Julian Shaw Explained

Julian Shaw (born 16 December 1985 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an author, filmmaker and actor, best known for directing the 2007 film Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, a British Film Institute award-winning documentary^[1] about the life of South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys. Shaw is the author of the novel Modern Odysseus, and the creator of several short films including Clearing the Air.^[2] He is the director of the 2011 feature documentary Cup of Dreams, about New Zealand's national Rugby Union team the All Blacks.^[3] Shaw also gained worldwide fame in 2011 after starring in an Australian marriage equality advertisement entitled It's Time that has reached millions of people.

International awards

• Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year Award, 2010 - Byron Bay International Film Festival and Sydney International Film School^[4]
• Inaugural Derek Oyston/Che Award - British Film Institute's London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 2009^[1]
• Runner-Up: Panorama Audience Award, for Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story - Berlin International Film Festival, 2008^[5]
• Independent Spirit Award - Inside Film Awards, 2007^[6]
• Best Emerging Filmmaker Award - DOCNZ, 2007^[7]
• Best Documentary for Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story - Documentary Edge Festival, 2007^[7]

Filmography

Actor

• Stoner, San Andreas (film) 2015
• "It's Time", GetUp! for Australia Ad, 2011
• Christopher, Love Gone Wrong, Deadly Women

Director

• Cup of Dreams, 2011
• Clearing the Air, 2010
• All Blacks Don't Cry, 2010
• Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, 2007

Performer

• "Love Story", a 2011 viral video in support of marriage equality by GetUp! Australia, as Paul
• All Blacks Don't Cry, 2010, as John Kirwan

Bibliography

• Modern Odysseus, 2009 -

Notes and References

1. Web site: The CHE Film Prize 24th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival . . 3 July 2010 . dead . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100525143152/http%3A//www.bfi.org.uk/llgff/node/293 . 2010-05-25 .
2. Web site: IFSS honours young filmmaker . . 22 March 2010 . 3 July 2010.
3. Web site: Byron Bay Writers Festival - Julian Shaw . www.byronbaywritersfestival.com.au . 3 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110222050838/http://www.byronbaywritersfestival.com.au/v1/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=449&Itemid=32 . 22 February 2011 . dead .
4. Web site: Shaw wins Young Filmmaker award . www.if.com.au . 17 March 2010 . 3 July 2010.
5. Web site: PanoramaAudienceAward 2008 . . 3 July 2010.
6. Web site: Inside Film Awards : Australian Film Awards : Australian Film & Television - IF Award Winners. www.ifawards.com. 3 July 2010. 29 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100729185816/http://www.ifawards.com/MediaRoom/Winners.aspx. dead.
7. Web site: Documentary Edge/DOCNZ Awards . . 3 July 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100602145327/https://docnz.org.nz/festival/awards.html . 2 June 2010 .