Ivan Sen

Ivan Sen

Ivan Sen (born 1972; Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian filmmaker. He is a director, screenwriter and cinematographer, as well as an editor, composer and sound designer. He is co-founder and director of Bunya Productions.

Throughout the late 1990s Ivan Sen worked on numerous short films, before making his feature film debut with Beneath Clouds in 2002. It won Ivan 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 at the Australian Film Institute Awards. Ivan has subsequently written and produced a number of award winning documentaries. His documentary Yellow Fella screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005. In 2011 Ivan completed his feature Toomelah, which was selected for the Cannes International Film Festival 2011 - Un Certain Regard. The world premiere of the film at Cannes received a standing ovation. The film won the Grand Prix at the Pacific Meridian Film Festival 2011 and the UNESCO Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2011. In 2013 Ivan completed the feature film Mystery Road starring Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten, Tasma Walton and Jack Thompson. Mystery Road had its international premiere with a "Special Presentation"at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival. Ivan is an Executive Producer on the successful tv adaptation of Mystery Road. In 2015 Ivan directed his Goldstone starring Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver, David Gulpilil, Cheng Pei Pei and David Wenham.

Sound

2023

Limbo
Movie

Original Music Composer

2022

Loveland
Movie

Original Music Composer

2016

Goldstone
Movie

Original Music Composer

2013

Mystery Road
Movie

Original Music Composer

2011

Toomelah
Movie

Original Music Composer

2009

Dreamland
Movie

Original Music Composer

2009

Dreamland
Movie

Sound Editor

2002

Beneath Clouds
Movie

Music Producer

2002

Beneath Clouds
Movie

Original Music Composer

Writing

2023

2022

2016

2011

2009

Directing

2023

Limbo
Movie

Director

2022

2016

2013

2011

2009

Camera

2023

Limbo
Movie

Director of Photography

2022

Loveland
Movie

Director of Photography

2016

Goldstone
Movie

Director of Photography

2013

Mystery Road
Movie

Director of Photography

2011

Toomelah
Movie

Director of Photography

2009

Dreamland
Movie

Director of Photography

Editing

2023

2022

2016

2011

Production

2023

Limbo
Movie

Co-Producer

2022

Mystery Road: Origin
Tv

Executive Producer

2022

2018

Mystery Road
Tv

Executive Producer

Lighting

Art

2002

Beneath Clouds
Movie

Title Illustration

Infos

Full Name
Ivan Sen
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
1/1/1972
Also Known As

Иван Сен