Actor info
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Name :
Adam Elliot
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Born :
January 2, 1972 in Berwick, Victoria, Australia (54 years old)
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Known for :
Directing
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
4 films (1996–2024)
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Also known as :
애덤 엘리엇, 아담 엘리엇, 아담 엘리어트, 애덤 엘리어트, Adam Benjamin Elliot
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Biography
Adam Elliot (born 2 January 1972 in Berwick, Victoria, Australia) is an independent stop-motion animation writer and director based in Melbourne, Australia. His five films have collectively participated in over six-hundred film festivals and have received over one hundred awards, including an Oscar for Harvie Krumpet[2] and the Annecy Cristal for Mary and Max. Elliot calls himself an auteur filmmaker and each of his films have a bittersweet nature to them. Based loosely on his family and friends, Elliot calls each of his works a Clayography - clay animated biographies - a portmanteau term of the words clay and biography. Utilising a large team of animators and modelmakers each film takes several years to complete. He is noted for his use of traditional 'in-camera' techniques, which means every prop set and character is a 'real' miniature handcrafted object. Elliot does not use digital additions or computer generated imagery to enhance his visual aesthetic. His company, Adam Elliot Pictures, produce the films and Elliot’s work practices adhere to the French auteur methodology. Each film has been voiced by notable actors including, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Geoffrey Rush, Eric Bana, William McInnes and Barry Humphries. Elliot is also a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and in 1999 was awarded The Young Achiever of the Year for Victoria.
Notable films
- Memoir of a Snail (2024) as Denise Floyd (voice)
- Making Mary and Max (2009) as Self
- Mary and Max (2009) as Various Voices (voice)
- Human Behavioural Case Studies. Series One. (1996) as Narrator
