August 2004
 Filmmaker
Ivan Sen (Gamilaroi) drew on his own background as
the child of an Aboriginal mother and an absent white father for
the screenplay of his first feature-length work, Beneath Clouds,
filmed on a $2.5 million dollar budget. This film about a teenager's
search for her father won Sen 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 from the Australian Film Institute. He studied filmmaking
at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, where he produced
his first short films, working with the crew he continues to work
with today. Sen was raised in Inverell, New South Wales, Australia.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit:
Ivan Sen at CAA - photograph by Charmaine Jackson-John; Ivan Sen
- courtesy of Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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