Producer Contact TVC
Jude Lengel
judelengel@bigpond.com | 0405 134 083
USA Rep TVC
Straight| Arrow Films / https://straightarrowfilms.com
Andrea Kikot | andrea@straightarrowfilms.com
Film and TV Contact
Graeme Burfoot
graemeburfoot@gmail.com | 0405 134 087
About Graeme
Born in London, Graeme immigrated to Australia when he was nine. He finished schooling in Western Australia, attending Curtin University to study film, television and media design, graduating in 1982 with a BA in design with distinction.
Graeme started his career as a designer and animator, becoming the director of animation on many award winning commercials at the acclaimed animation/special effects production house Filmgraphics in Sydney until the mid 1990’s. Since then his outstanding visual effects direction for Tooheys ‘War of the Appliance’s and ‘Flies’ for Caltex, have won visual effects, animation and direction awards around the world. His commercials have won at Clio, Mobius, New York, Award, Asia Adfest, Gongs and London International.
As an accomplished drama director, Graeme won the Australian Film Institute (ACCTA Award) for best short fiction film for ‘The Beneficiary’ that he wrote and directed in 1997. The film was invited into numerous festivals around the world, won at the Palm Springs Film Festival and was short-listed in the final 10 shorts for the 1999 Academy Awards.
In 2000 he directed second unit on the Warner Brothers, Village Roadshow sci-fi epic ‘Red Planet’.
In 2002, he directed the three-part drama of Robert Drewe’s award winning book ‘Shark Net’ for the ABC and BBC Worldwide, which earned an ACCTA nomination for best drama. In 2006, Graeme earned a best director nomination at the Directors Guild Awards for the episode ‘Call Back’ of the Bryan Brown series ‘Two Twisted’ for the Nine Network.
He won best director at the Australian Television Advertising Awards for his humorous ‘Olympics’ campaign for Westpac and his ‘Finding Changes’ spot for the National Breast Cancer Council won a silver award for Best Direction at Clio, London International Advertising Awards and New York Festivals.
In 2016 Graeme won The Australian Writer’s Guild John Hinde Award for excellence in science fiction writing – best un-produced screenplay for his screenplay ‘Red to Blue’. In 2022, his screenplay ‘Hannah’s Answer’ was a Finalist in the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards and in 2023 won the Silver Award for best Drama screenplay.