Adam Elliot

Adam Elliot (born January 2, 1972) is an Australian animator. He is from Melbourne, Australia. His short movie called Harvey Krumpet won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He uses claymation and has won five Australian Film Institute Awards because of his work.

Early life
Elliot was brought up on a prawn farm run by his father who had once been a circus clown, and his mother who had been a hairdresser. The family later moved to Melbourne, where Elliot made money selling hand painted T-shirts at local markets. After finishing school he went to the Victorian College of the Arts to study animation.

References


Other websites
 Adam Elliot's website 

Category:1972 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian animators
Category:Australian filmmakers
Category:Academy Award winning directors
Category:Writers from Melbourne
Category:Academy Award winning cinematographers
Category:Academy Award winning writers