd
Developed with assistance from the Australian Film Commission

2006 - director, interface designer
Revolving Door - interactive website
Companion website to "Revolving Door - animated documentary"
Director: Alexandra & David Beesley
Writer: Alexandra Beesley
Producer: Alexandra & David Beesley; Beeworld Pty Ltd
Developed with assistance from the Australian Film Commission
Copyright 2006 Australian Film Commission & Beeworld Pty Ltd

2006 - writer, director, producer, animator, sound recordist & camera operator
Revolving Door - animated documentary
17 minutes
Director: Alexandra & David Beesley
Writer: Alexandra & David Beesley
Editor: Vanessa Alexandra
Producer: Alexandra & David Beesley; Beeworld Pty Ltd
Produced with assistance from the Australian Film Commission's 'Strand X Experimental Film Fund'.
Awarded the "Contemporary Investigations Acquisition Prize" in the Southern Panoramas Competition section of the 16th International Electronic Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil, 7 October 2007, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Awarded the "HRAFF Jury Prize" at the inaugural Human Rights Arts & Film Festival, December 2007, Melbourne, Australia.
Awarded "Bonehead Award", Best Animated Short Film, Bare Bones Film Festival, April 2008, Muskogee, USA
Awarded Runner-up Best Documentary Short & Runner-up Best Experimental Documentary Short, IFCT World Tour 2008, July 2008, Seattle, USA
Screened in competition, CPH:DOX (2006) - the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Denmark), November 2006
Streaming in competition, 4th CON-CAN Movie Festival (Japan), May 2007
Selected for opening night screening / screened in competition, St Kilda Film Festival (Australia), June 2007
Selected for St Kilda Film Festival 'Best of the Fest' National Tour (Australia), June - July 2007
Dendy Award nominee for Most Innovative Short, Sydney Film Festival (Australia), June 2007
Screened in competition, 17 Internationales Videofestival Bochum (Germany), June 2007
Screened in competition, CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival (Canada), June 2007
Selected for screening, DOCNZ 2007 International Documentary Film Festival (New Zealand), September - November 2007
Screened in competition, 11th annual LA Shorts Fest (USA), September 5 - 17 2007
Screened in competition, 16th International Electronic Art Festival - SESC Videobrasil (Brazil), October 2007
Selected for screening, Morelia International Film Festival (Mexico), October 5 - 14 2007
Selected for screening, 15th Annual Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival (Canada), November 8 - 17 2007
Screened in competition, 12th Siena International Short Film Festival (Italy), November 19 - 24 2007
Screened in competition, International Human Rights Arts & Film Festival (Australia), December 2007
Selected for screening, 'Dom Omladine' film festival (Serbia), December 6 - 9 2007
Selected for screening, 'Imagem-Pensamento' project [16th Videobrasil on tour] (Brazil), December 2007
Selected for screening, 'Laboratorio Arte Alameda' [16th Videobrasil on tour] (Mexico), December 2007
Selected for screening, 'Australian Perspectives' animated documentary program at ACMI (Australia), January 12 2008
Selected for screening, St Petersburg International Short & Animation Film Festival (Russia), February 1 2008
Selected for screening, International Festival of Cinema & Technology (USA), March 2008
Broadcast on SBS Television (Australia), March 22 2008
Screened in competition, 9th Annual Bare Bones International Independent Film & Music Festival (USA), April 17 - 27 2008
Screened in competition, 3rd International Short Film Festival 'Psarokokalo' (Greece), February 1 - 8 2009
Screened at 'Art of Difference 09' deaf & disability arts festival, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne (Australia), March 2009

2003 - executive producer
RMIT Open Day & RMIT International Information Day - television commercials
30 seconds each
Producer: RMIT University

2002 / 2003 - television studio coordinator
SYN on TV, Pluck, Newsline, In Pit Lane, Raucous, Chart Busting 80's, Darren & Brose, Shoot, Time Of Your Life & Songlines
Television studio coordinator for daily & weekly half-hour live broadcasts on MCTV31
Director: Various
Producer: Various (RMIT University / RMITV / Melbourne Community Television)

2001 - writer, director
Revolving Door - online documentary proposal
Director: Alexandra & David Beesley
Writer: Alexandra & David Beesley
Producer: Alexandra & David Beesley; Beeworld Pty Ltd
Short listed for the ABC / AFC 'Documentaries Online' initiative

2001 - producer, director, writer & camera operator
Pacific Access Conference Video & Pacific Access Sales Conference - corporate video
20 minutes each
Writer / Director: David Beesley
Editor: Vanessa Alexandra
Producer: Pacific Access (Sensis) / Jargon Marketing & Design

1999 - producer, writer, director, camera operator, editor
Rumbalara, Our Elders' Story - short video
12 minutes
Director: Alexandra & David Beesley
Writer: Alexandra & David Beesley
Producer: Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd
Video presentation for the United Nations' Year of the Elder Person conference, Brisbane

1998 - director, camera operator
Red Light Girls - 6-part television documentary series
~ 300 minutes (6 x 50 minutes episodes)
Series Director: Mark Jones
Producer: Lisa Perrin; Granada Television (UK)
Broadcast repeatedly throughout Europe on B-Sky-B, documentary series lifting the lid on the sex industry throughout the world. Shot entirely on location in Manchester UK, Melbourne Australia and Los Angeles, California, USA.

1997 - director's assistant, script editor & stock footage researcher
Prophecy & Prediction: Threat or Warning? - television documentary
90 minutes
Director: Kevin Jordan
Producer: Peter Johnson, Film Montage
Hosted by Ronnie Burns, funded through the Commercial Film Fund and screened on Nine Network Australia.

1996 - second unit director, post-production supervisor
Victoria on Show - video installation
3 x 7 minutes, looped
Director: Peter Johnson
Writer: Robin Lovell
Producer: Film Montage /Department of Energy, Agriculture & Minerals
DEAM exhibit as part of the opening of the Melbourne Exhibition Centre (a.k.a. Jeff's Shed).

1995 - online editor, tape operator
Reflections From a Minds Eye - 7 part television series
7 x 27 minutes episodes
Segment Director: Greg Dee
Writer: Robin Lovell
Producer: SBS Television / Swinburne University / Film Montage
Broadcast on SBS Television.