Ivan Sen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1972
- Birthplace
- Nambour, Queensland, Australia
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.
Filmography
Limbo 2023
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Co-Producer, Original Music Composer, Writer
Loveland 2022
Original Music Composer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director
Goldstone 2016
Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Original Music Composer
Mystery Road 2013
Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
Toomelah 2011
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
- Shifting Shelter 4
Shifting Shelter 4 2011
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Dreamland 2009
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Sound Editor
- Fire Talker
Fire Talker 2009
Writer, Director, Producer
- Embassy Days
Embassy Days 2008
Director
- Men's Gathering
Men's Gathering 2007
Director, Producer, Writer
- A Sister's Love
A Sister's Love 2007
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Music
- The Dreamers
The Dreamers 2006
Director, Producer, Writer
- Broken Borders
Broken Borders 2006
Producer, Writer, Director
- Aunty Connie
Aunty Connie 2006
Director, Writer, Producer
- Shifting Shelter 3
Shifting Shelter 3 2006
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Yellow Fella 2005
Director, Director of Photography
- Who was Evelyn Orcher?
Who was Evelyn Orcher? 2005
Director, Producer, Writer
- My Mother India
My Mother India 2002
Gaffer
Beneath Clouds 2002
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Title Illustration
- Shifting Shelter 2
Shifting Shelter 2 2000
Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer
Wind 1999
Director, Writer
- Dust
Dust 1999
Writer, Director, Original Music Composer
Tears 1998
Writer, Original Music Composer, Director
- Vanish
Vanish 1998
Writer, Director, Director of Photography
- Journey
Journey 1997
Director, Writer, Producer
- Shifting Shelter 1
Shifting Shelter 1 1997
Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
- Warm Strangers
Warm Strangers 1997
Director, Producer, Post Production Supervisor, Writer
Credits from TMDB.