Ivan Sen

Ivan Sen (born 1972; Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian filmmaker. He is a director, screenwriter and cinematographer, as well as an editor, composer and sound designer. He is co-founder and director of Bunya Productions. Throughout the late 1990s Ivan Sen worked on numerous short films, before making his feature film debut with Beneath Clouds in 2002. It won Ivan global acclaim, screening at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and winning the Premiere First Movie Award at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival and the 2002 Best Director Award at the Australian Film Institute Awards. Ivan has subsequently written and produced a number of award winning documentaries. His documentary Yellow Fella screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005. In 2011 Ivan completed his feature Toomelah, which was selected for the Cannes International Film Festival 2011 - Un Certain Regard. The world premiere of the film at Cannes received a standing ovation. The film won the Grand Prix at the Pacific Meridian Film Festival 2011 and the UNESCO Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2011. In 2013 Ivan completed the feature film Mystery Road starring Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten, Tasma Walton and Jack Thompson. Mystery Road had its international premiere with a "Special Presentation"at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival. Ivan is an Executive Producer on the successful tv adaptation of Mystery Road. In 2015 Ivan directed his Goldstone starring Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver, David Gulpilil, Cheng Pei Pei and David Wenham.

Crew

Loveland

Original Music Composer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director

Beneath Clouds

Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Title Illustration

Toomelah

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer

Dreamland

Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Sound Editor

Mystery Road

Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography

Yellow Fella

Director, Director of Photography

Warm Strangers

Director, Producer, Post Production Supervisor, Writer

Goldstone

Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Original Music Composer

Limbo

Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Co-Producer, Original Music Composer, Writer

Shifting Shelter 4

Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

Shifting Shelter 3

Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

Fire Talker

Writer, Director, Producer

Shifting Shelter 1

Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography

Aunty Connie

Director, Writer, Producer

Dust

Writer, Director, Original Music Composer

Vanish

Writer, Director, Director of Photography

Journey

Director, Writer, Producer

A Sister's Love

Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Music

Shifting Shelter 2

Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer

Tears

Writer, Original Music Composer, Director

Men's Gathering

Director, Producer, Writer

Who was Evelyn Orcher?

Director, Producer, Writer

The Dreamers

Director, Producer, Writer

Broken Borders

Producer, Writer, Director

My Mother India

Gaffer

Wind

Director, Writer

Embassy Days

Director