Shane Abbess

Birth Name: Shane John Abbess

Height: 191 cm

Shane Abbess made his first film at the age of 14 on his parents Betamax camera and after completing High School, was immediately accepted as one of the youngest students ever at the North Sydney TAFE film course.After a brief stint in Television, he returned to filmmaking where he would spend close to a decade working odd jobs and selling personal belongings to fund his short film projects.During this time that Shane formed Redline Films with several of his peers and would go on to win many film festivals both home and abroad whilst gathering an extensive support network and fan base via the emerging internet and media outlets of the time.Shane pushed hard and fast to evolve his skills and earned a reputation for his stylish visuals that complimented stories with heart and in early 2005, gathered his forces and put it all on the line to make the feature film 'Gabriel'. Release in cinemas in 2007 Gabriel has recently been purchased for international distribution by Screen Gems .Shane is currently working as director on the new Universal Pictures sci-fi feature Source Code, which is due to be released late in 2009. Show less «

Live every second of the journey, because the destination isn't for you, it's for everyone else.

A lot of people say I'm a 'method' director because I believe whatever we're doing is completely rea...Show more »

A lot of people say I'm a 'method' director because I believe whatever we're doing is completely real. We're creating memories, not a movie. We're shooting characters and truth, not actors and a script. Show less «

I'm much more willing to take massive risks these days, knowing full well the line between success a...Show more »

I'm much more willing to take massive risks these days, knowing full well the line between success and failure gets closer the further you push, which is why it's the best place to be. Show less «

I think one of the fundamental flaws in Australian cinema in the past few years has been that we hav...Show more »

I think one of the fundamental flaws in Australian cinema in the past few years has been that we haven't been able to connect with an audience, especially internationally. We shouldn't be making films to satisfy funding criteria or industry peers, it should just be about the audience and what they want, because at the end of the day, it's them, which includes you and me, that's ultimately going to decided whether a film fails or not. They're the boss. That's it. It sounds simple, I know, but if you look at our box office figures in the past decade, we're obviously missing the mark somewhere. I think there's a very positive movement happening at the moment in the independent sector which is starting to show the depth of filmmaking talent this country has to offer and our want to tell stories that appeal to a wider fan-base. Show less «

I don't think the larger Australian Community realizes how hard a film like 'Gabriel' was to make or...Show more »

I don't think the larger Australian Community realizes how hard a film like 'Gabriel' was to make or what it has actually done and/or said about our local industry. In time though, the truth will surface through more filmmakers grabbing the bull by the horns and starting where Gabriel left off. Show less «

Shane Abbess

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