Patrick Sarell

With over twenty-five years of experience working in Australia and internationally for leading visual effects companies. Patrick has contributed to more than twenty-five feature films, including several that have received Academy Awards. And worked with directors such as Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Alfonso Cuarón, David Yates, George Miller and Taika Waititi as a Lead Animator and Senior Animator, Production Co-Ordinator, Character Rigger and Motion Editor.

He created, wrote and co-directed the animated short film Nullarbor which received an Australian Academy of Cinema, Television and Arts (AACTA) Award, screened internationally, was short listed for an Oscar and was recognised with a number of awards. The film was funded by Screen Australia and Screen Victoria and produced by the Lampshade Collective, an animation studio which he co-founded 2007 to create original content. After Nullarbor’s success The Lampshade Collective created a second animated short film (The Gallant Captain) in collaboration with children’s book author Graham Base, which I co-produced, and animation directed. It was also funded by Screen Australian and Screen Victoria.