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Craig Melville

Craig Melville

Australian television comedy director


Craig James Melville is an Australian television comedy director. He is best known for his collaborations with comedians John Safran, Lawrence Leung and The Chaser.

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Filmography

Television

Music clips

Short film

Awards

Television Awards

Maximum Choppage (ABC)

  • Australian Directors' Guild - Best Comedy - Nomination [5]

John Safran's Race Relations (ABC)

  • Australian Directors' Guild – Best Comedy – Nomination[6]
  • Australian Directors' Guild – Best Reality / Light Entertainment – Nomination[6]
  • Rose D'or 2010 – Best Comedy – Nomination (Producers: John Safran & Laura Waters)[7]
  • Rose D'or 2010 – Social Award – Nomination (Producers: John Safran & Laura Waters)[7]

Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable (ABC)

  • Australian Directors' Guild Awards – Best Television Comedy – Nomination 2009[8]

Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure (ABC)

  • AFI Awards – Nomination – Best Television Comedy 2009[9]
  • Australian Directors' Guild Awards – Best Achievement in Television Comedy – Nomination[10]

The Chaser's War on Everything (ABC)

  • AFI Award 2006 – Best Television Comedy – Winner (Producers: Mark FitzGerald, Julian Morrow, Andy Nehl)[11]
  • AFI Award 2007 – Best Television Comedy – Nomination (Producers: Andy Nehl, Julian Morrow, Jo Wathen)[11]
  • Logie Award 2008 – Most Outstanding Comedy Program – Nomination[12]

John Safran vs God

  • AFI Award – Winner – Best Television Comedy (Producers: John Safran and Selin Yaman)[13]
  • Logie Awards – Nomination – Most Outstanding Comedy Program[14]

John Safran's Music Jamboree director – various segments

  • AFI Award – Winner – Best Comedy Series – 2003 (Producers: Selin Yaman & John Safran)[13]
  • Logie Awards – Nomination – Most Outstanding Comedy Program – 2003[15]

Music Video Awards

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Short Film Awards

The Polygamist

  • Iron Mule Comedy Festival New York – Judges Favourite Award[32]


Dentally Disturbed (co-director) (2004) SF_Dentally_Disturbed

  • Flickerfest 2005 – Sydney – Winner of SBS Television Award[33]
  • Portland International Film Festival (USA) – Audience Choice Award 2005[33]
  • Down Under Film Festival 'Best Australian Short Comedy' 2005[34]
  • Sony Tropfest 'Best of the Rest' competition winner
  • London Rushes Soho Short Film Festival – Best Newcomer – Runner up
  • Angry Film Festival – Runner-up


Brief Fiction (1996)

  • Gold – Australian Cinematographers Society Awards 1996


Love Hurts

  • Silver – Australian Cinematographers Society Awards – Fictional Drama Shorts – Cinema and TV 1999

References

  1. "The Polygamist". IMDb.
  2. "SF_Dentally_Disturbed". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2007.
  3. "2016 ADG Awards Nominees — Screen Director". Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. "2009 AFI Awards: Nominees". Tvtonight.com.au. 28 October 2009.
  5. "TV Week Logie Awards nominations". News.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014.
  6. "Urban Cinefile Feature". Urbancinefile.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 August 2006.
  7. "ACME News Page". Aiff2010.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. "Australian Cinematographers Society". Cinematographer.org.au. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Colorado International Film Festival & Screenplay Contest - 2011 Winners". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  11. "Houston Comedy Film Festival, 2010 Official Selections". houstoncomedyfilmfestival.tumblr.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  12. "Props for "Northcote (So Hungover)" | Nibbles Music". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  13. "Home". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  14. https://www.domainmarket.com/buynow/mountainfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. "Post Type the_wire - Creative Planet Network". blog.digitalcontentproducer.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  16. "St Kilda Film Festival: Day 2 | the Astor Theatre Blog". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  17. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. "Award Winners - 15-MINUTES OF FAME". Festival4.weebly.com. Palm Bay, Florida. 22 January 2011.
  19. "Northcote So Hungover". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  20. "Site Maintenance". Mvdbase.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  21. "Dentally Disturbed (2004) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". Screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

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