Dave Cleeve and Brendan Pinches.
Who needs film schools? Not Brendan Pinches, whose documentary about an anonymous female street artist who paints portraits of train commuters won the main prize at Tropfest in Sydney on Saturday night.
The self-taught Pinches wrote, directed and produced Be You T. Fool, his first ever short, collaborating with Dave Cleeve as the editor and Dop.
Eric Bana, who presented the winner’s trophy, said the judges were unanimous in their decision and described the film as “entertaining, well-made, inspiring and emotional: It had everything.”
Now 32, Pinches spent the last 10 years working in sales and marketing for a family engineering company. He is moving to a part-time role at the company as he is embarking on a Masters of Film and TV at Vca.
Pinches left a note addressed to the mystery painter with his telephone number on the Chandler Highway bridge, which is adorned with her works,...
Who needs film schools? Not Brendan Pinches, whose documentary about an anonymous female street artist who paints portraits of train commuters won the main prize at Tropfest in Sydney on Saturday night.
The self-taught Pinches wrote, directed and produced Be You T. Fool, his first ever short, collaborating with Dave Cleeve as the editor and Dop.
Eric Bana, who presented the winner’s trophy, said the judges were unanimous in their decision and described the film as “entertaining, well-made, inspiring and emotional: It had everything.”
Now 32, Pinches spent the last 10 years working in sales and marketing for a family engineering company. He is moving to a part-time role at the company as he is embarking on a Masters of Film and TV at Vca.
Pinches left a note addressed to the mystery painter with his telephone number on the Chandler Highway bridge, which is adorned with her works,...
- 2/10/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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