Fleur Murphy
Writer
Marisa Brown
Director / Producer
With a background that spans theatre, writing, acting, radio, short film production, animation, and music, Marisa has long been passionate about collaborative arts in all its forms. Marisa punctuated her double degree in Arts/ Science with several years of living and travelling overseas, but was eventually drawn back to Melbourne by a strong desire to return to the creative arts scene. In recent years, Marisa has found as herself the producer of a youth theatre company, the Assistant Director of a short film festival, the lead singer/ songwriter in a band, and is currently the Production Manager of a corporate video company. Whilst the role of Producer is nothing new, it is with much excitement that Marisa makes her directorial debut with ‘Rain for Morgan’.
Chris Tomkins
Director of Photography / Editor / Colour Gradist
Chris Tomkins began his film career as a teenager forcing his long suffering family to appear in badly shot short films. Since then, he has applied this early experience to writing, performing, directing, shooting, editing and creating content for television, the internet, mobile phones, not-for-profit and corporate organisations. He wrote and animated “The Adventures of Terrence and Spider: Professional Bouncers” for the Comedy Channel in 2003, and his music video for Melbourne band “Man Bites God” was nominated for an “Indie Video Award” in the BelowGround Music Video Awards in 2006. In 2009, Chris developed a slightly unhealthy interest in colour grading, and now dreams in perfectly colour-balanced visuals.
David Williams
Camera
David has broad experience in a number of artistic and technical disciplines. He has previously worked extensively backstage in most areas of theatre, with such companies as Cameron Macintosh Productions, and The Sydney Dance Company. Productions he has worked on include ‘The Phantom Of The Opera’, ‘Beauty And The Beast’, ‘Crazy For You’, ‘Topol’s Fiddler On The Roof’ and ‘Show Boat’.
David also worked for many years in the live music industry, in lighting, sound and stage technician roles. He has toured with a number of Australian and international acts, including Hunters And Collectors, Ed Kuepper, James Reyne, and Australian tours of Pink Floyd and Rolling Stones.
David currently works as a freelance Cinematographer and Steadicam Operator. He has a number of short films and features credited, and many still in the works. David greatly enjoys being a part of the composition and construction of the cinematic image. He has a strong interest in pursuing a career as a Writer/ Director, with a number of his own projects slated for production.
Sam O’Reilly
Sound Recordist
Sam O’Reilly (aka ‘Samurai’) has worked in many areas of sound, from designing and building radio stations to recording international acts at festivals. Currently focusing his skills on Film and TV, his most exciting project has been recording location sound for the Animal Planet series, ‘Whale Wars’. This seven-hour documentary captured the lives of the crew of the anti-whaling vessel the Sea Shepherd. Sam spent a month with the SS crew in the oceans surrounding Antarctica and was right amongst the action, surrounded by icebergs, 12-metre swells and grenade attacks from Japanese whalers. Luckily, Sam survived his Antarctic adventures to work on this beautiful film, ‘Rain for Morgan’. He hasn’t enjoyed working on any project as much as this, and is proud to be a part of the team.
Miranda Flinn
Costume Designer
‘Rain For Morgan’ is Miranda’s first Costume Design credit for film. Her work as a Set and Costumer Designer for theatre has included: ‘Enlightenment’ (Costume Design) and ‘Boy Gets Girl’ (Costume Design) for ‘Melbourne Theatre Company’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (Set & Costume Design) for The National Drama School, and ‘Loyal Women’ (Set Design) for Red Stitch Actors Theatre.
She is currently working in the Wardrobe Department on the Broadway Musical ‘Wicked’, and also works as a freelance Costume Assistant and Stylist for Roving Operations and Hamish & Andy.
Miranda studied Set & Costume Design at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and was the recipient of the Theatre Arts Industry Award for Most Outstanding Graduate in 2003. She was also a member of the student delegation that travelled to Prague to exhibit designs in the Prague Quadrennial worldwide design competition.
Kim Hauxwell
Art Department
Nicole Collins
Hair and Makeup / Wardrobe Supervisor
Nicole’s costume repertoire has thus far been dominated by film-based projects, spanning video art installation, advertisements, short film, and music video. Through costume and wardrobe designing, making, styling and sourcing, she continually challenges established restrictions with conceptual design, construction and fabrication solutions. Previous projects have included Sydney band Van She’s ‘Cat & the Eye’ (Modular Records), and video installations ‘Enter the Twilight’ and ‘Plat du Jour’ by artist Cassandra Tytler, amongst others.
Formally trained with an Honours Degree in Fashion Design at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Nicole worked heavily within the fashion industry before transferring her skills to costume. Previous experience has included interning with Sydney-based fashion designer Kirrily Johnson, garment production for Melbourne fashion label LIFEwithBIRD, and corsetry at Marianna Hardwick Bridal Couture.
Nicole has also worked on a number of self-initiated projects including the ‘Undercoat’ parade during ING Transeasonal Australian Fashion Week 2006, collaborating in joint installation exhibition ‘The Fox and The Crow’, and contributing journalistically to Melbourne Fashion Magazine ‘Poster’.
Andrew Brown
Special Effects Assistant
Thomas Rouch
Composer
Andrew McGrath
Sound Mix
Erin McKimm
Sound Designer
Melanie O’Shanassy
Unit Manager
After completing a Creative Arts degree in 1997, Mel has pursued a wide range of artistic roles, including writer, producer, performer, and film runner, as well as juggling being a mother, homemaker, renovator, waitress and eBay fanatic. ‘Rain for Morgan’ gave Mel a chance to combine just about all of these skills in her endless quest to keep the cast and crew happy, well fed and on-schedule. Looking to the future, Mel hopes to finish writing her short film, whack some paint on the weatherboards, buy some more bargains, and enjoy time with her girls in her soon-to-be-completed lounge room.
Quyen Le
Violin
Quyen is a classically trained violinist and is currently playing with Melbourne band The Good China.