Bentley Dean Bentley Dean i(7352218 works by)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Bentley Dean studied Philosophy and Politics at Sydney University and Film and Television at the Victorian College of the Arts. (Source: November Films website)

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2017 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Australian Film Institute Awards Byron Kennedy Award with Martin Butler, in recognition of their ten-year low-tech partnership which has focused on genuine collaboration with Indigenous communities to produce some of the most emotionally compelling stories ever seen on screen.

Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon Tanna ( dir. Bentley Dean ) Australia : Contact Films , 2015 9021454 2015 single work film/TV

'In one of the last traditional tribes in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, but are pursued by enemy warriors intent on killing them. They must choose between their hearts and the future of the tribe, while the villagers must wrestle with preserving their traditional culture and adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom. Based on a true story and performed by the people of Yakel.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2015 winner Venice Film Festival International Critics' Week Award
2016 shortlisted AWGIE Awards Film Award Original
2017 shortlisted Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film
2016 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Film
form y separately published work icon First Footprints ( dir. Bentley Dean et. al. )agent Artarmon : Screen Australia , 2013 7352315 2013 film/TV

'First Footprints tells the story of the original pioneers for all humankind, a history that began in Australia tens of thousands of years before modern humans reached America or Europe. The series draws on the collective memory of Indigenous Australians, the latest archaeological discoveries and the rich record of over 30 million prehistoric painted and etched rocks. Along with evocative recreations, elegant CGI, grand landscape and a wealth of rare archival footage the series will expand our ideas. Sweeping from 60,000 years ago to 1788, each episode begins and ends with a cataclysmic event that transforms life in Australia.' (Source: TROVE)

2013 winner Australian Teachers of Media Awards Excellence in education and industry
2013 winner Walkley Award Excellence in documentaries
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