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Ivan Sen

Ivan Sen

Known For Directing
Birthday Jan 01, 1972 (53)
Birthplace Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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.

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Filmography

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Limbo

Limbo

2023

Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor

Loveland

Loveland

2022

Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor

Goldstone

Goldstone

2016

Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor

Mystery Road

Mystery Road

2013

Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor

Shifting Shelter 4

Shifting Shelter 4

2011

Director of Photography, Writer

Toomelah

Toomelah

2011

Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor

Aunty Connie

Aunty Connie

2006

Writer

Yellow Fella

Yellow Fella

2005

Director of Photography

My Mother India

My Mother India

2002

Gaffer

Beneath Clouds

Beneath Clouds

2002

Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Writer, Title Illustration

Shifting Shelter 2

Shifting Shelter 2

2000

Director of Photography, Writer

Wind

Wind

1999

Writer

Dust

Dust

1999

Original Music Composer, Writer

Tears

Tears

1998

Original Music Composer, Writer

Vanish

Vanish

1998

Director of Photography, Writer

Shifting Shelter 1

Shifting Shelter 1

1997

Director of Photography, Writer

Limbo

Limbo

2023

Director

Loveland

Loveland

2022

Director

Goldstone

Goldstone

2016

Director

Mystery Road

Mystery Road

2013

Director

Shifting Shelter 4

Shifting Shelter 4

2011

Director

Toomelah

Toomelah

2011

Director

Aunty Connie

Aunty Connie

2006

Director

Yellow Fella

Yellow Fella

2005

Director

Beneath Clouds

Beneath Clouds

2002

Director

Shifting Shelter 2

Shifting Shelter 2

2000

Director

Wind

Wind

1999

Director

Dust

Dust

1999

Director

Tears

Tears

1998

Director

Vanish

Vanish

1998

Director

Shifting Shelter 1

Shifting Shelter 1

1997

Director

Limbo

Limbo

2023

Co-Producer

Loveland

Loveland

2022

Producer

Shifting Shelter 4

Shifting Shelter 4

2011

Producer

Aunty Connie

Aunty Connie

2006

Producer

Shifting Shelter 2

Shifting Shelter 2

2000

Producer

Shifting Shelter 1

Shifting Shelter 1

1997

Producer

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