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David Burrowes

writer + director

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DIRECTORS CV

 

Education

Master of Fine Arts (Directing)
National Institute of Dramatic Art
2014

Bachelor of Digital Media
College of Fine Art, University of New South Wales
2011

Employment

Pedestrian Group
Freelance Producer
2020 - Present

Resident Director
Acuity Productions
2017 - Present

Founder
Lightbulbhead Films
2011 - Present

Writer (In Development)

The Old Gods
Feature - Draft 6

Black Mist
Feature - Draft 2

Mass Net
Feature - Draft 2

Cursed
Feature - Outline

We Offer Thee Unto The Sea (w/ Tel Benjamin)
Feature – Outline
(Shortlisted, AACTA x Monster Pictures 2020)

Last Rite
Feature – Outline

Immortal
TV Series - Outline
(Shortlisted, Create NSW x ABC Half Hour Drama Initiative 2018)

Short & Serial

Bug
Short Film
2022 (Forthcoming)

Revolt
Short Film
2020

The Music Presents Live at 301
Live Music Webseries
2018

Granny
Short
2018

Our Relationships / ACON HEALTH
Documentary Webseries
2017

Inadequate
Webseries
2017/8

The Death of Abel
Short
2014

The Drive
Webseries
2013

Jordan
Short
2011

Music Videos

Sublime / KIMONO DRAG QUEENS
Independent
2017

Don't Come Easy / ISAIAH
Sony Music Australia
2017

Riot / RIVAL FIRE
Sony Music Australia
2016

How Does it Feel? / TONIGHT ALIVE
Sony Music Australia
2016

Keep Talking / CYRUS
Sony Music Australia
2016

You / TOMDAY feat. LAURA LETHLEAN
Independent
2015

Just One Night / JULIA WHY
Independent
2014

Commercial

Love Northern Beaches
Destination NSW
2021

Health Care Made Simple (Survivor)
AHM
2020

ALDI Mini Roos
ALDI
2019

Whole Earth Farms Dog Food
NESTLE
2018

I'm Unlimited - RIDBC EOFY Tax Appeal (National Campaign)
RIDBC
2018

Ponting Foundation 6-Hit Fundraiser Competition (National Campaign)
CUA/Channel 10
2017

NAB Mini Legends - Stevie J Snap Kick Class (National Campaign)
NAB/Fox Sports
2017

Redflag - Domestic Violence campaign / SAY IT OUT LOUD
ACON HEALTH
2016

Secondments, Observerships & Workshops

Half Hour Drama Writers Room - Easy Tiger / cr. Mithila Gupta
Observership
2023

Script Coordinator Workshop / w. Alli Parker
2020

The Obscure / dir. TEL BENJAMIN
Directors Attachment
2017

Industry Mentorship / dir. PAULINE CHAN
2014

The Wolf and The River / dir. ADAM RAPP
Assistant Director
2014

The Great Gatsby / dir. BAZ LUHRMANN
Camera Attachment
2012

 

First Assistant Directing

Under the Water
Short Film/ dir. Isabella Andronos
2022

Love Bites
Music Video/ dir. Tel Benjamin
2022

Ding Dong I’m Gay
Webseries/ dir. Joshua Longhurst & Sarah Bishop
2018

Mattress Swap/Koala
Commercial/ dir. Lucy Coleman
2018

Exorcism /Koala
Commercial/ dir. Lucy Coleman
2018

One Path/ANZ
Commercial / dir. Sean Izzard
2017

Soulless
Short Film / dir. Alex Ditsas
2017

You and Me by Flume
Music Video / dir. Toby Pike
2017

The Greenhouse
Feature Film / dir. Thomas Wilson-White
2017

Mazda Sporting Recaps
Commercial / dir. Thomas Ferguson
2017

Set in Stone by Guy Sebastian
Music Video / dir. Cameron Craig
2016

White Walls and Promises by Le Pie
Music Video / dir. Hannah Dougherty
2016

Ladylike
Short Film / dir. Tel Benjamin
2016

Awards

Best Genre Film
Freshflix - Vivid
Granny
2019

Festival Choice Award - Best Short
Sydney Underground Film Festival
Granny
2018

Festival Director’s Emerging Artist Award
Sydney Fringe Festival
Hamlet [Working-Title]
2014

Theatre

That Eye, The Sky
The New Theatre
2016

Graduating Actors Showcase
Sydney Theatre School
2015

Hamlet [Working-Title]
Independent
2014-15

Object
24-Hour Party Playwright / Rocksurfers
2015

The School For Scandal
The New Theatre
2015

63 Days
Asylum / Apocalypse Theatre Company
2015

The Waiting Room
24-Hour Party Playwright / Rocksurfers
2015

Thumb Wars
NIDA + ACPA
2014

The Bacchae
NIDA + UoW
2014

Thyestes
NIDA + ACA
2014

Other

The Music Podcast
Commercial Podcast / Presenter + Producer
The Music.com.au
2017-Present

Dave and Neil vs The World
Radio Program / Presenter + Producer
Alive 90.5FM
2012-13

One Less God
Feature Film / Production Staff
New Realm Films