Monday August 17, 2009
Nash Edgerton knows his craft from both sides of the camera from his work as an actor, stunt performer, editor, producer, writer, and director. Since his short Deadline, which took out the top prize at Tropfest in 1997, Nash has directed a number of award‐winning short films and music videos. The action packed trailer for Tropfest called The Pitch was followed by the horror thriller Fuel, the stunt‐driven Lukcy and the twisted drama Spider, all shorts that screened to acclaim locally and abroad at festivals including Sundance, Berlin, Telluride, Aspen, Sydney, Melbourne, Pi Fan, St Kilda and Flickerfest.
His career in music videos has won him various awards and ARIA and MTV nominations for work with leading Australian and New Zealand artists including Ben Lee, Eskimo Joe, Missy Higgins, Evermore, Toni Collette, Shihad and The Sleepy Jackson.
Collectively Nash’s films and music videos have won more than 50 awards around the world.
Nash’s film making career began at he age of 18 as a stunt performer. Since that time he has earned over 100 film and television credits on productions including The Matrix Trilogy, Star Wars II and III, Thin Red Line and Superman Returns. He is also an accomplished editor. In 2005 Nash edited and produced the acclaimed film The Magician written and directed by Scott Ryan.
In 2008 Nash’s first feature film The Square was released in cinemas around Australia, where it was nominated for 7 AFI Awards – including Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. It will be released in the US in 2009. Most recently Nash has directed the music video for Bob Dylan’s “Beyond Here Lies Nothing”.
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