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ANDREW SULLY is a filmmaker who has worked in both drama and documentary. In 2015 he directed Bespoke, an innovative three-part series for ABC TV about the global Maker movement, which was nominated for two 2016 ATOM awards. Before that he wrote and directed Devil Island, a six-part natural history series for ABC TV, ITV and France 5. In 2009 he made the documentary Anatomy of a Massacre for ABC TV about a forensic investigation in Timor-Leste to find the missing protestors from the 1991 Santa Cruz Massacre. He also made Feral Peril for ABC TV, an ecological
detective story about the threat of introduced feral carnivores in Tasmania. It won three awards at the 2009 International Wildlife Film Festival in Montana, USA. In 2005 he created and directed the acclaimed four-part ABC TV series The Shearers. Andrew’s short drama films have won an ATOM award, Best Film at the St Kilda Film Festival and the Grand Prix at the Poitiers Film Festival. In 2016 was a director on an EU funded 20-part drama series in Timor-Leste. Recently, he produced and directed 3 x 1 hours specials for ABC TV’s science program, Catalyst.
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The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3329