Jamie Blanks

Jamie Blanks is an Australian film director and film composer .

Life

Blanks attended Swinburne Film School in Melbourne for three years , which became the Victorian College of the Arts during his studies. His graduation film was the short film Silent Number , which cost A $ 14,000 .

His graduation film brought Blanks to Propaganda Films' talent scout Simon Millar, who signed him for management. Blanks filmed a 3-minute trailer for the motion picture I Know What You Did last summer . However, the direction of the film was already occupied by Jim Gillespie , who had signed the contract three days before. However, producer Neal H. Moritz was impressed by Blanks and produced with him Blanks debut feature film Düstere Legenden , which Blanks directed at the age of 26. After this success, Blanks directed and was responsible for the composition of the films Storm Warning - Survival May Be Deadly ( Storm Warning ) and Long Weekend, among others .

His film Storm Warning - Survival can be fatal was shown at the 21st Fantasy Filmfest 2007 in the category Midnight Madness . In 2009 his film Long Weekend was shown at the Fantasy Filmfest in the FFF Nights category .

Filmography (selection)

Director

• 1993: Silent Number (short film)
• 1997: Phage
• 1998: Dark Legends (Urban Legend)
• 2001: Scream If You Can (Valentine)
• 2007: Storm Warning - Survival Can Be Deadly (Storm Warning)
• 2008: Long Weekend / Lost Weekend

composer

• 1991: The Aberrant (short film)
• 1992: The Surrogate (short film)
• 1993: Silent Number (short film)
• 1993: Crimestoppers (short film)
• 1993: The Huntsman (short film)
• 1999: Huntsman 5.1
• 2003: Say I Do
• 2007: Storm Warning - Survival Can Be Deadly (Storm Warning)
• 2008: Long Weekend / Lost Weekend
• 2009: Crush
• 2010: Machete Maidens Unleashed!
• 2010: Needle - you cannot escape your fate
• 2012: Crawlspace - Phantom Menace (Crawlspace)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Urban Cinefile BLANKS, JAMIE: Urban Legend / February 1999 Qantas in-flight magazine, The Australian Way
2. ↑ Jamie Blanks - WormholeRiders

Web links

• Jamie Blanks at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Interview with Jamie Blanks (English)