Editing
"The great painters of old like Caravaggio worked the same way as we do now, using new techniques & inventions to build upon their great works. Filmmaking has progressively become a highly technical art form, pushing the boundaries of digital filmmaking further each year. However, it’s never about what kind of high-end system you use but rather what fits the story you’re trying to tell. All these complicated machines are basically only an extension of the vision being formed in your mind and they’re there to help you achieve it. " Says Ben Zadig - Equipment Manager
Film
Leslie Oliver
Leslie Oliver attained a BA in Art from Alexander Mackie College of Fine Art, University of New South Wales and a BA in Film & Television Directing (with recognition in Editing) from the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
In 1986 Leslie was a student, Academy Award nominee as writer/director of the graduation film Tennis Court Opera. The film was also commended at the St Kilda Film Festival and played at Melbourne International Film Festival.
Leslie was writer/director on You Can’t Push The River and Australian Film Commission funded feature. The film was a finalist at Mannheim/Heidelberg International Film Festival – Germany, and screened at numerous other international film festivals to critical acclaim.
Leslie worked in the industry as a director, editor and consultant and went on to established film making at St Aloysius College where his students won national film awards. As a sculptor, Leslie has attracted numerous corporate and private commissions, had 16 solo exhibitions, been included in over 40 group shows in Australia and abroad and lectures at the Australian Catholic University. He also lectured in writing and directing for Screen in the Faculty of Architecture, University of Sydney. Leslie was part of the team that established the UBS Film School (1994-2004) at the University of Sydney.
Digital
Tony Radevski
Tony Radevski is an Australian director, writer and producer of film and television. After graduating from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Media in Visual Production, he worked in theatrical and DVD distribution at Village Roadshow during the release of The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings trilogies.
In 2005, he was a recipient of the NSW Film & TV Office Young Filmmakers Fund, producing 35mm short drama In the Middle, which has screened at the 2005 Sydney Film Festival and various other international festivals and sold to UK TV station Propeller TV.
In 2006, he completed a three-year project entitled The Prodigal Son, which he wrote and directed and was produced by Tom Zubrycki. A television documentary for SBS, it was funded by SBS Independent, the Australian Film Commission and the NSW Film and Television Office, and won for Best Short Documentary at the 2006 IF Awards and Most Popular Film at the Flickerfest International Short Film Festival in 2006. It was also Highly Commened for Documentary at the 2006 Dendy Awards. His films have screened nationally and internationally at festivals such as the Sydney Film Festival, Flickerfest International Short Film, Newfest: New York Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, picking up awards and special commendations.
He has most recently completed work on the Australian Film Commission-funded short animation Ephemeral, which he wrote and co-directed/co-produced with animator Jongsu Oh. It screened at the 2008 Dendy Awards as part of the Sydney Film Festival and won Most Innovative film. It is a finalist in the Best Animation category at the 2008 ATOM Awards. The film has also screened at the Brisbane International Film Festival, Perth Revelation International Film Festival, Anima Mundi Festival of Animated Film, Palm Springs Festival of Short Films and is continuing to travel on the festival circuit.
Tony is in development for longer form drama, animation and documentary projects and also teaches in the film department at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney.
