Ivan Sen
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing27
movieLimbo
2023
Director
movieLoveland
2022
Director
movieGoldstone
2016
Director
movieMystery Road
2013
Director
movieToomelah
2011
Director
movieDreamland
2009
Director
Fire Talker
2009
Director
movieYellow Fella
2005
Director
movieBeneath Clouds
2002
Director
Dust
1999
Director
movieWind
1999
Director
movieTears
1998
Director
Vanish
1998
Director
Journey
1997
Director
Message Stick
1997
Director
Writing25
movieLimbo
2023
Writer
movieLoveland
2022
Writer
movieGoldstone
2016
Writer
movieMystery Road
2013
Writer
movieToomelah
2011
Writer
movieDreamland
2009
Writer
movieBeneath Clouds
2002
Writer
Dust
1999
Writer
movieWind
1999
Writer
movieTears
1998
Writer
Vanish
1998
Writer
Journey
1997
Writer
Production18
movieLimbo
2023
Co-Producer
tvMystery Road: Origin
2022
Executive Producer
movieLoveland
2022
Producer
tvMystery Road
2018
Executive Producer
Fire Talker
2009
Producer
Journey
1997
Producer
Message Stick
1997
Producer
Camera13
movieLimbo
2023
Director of Photography
movieLoveland
2022
Director of Photography
movieGoldstone
2016
Director of Photography
movieMystery Road
2013
Director of Photography
movieToomelah
2011
Director of Photography
Shifting Shelter 4
2011
Director of Photography
movieDreamland
2009
Director of Photography
A Sister's Love
2007
Director of Photography
Shifting Shelter 3
2006
Director of Photography
movieYellow Fella
2005
Director of Photography
Shifting Shelter 2
2000
Director of Photography
Vanish
1998
Director of Photography
Shifting Shelter 1
1997
Director of Photography
Sound10
movieLimbo
2023
Original Music Composer
movieLoveland
2022
Original Music Composer
movieGoldstone
2016
Original Music Composer
movieMystery Road
2013
Original Music Composer
movieToomelah
2011
Original Music Composer
movieDreamland
2009
Sound Editor, Original Music Composer
A Sister's Love
2007
Original Music Composer, Music
movieBeneath Clouds
2002
Original Music Composer, Music Producer
Dust
1999
Original Music Composer
movieTears
1998
Original Music Composer
Editing6
movieLimbo
2023
Editor
movieLoveland
2022
Editor
movieGoldstone
2016
Editor
movieMystery Road
2013
Editor
movieToomelah
2011
Editor
Art1
movieBeneath Clouds
2002
Title Illustration
Crew1
Warm Strangers
1997
Post Production Supervisor