auto-biography in third person
gregory erdstein
Photo by Alice Foulcher |
Moccasin is the work of Gregory Erdstein, an award-winning filmmaker, writer, illustrator and musician from Melbourne, Australia. In 2009 Erdstein completed a Master of Film and Television (Narrative) at the Victorian College of the Arts (V.C.A) School of Film and Television. He also holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts degree from the V.C.A./University of Melbourne (2000). During his three years at the V.C.A. Erdstein wrote and directed six productions including his graduate production FACING RUPERT which has screened at festivals across the planet. He has also crewed on over fifty short films in multiple roles including Director of Photography, First Assistant Director, Production Designer, Sound Designer, Gaffer, Sound Recordist/Boom Operator, Camera Assistant, Clapper/Loader, Continuity and Runner. Since graduating Erdstein has focused on First Assitant Directing, having assistant directed seven short films and one commercial. In May 2009 he co-founded the website savevca.org with fellow student Alice Foulcher, beginning a protest campaign that would eventually result in a 2,000 strong protest march through Melbourne and the reinstatement of over $5 million in State and Federal Government funding. He also served as the film school's graduate-student representative on the board of the Faculty of the V.C.A. and Music. In his spare time Erdstein plays bass and creates artwork for Melbourne soft-rock band Telecom. Their song Second Feature was Song of the Day on influential Seattle radio station KEXP on December 7 2006. He is also a published author with his short story Blue Satin Jacket featuring in the anthology BLOOD which was the 8th highest selling book at the 2007 Melbourne Writer's Festival official bookstore. Currently Erdstein works as a freelance filmmaker and illustrator, as well as teaching filmmaking part-time to students at the V.C.A. F.T.V. short course program. He is also writing and developing a surreal television series FEAR PARADE with Melbourne actor Shane Nagle. In 2011 Erdstein directed his latest short film, tentatively titled PICKING UP AT AUSCHWITZ. Please direct all complaints and Nigerian banking scams to gerdsteinATmoccasin.com.au. All my love, |
FILMOGRAPHY
2012
Independent Short Film
Picking Up At Auschwitz
Director/Co-Writer/Editor
Producer: Alice Foulcher
3 minutes. Super 16mm.
Cinematographer: Rex Gibson
Blackout
1st Assistant Director
2 minutes. DSLR.
Director/Producer/Writer: Kade Greenland
Writer/Producer: Lachlan Woods
Production Company: Band Of Creatures
Sacrifice The Messenger
Co-Sound Designer
7 minutes. RED.
Director/Writer/Producer: Ben Geurens
2011
Commercial
Adventure
2011 MAFMAD Short Film Winner
2nd Assistant Director
Writers/Directors: Tess Fisher and Stephanie Parsons
1st Assistant Director: Todd Embling
Producer: Pete Wells
Cinematographer: Shelley Farthing-Dawe
Love Ambush
2012 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Commercial
1st Assistant Director
Writer/Director: John Pace
Producer: Polly Staniford
Cinematographer: Dave Budge
Watch on YouTube
Feathers Spring/Summer 2011 Behind-The-Scenes
Fashion Shoot Behind-The-Scenes
Director/Cinematographer/Editor
2 minutes. Canon 5D.
Agency: The Reactor
Watch on YouTube
1FORM.COM.AU: "STREAMLINING"
Online Short Commercial
Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor
30 seconds. DV.
Watch on YouTube
2011
Independent Short Film
The Trail
1st Assistant Director
10 minutes. RED.
Director: Nicholas Pollock
Producer: Natalia Pizzey
Cinematographer: Michael Steel
The Ladies Home Companion
TV Pilot/Sizzle Reel
Editor
5 minutes. RED.
Director: Pete Ford
Producers: Natalia Pizzey and Sally Faraday
Production Company: Resolution Independent
Green Eyed
1st Assistant Director
15 minutes. ARRI Alexa.
Director: Nathaniel Lindsay
Producer: Anna Kojevnikov
Cinematographer: Shelley Farthing-Dawe
Dave's Dead
1st Assistant Director
15 minutes. RED.
Director: Alethea Jones
Producer: Julian Vincent Costanzo and Luke Ryan
Cinematographer: Jaque Fisher
Shoelace
1st Assistant Director
5 minutes. Arri D21/35mm.
Director: John Paul Fischbach
Producer: Ros Walker
Cinematographer: Simon Green
www.shoelacethefilm.com
Harold Holt is Dead
1st Assistant Director/Sound Designer/Executive Producer
7 minutes. Super 16mm.
Director: Alice Foulcher
Cinematographer: Cameron Matheson
www.haroldholtisdead.com
Nightingale: Celebrity Doula
Editor
5 minutes. Canon 5D.
Director: William Allert
Cinematographer: Rex Gibson
2011
V.C.A. School of Film and TV Graduate Film
Aria
1st Assistant Director
15 minutes. RED.
Director: John Tummino
Cinematographer: Shyam Ediriweera
2010
V.C.A. School of Film and TV Graduate Film
Bunker
1st Assistant Director
18 minutes. RED.
Director: Joey Hitten
Cinematographer: Laszlo Baranyai
www.bunkerthefilm.com
Abraham
1st Assistant Diretor
14 minutes. RED.
Director: James Robertson
Producer: Lee Matthews
Cinematographer: Ellery Ryan
www.abrahamshortfilm.com
The Stranger
Official Selection
Melbourne International Film Festival 2011
Sound Designer
10 minutes. RED/Canon 7D.
Director: Rodd Rathjen
2009
V.C.A. School of Film and TV Graduate Film
Facing Rupert
Winner
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Arizona Underground Film Festival 2011
BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM
Sydney Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival 2010
Nominated
BEST MASTERS FILM (NARRATIVE)
V.C.A. Graduate Screenings 2009
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTOR
Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2011
Official Selection
World Sci-Fi Convention, Reno 2011
London Sci-Fi Film Festival 2011
British Horror Film Festival, London 2011
Boston Underground Film Festival 2011
Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, Switzerland 2011
Atlanta Underground Film Festival 2011
Maelstrom Fantastic Film Festival, Seattle 2011
Minneapolis Underground Film Festival 2011
Angry Film Festival, Melbourne 2011
Writer/Director/Editor/Sound Designer
11 minutes. Standard 16mm.
Producer: Zac Gillam
Cinematographer: Shyam Ediriweera
Trailer
www.facingrupert.com
Vigilant! Healthy! Wholesome!
Official Selection
Palm Springs Shortsfest 2010
1st Assistant Director
14 minutes. Standard 16mm.
Director: Lauren Anderson
Producer: Shelley Dresden
Cinematographer: Tim Metherall
Going, Going
Focus Puller/Clapper Loader
12 minutes. Standard 16mm with 35mm anamorphic lenses.
Director: Alice Foulcher
Cinematographer: Cameron Matheson
www.goinggoingfilm.com