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Originally training as a photographer Justine Kerrigan spent 8 years in stills, travelling to
Japan, China, North America and Africa.
She studied cinematography at The Australian Film Television & Radio School finishing
in 1997. Since graduating she has worked on documentaries, tvc’s, music videos, and
numerous award winning films including ‘ Flying Over Mother’, ‘Lovely’, ‘Inja ’and
‘The Girl Who Swallowed Bees’.
The recipient of the Australian Cinematographers Society Encouragement Award in
1996/7, she has also been awarded Gold & Silver Distinctions from the ACS.
The short ‘Inja’ which she filmed in South Africa was honoured with a nomination for
Best Short at the 2003 Academy Awards.
She has produced and shot ‘The Scree’ and ‘The Girl Who Swallowed Bees’ with Paul
McDermot. Both films premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 2007 The
Girl Who Swallowed Bees was honoured with an Australian Film industry Award for
Best short Animation.
Television credits include Justine Clarke’s ‘I Love To Sing’ DVD, ‘Slava’s Snow Show’
for France 2 and more recently the second series of ‘Yarning Up’.
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