Julian Shaw

Julian Shaw (born 16 December 1985 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an author, filmmaker and actor, best known for directing the 2007 film Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, a British Film Institute award-winning documentary^[1] about the life of South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys. Shaw is the author of the novel Modern Odysseus, and the creator of several short films including Clearing the Air.^[2] He is the director of the 2011 feature documentary Cup of Dreams, about New Zealand's national Rugby Union team the All Blacks.^[3] Shaw also gained worldwide fame in 2011 after starring in an Australian marriage equality advertisement entitled It's Time that has reached millions of people.

International awards

• Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year Award, 2010 - Byron Bay International Film Festival and Sydney International Film School^[4]
• Inaugural Derek Oyston/Che Award - British Film Institute's London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 2009^[1]
• Runner-Up: Panorama Audience Award, for Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story - Berlin International Film Festival, 2008^[5]
• Independent Spirit Award - Inside Film Awards, 2007^[6]
• Best Emerging Filmmaker Award - DOCNZ, 2007^[7]
• Best Documentary for Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story - Documentary Edge Festival, 2007^[7]

Filmography

Actor

• Stoner, San Andreas (film) 2015
• "It's Time", GetUp! for Australia Ad, 2011
• Christopher, Love Gone Wrong, Deadly Women

Director

• Cup of Dreams, 2011
• Clearing the Air, 2010
• All Blacks Don't Cry, 2010
• Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, 2007

Performer

• "Love Story", a 2011 viral video in support of marriage equality by GetUp! Australia, as Paul
• All Blacks Don't Cry, 2010, as John Kirwan

Bibliography

• Modern Odysseus, 2009 - ISBN 978-0-646-50199-4