Wednesday Luncheon #5054 with Michael Cusack

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Adelaide Oval Gil Langley Room, L4 Riverbank Stand, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

Web booking closes Monday June 16 12 noon!

Payment on the day at the Welcome Desk by Card only. 

Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

 Guest Speaker Michael Cusack

A life at 25 frames per second

Michael Cusack’s first major award was an Australian Film Institute Award (now renamed the AACTA’s) in 1985 for the short film Waltzing Matilda.

Since then, Michael has forged a flourishing career as director of a growing number of award-winning short films and TV commercials.

Michael has received the prestigious Master’s Chair Award from the Adelaide Advertising and Design Club a record six times and received the President’s Award from The Adelaide Art Directors for outstanding achievements in TV/Cinema.

In 2002 he was made an Honorary Member of the Australian Cinematographer’s Society in recognition of his contributions to the National Film Industry.

In 2006 he was again awarded an AFI for Best Short Animation for his film Gargoyle.

He has recently been made a member of the Australian Cinema Pioneers.

His film, the highly acclaimed Sleight of Hand picked up thirty-six national and international awards and was eligible for consideration in the 2014 Academy Awards. His highly personal and poignant film After All was nominated in the prestigious International Competition in the Annecy International Animation Festival. He has since made a number of other award-winning short films. 

Michael was recently the subject of a major retrospective of his work at the Melbourne International Animation Film Festival. 

Michael is frequently in demand as a speaker and has been invited onto the judging panels of many major commercial and film festivals.

His latest film, the poignantly beautiful, The Better Angels was completed in 2021 and it too has been awarded a number of accolades both nationally and internationally.

Michael is currently working on his next short animation "From this day forward."

 Don't forget to give to the Virtual Community Bowl this week by clicking on...  Community Projects Appeal

Please note the venue - Gil Langley Room, Adelaide Oval, L4 Riverbank Stand, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide