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Mr

Robert Stephenson

Lecturer In Film And Television (Animation)
Victorian College Of The Arts
stop-motion
2D
animated installations
kinetic sculptures
animation
film and video ; the creative arts; commercial services not elsewhere classified
animation,sand animation,, writing for animation,insomnia,
conservation
ocean ecosystems
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Mr

Robert Stephenson

 
Division
Fine Arts And Music
 
Primary Interest
animation
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Mr

Robert Stephenson

 

Films as writer/director/animator/producer
2014 -Nightlife- screenings include Australian International Animation Festival, Melbourne International Animation Festival (2015). 2011- Paris Lakess: Screenings include Annecy International Animation Festival , Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (International Competition), Flcikerfest Film Festival.

Purchased by SBS.

Distributed by Flickerfest 2011-15 2004-Lucky For Some: Nominated for AFI Best Animation 2004. Screenings include, London Film Festival, Adelaide,Perth, Brisbane and St Kilda Film Festivals, Bristol Animation Festival. AFI Award Nomination.

1995-Chester Slingshot (5 x 1 minute)

1996- Redback : Dendy Award for Best Animation, Sydney Film Festival, 1995. Purchased and distributed internationally and screened on Comedy Channel Australia.

1988- Still Flying AFI Award for Best Animation 1989, Dendy Award for Best Animation, Sydney Film Festival, 1989.

Commercial Projects
TV Commercials from 1989-1997 at Oddball Animation: ( Kraft, Duracell, etc)
Storyboard Artist fro TV Series including, Round the Twist, Thunderstone, The Genie From Down Under and Lift Off.
Storyboard Artist for feature films including, Amy and Irresistible. Children's Animation and Titles for ABC-TV including, Ben and the Alien Invasion. Animator for ACTF/ABC TV series, Lift-Off.

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 12 most recent scholarly works by Robert Stephenson.

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I wonder

R Frankland, R Stephenson, P Fletcher

Recorded or Rendered Work - Film, Video  |  2016

Poem by Richard Frankland- animated response by Robert Stephenson and Paul Fletcher

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50⁷

P Allen, P Fletcher, N Freeman, A Holmes, S Jackson, A O'Keefe, R Stephenson

Recorded or Rendered Work - Film, Video  |  2016

Short Film

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Animation Interrupted

R Stephenson

Conference Proceedings  |  2015  |  unpublished

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Introduced Species

R Stephenson, K Abbott, T Fraser, P Fletcher

Recorded or Rendered Work - Film, Video  |  2015

Animated Response to Music and thematic Content of excerpt original symphony composed by Katy Abbott

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Nightlife

R STEPHENSON

Recorded or Rendered Work - Film, Video  |  2014

Animation Production

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Nightlife

R STEPHENSON, P Fletcher

Original Creative Work - Visual Art Work  |  2014

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Audiovisual Bin - Binocular

P Fletcher, R Stephenson, T Fraser

Original Creative Work - Visual Art Work  |  2014

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Machine Order and Personal Chaos in Writing for Animation

RH Stephenson

Conference Proceedings  |  2012  |  Society for Animation Studies Conference

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Paris Lakes (Animated Short Work)

RHS Stephenson

Audio Visual Recording  |  2011

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Raglan

R STEPHENSON, undefined MCCULLOUGH

Creative Published Work  |  2007

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Something Wicked(Skin Dance)

R STEPHENSON

Creative Published Work  |  2005

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Lucky For Some

R STEPHENSON

Creative Published Work  |  2004

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Arts and Leisure
Film, Television and Digital Media
Cinema, Electronic Arts and Multimedia
Cultural Studies
Art Theory and Criticism
Other Commercial Services

News

Displaying the 2 most recent news articles by Robert Stephenson.

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Five decades of films and the city that inspired them

Robert Stephenson, Nicolette Freeman

June 16, 2016
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Animation in the 80s: the view from Melbourne

Robert Stephenson

May 18, 2016

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2004

R/Up Best Australian Animation- Brisbane International Animation festival
1996

Redback (animated short)

Dendy Award ( Sydney Film Festival)
1990

Still Flying (animated short)

ATOM Award
1989

Still Flying (animated short)

Australian Film Institute
1989

Still Flying (animated short)

Dendy Award ( Sydney Film Festival)

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Lecturer In Film And Television (Animation)

Victorian College Of The Arts

Standard Member

ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film d'Animation)

Standard Member

Society of Animation Studies

Education

Master of Film and Television (Research)

University of Melbourne

Graduate Diploma of Film and Television (Animation)

Swinburne University of Technology

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

Melbourne College of Advanced Education