Vickie Gest
Appearance
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Vickie Gest is a documentary and drama producer from Brisbane (Queensland, Australia).
Professional career
Gest studied at the
ABC1 and SBS. Gest currently works as an independent producer and is the co-managing director of Vizpoets Entertainment with Lauren Ford.[1]
Selected filmography
Features
- "Two Heads Creek" (2019) - Co Producer
- "The Oppression" (in development) - Producer
- "The Forestkind” (in development) - Producer
- "What if?" (in development) – Producer
TV Series
The Broken Ones (in development) - Producer
Documentary
- "Over My Dead Body" (2007) – Producer
- "Roller Derby Dolls" (2008) – Producer
- "Rare Chicken Rescue" (2008) – Producer
Short Film
- "The Anthesis of Man (2017) - Producer
- "Ascension" (2007) – Producer
- "White Song" (2006) – Supervising Producer
- "Butterflies in Glass" (2006) – Supervising Producer
- "The Truckdriver's Wife" (2006) – Supervising Producer
- "Sleeping Awake" (2006) – Supervising Producer
- "Road Kill" (2005) – Co-Producer
- "Hole in the Wall" (2005) – Producer
- "Security" (2005) – Producer
- "The Kangaroo" (2004) – Producer
- "Faithless" (2004) – Producer
- "Doing the Flowers" (2003) – Executive Producer
- "Plonk" (2003) – Executive Producer
- "Brawn" (2003) – Executive Producer
- "Other People" (2001) – Producer
- "Bad Ass Mono-Winged Angel" (2000) – Producer
Awards
Two Heads Creek
- Audience Award - Syracuse Film Festival, NY, USA (2019)
Rare Chicken Rescue
- Winner, Best Documentary – Sydney Film Festival Dendy Awards (2008)
- Winner, Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short – Slamdance Film Festival, Utah, USA (2009)
- Nominated 5 AFI Awards – Best Film, Best Sound, Best Director, Best DOP, Best Editing (Australian Film Institute Awards) (2008)
- Winner, Best Sound in a Documentary, Australian Film Institute Awards (2008)
- Winner, Best Short Documentary Under 60 Minutes, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2008)
- Nominated Inside Film Awards Best Documentary (2008)
- Nominated ATOM Awards (Best Documentary Human Story & Best Documentary Short) (2008)
- Nominated Best Documentary Wildscreen Festival UK International People and Animal Award (2008)
- Finalist, Public Awards, Pacific International Documentary Film Festival (FIFO)
- Finalist, Official Short Film Competition, Cinequest Film Festival (USA)
- Winner Silver ACS (Australian Cinematography Awards) (2008)
Roller Derby Dolls
- Nominated Best Producer at the Women's Image Network USA (2008)
- Nominated Best Documentary Short ATOM Awards (2008)
Over My Dead Body
- Winner Prix du Jury – SCIENMA Festival of Science (2008)
- Nominated Best Science Technology & Environment Awards ATOM (2008)
The Anthesis of Man
- Winner Best Dark Comedy Film Festival, Austin Comedy Film Festival (2017)
- INDIEFEST Award of Excellence Special Mention: Short Film (2017)
- 4th place International Horror Film Festival (2017)
- Nominated "Best Screenplay - Lauren Ford" - St Kilda Short Film Festival (2017)
- Nominated "Best Comedy Film" - St Kilda Short Film Festival (2017)
- Nominated "Best Comedy Short Film" - Austin Comedy Short Film Festival (2017)
- Nominated "Best Original Music" - Austin Comedy Short Film Festival (2017)
- Nominated "Best Cinematography" - Austin Comedy Short Film Festival (2017)* Nominated "Best Male Actor" - Austin Comedy Short Film Festival (2017)
Ascension
- Honorary Mention by the Jury – Icon Fantastic Film Festival Israel (2008)
- Best Film – Tri City Independent Fan Film Festival USA (2008)
- Best Aussie Film – Dereel Independent Film Festival (2008)
- Best Film – Sci Fi Film Festival (2008)
- Best Comedy – Casino Surf & Turf Film Festival (2008)
- Best Open Film – Brisbane International Film Festival Queensland New Filmmakers Awards (2007)
- Best Script – In the Bin Film Festival (2007)
- Bronze Short Film Award – Cinematography Society of Australia NSW Awards (2007)
Hole in the Wall
- Best Screenplay – Queensland Shorts Film Festival (2006)
- Best Male Actor – Queensland Shorts Film Festival (2006)
Other People
- WINNER- Key West IndieFest Artistic Achievement in Short Film - USA April(2003)
- WINNER- Best Independent Short Film - The Education Channel's Ninth Annual Independent Film Festival, Tampa USA July (2002)
- WINNER -Cinematography Award - Alternative Film Festival Italy (2002 )
- Best Independent Film – Key West IndieFest (2001)
- Best Cinematography – Alternative Film Festival (2001)
- Best Independent Short – Dahlonega Int Film Festival (2001)
Bad Ass Mono-Winged Angel
- Finalist Best Fiction Under 15 mins Dendy Awards Sydney International Film Festival (2001)
- Finalist 15th Qld New Filmmakers Awards for Best Producer (2001)
- Special Jury Prize – Alternative Film Festival (2000)
References
External links
- Vizpoets Entertainment
- Vickie Gest at IMDb