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===Unmade Films=== |
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Revision as of 08:17, 27 June 2023
Esben Storm | |
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Born | Støvring, Denmark | 26 May 1950
Died | 28 March 2011 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 60)
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Years active | 1972–2008 |
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Esben Storm (26 May 1950 – 28 March 2011) was a Danish Australian actor, screenwriter, television producer, television director, voice artist and songwriter.
Early life
Storm came to Australia with parents Laurits and Ane in 1958, after Laurits lost the family farm to lawyers. After settling in Melbourne, his father worked as a builder's labourer and built a darkroom, where Esben learned photographic processing, composition and lighting.
Career
Storm was well known for his work with the Australian Children's Television Foundation, headed by Patricia Edgar, where he worked for 15 years. The company sold programs to 92 countries, and Storm was involved in writing, acting, editing, and directing numerous programs, including Round the Twist.[1] He worked to adapt John Marsden's Tomorrow series but lost the rights to the film.
Film making
Storm started making films at 18 with his then partner Haydn Keenan. His early work was mostly serious in nature, including a 1983 documentary about the Hilton Bombing in Sydney called With Prejudice. He wrote and directed 27A (1974), In Search of Anna (1978) (with film stills and publicity shots by Carol Jerrems, who was then his girlfriend),[2] Deadly (1991), and Subterano (2003); he directed Devil's Hill (1988) and the Tasmanian film in the Touch the Sun series of bicentennial telemovies. In 2007, he directed the SBS comedy series Kick.[3]
Storm also worked on several television series such as Round the Twist, The Genie from Down Under (in which he was scriptwriter and director), Sky Trackers (in which he was script consultant), Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers (in which he was the show's creator, scriptwriter and dialogue director), Blue Heelers (as a director), Crash Zone, and Winners (for which he directed the episode "The Other Facts of Life").
Acting
In 1976, Storm acted in Hanging About, a film by Carol Jerrems, who was then his girlfriend and living with him in Willoughby. He played Tom in Room to Move and Leo George in The Other Facts of Life, and also appeared in More Winners (in which he played The Waiter in the episode "The Big Wish") and Phoenix (in which he played Pat). In Blue Heelers (which he also directed), he played Colin Roper in the episode "Breaking the Cycle".
Feature film roles included The Coca-Cola Kid (1985), Wrong World (1985) and Young Einstein (1988).
Storm’s last acting role was in the medical drama series All Saints.[3]
Death
Storm died, aged 60, on 28 March 2011.[4]
Filmography
Film (as actor)
- Doors (1969, short)
- In His Prime (1972, short)
- Stephanie (1972, short)
- A Motion Picture (1972, short)
- Hanging About: A Short Film by Carol Jerrems (1976, short)
- With Prejudice (1982)
- Birthin' Hips (1983)
- Stanley (1984)
- The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
- Wrong World (1985)
- Pandemonium (1987) as E.B. De Woolf / Husband
- Young Einstein (1988)
- Terrormisu: A Night Of Just Desserts (1993)
- Rusty & The Bathtub Banana (1993)
Film (as crew)
- 27A (1974) aw writer & director
- In Search of Anna (1978) as writer, director & producers
- Deadly (1991) as writer & director
- Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers (1998) as creator
Unmade Films
- Angel Gear (mid-1970s)
- Bondi Blue (early 1980s) – Reg Grundy withdrew financing just before filming was to start[5]
- Dirty Barry (written 1970s, tried to make 1980s)[5]
- Doctor Flatus (1994)
Television
- Room to Move as Tom
- The Other Facts of Life as Leo George
- More Winners as Waiter (episode: The Big Wish)
- Phoenix as Pat
- Alice to Nowhere (1986, miniseries)
- Round the Twist (1989–2001) as Mr Snapper – also director/script consultant (1989), writer/screenplay (1991; 2000–01)
- Blue Heelers as Colin Roper (episode: Breaking the Cycle) - also directed
- All Saints
Awards
References
- ^ Esben Storm, 1950 - 2011., The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 April 2011.
- ^ Cover, July 1977, Cinema papers, Global Village Cinema Publications, 1977
- ^ a b Finney, Sarah: Vale Esben Storm (1950 – 2011) Archived 14 April 2013 at archive.today, Australian Film Institute, 29 March 2011.
- ^ Industry mourns Esben Storm Archived 1 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Encore, 29 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Interview with Esben Storm", Signis, 22 August 1995 Archived 3 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessed 21 November 2012.
- ^ AFI Award Winners Feature Categories 1958-2009 Archived 7 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Film Institute.
External links
- 1950 births
- 2011 deaths
- Australian male television actors
- Australian male film actors
- Australian screenwriters
- Australian television producers
- Australian television directors
- Australian television writers
- Australian voice directors
- Australian people of Danish descent
- Danish emigrants to Australia
- Australian male television writers