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Kristefan Minski
Producer
Filmmaker
Media Artist
Musician
Australian
Linz, Austria
Available upon request
kristefan(AT)minskimedia(DOT)com
Available upon request
Media Education:
2008 - UDK Berlin, Germany - Tonmeister Faculty
2 Semesters Tonmeister Studies - Film and Classical Music Production
2005 - University of Newcastle, Australia - School of IT, Science and Communication
Bachelor of Communication (Honours) - Documentary Film Production and Theory
2001 - 2004 - University of Newcastle, Australia - School of IT, Science and Communication
Bachelor of Communication - Mixed Media Production and Theory (Broadcast television, Film, Radio,Theatre, Music and Web)
MEDIA EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2010 - Present - ARS Electronica Futurelab
Media Planner
2008 - 2009 - ARS Electronica Centre
IT Systems Administrator, Technician, Installation Construction
2003 – 2008 - NBN Television Limited
Broadcast Journalism, IT, New Media Development
2000 – 2004 - University of Newcastle Students Association
Multimedia Services, Graphic Design
1997 – 1999 - Planet Entertainment PTY LTD
Event Management
1995 - 1996 - Competitive Edge Graphics PTY LTD
Multi Media Graphic Design
SELF-EMPLOYMENT & EXTRA CURRICULAR
2002 - Present - Minski Media
Founder and director - Media, art and design organisation based in Australia and Europe.
2001 – 2004 - Vital Focus Productions
Founder and director - Not for profit media makers network based in Newcastle, Australia.
2002 - 2004 - Festival Club
President - University affiliated network of electronic music artists and performers.
RECENT FILMOGRAPHY & PROJECTS
The Ergo B Bag Experience - Minski Media - 2008
Writer, Producer and Director
Documentary about the Australian pop cultural phenomena that is Ergo B Bag. Currently in production.
Paul's Opa - UDK University - 2008
Sound Designer
Sound recreation for a short fictional film produced by students from Kunsthochschule für median Köln.
Grandmother Minski: Journey to Babushka - Minski Media- 2005
Writer, Producer and Director
Experimental feature length documentary film/installation about an Australian filmmakers journey into his multi cultural past through the retrospective story of his Grandmother.
The Night Before the Trial - Minski Media - 2004
Director
Short play adapted from the Anton Chekhov play of the same name.
Premature Burial - Minski Media - 2003
Producer and Cinematographer
Award winning experimental short film based on Edgar Allen Poe’s story of the same name.
First Milk - University of Newcastle - 2002
Writer, Co - Director and Editor
Award winning short film adapted from the ‘How to escape from killer bees’ segment of the Worst Case Scenario handbook.
Dancing to Architecture: a motion picture about T.I.N.A - Vital Focus Productions - 2002
Producer and Sound Designer
Award winning motion picture preview to a 90-hour Open Source documentary about the 2002 ‘This Is Not Art’ festival.
Echoes of the Future - Vital Focus Productions - 2001
Producer
Documentary about the annual ‘Students and Sustainability’ conference held at the University of Newcastle 2001.
Publications & Texts
Reflections in Prospect: Culture and Creativity in Documentary Video Production
2005 - University of Newcastle