Esben Storm

Esben Storm was a Danish Australian actor, screenwriter, television producer, television director, voice artist and songwriter.

Early life

Storm came to Australia with parents Laurits and Ane in 1958, after Laurits lost the family farm to lawyers. After settling in Melbourne, his father worked as a builder's labourer and built a darkroom, where Esben learned photographic processing, composition and lighting.

Career

Storm was well known for his work with the Australian Children's Television Foundation, headed by Patricia Edgar, where he worked for 15 years. The company sold programs to 92 countries, and Storm was involved in writing, acting, editing, and directing numerous programs, including Round the Twist. He worked to adapt John Marsden's Tomorrow series but lost the rights to the film.

Film making

Storm started making films at 18 with his then partner Haydn Keenan. His early work was mostly serious in nature, including a 1983 documentary about the Hilton Bombing in Sydney called With Prejudice. He wrote and directed 27A, In Search of Anna , Deadly, and Subterano. He directed Devil’s Hill, the Tasmanian film in the Touch the Sun series of bicentennial telemovies. In 2007, he directed the SBS comedy series Kick.
Storm also worked on several television series such as Round the Twist, The Genie from Down Under, Sky Trackers, Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers, Blue Heelers, Crash Zone, and Winners.

Acting

In 1976, Storm acted in Hanging About, a film by Carol Jerrems, who was then his girlfriend and living with him in Willoughby. He appeared in Room to Move and in two episodes of Winners. He played Pat in Phoenix and Colin in an episode of Blue Heelers.
Feature film roles included The Coca-Cola Kid, Wrong World and Young Einstein.
Storm’s last acting role was in the medical drama series All Saints.

Death

Storm died, aged 60, on 28 March 2011 from a heart attack.

Filmography

Short film

Director

Doors
In His Prime
A Motion Picture
Grace Crowley

Production assistant

Gentle Strangers
Flashpoint

Editor

Floating This Time

Unspecified assistant

A Handful of Dust

Actor

Year	Title	Role
1969	Doors
1972	In His Prime
1972	Stephanie
1972	A Motion Picture
1976	Hanging About: A Short Film by Carol Jerrems
1981	Making Weekend of Summer Last	Out of Work Actior
1982	Last Breakfast in Paradise

Feature film

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Editor
2004	The Tasty Bust Reunion
2006	The Bridge at Midnight Trembles

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role
1982	Monkey Grip	Record Producer
1982	Going Down	Michael
1983	Birthin' Hips
1984	Stanley	Menswear Attendant
1985	Wrong World	Lawrence
1985	The Coca-Cola Kid	Country Hotel Manager
1985	I Live with Me Dad	Blindman
1987	Les Patterson Saves the World	Russian Scientist
1987	Pandemonium	E.B. De Woolf / Husband
1988	Young Einstein	Wilbur Wright
1991	Deadly	Reporter
1993	Terrormisu: A Night of Just Desserts
1993	Rusty & the Bathtub Banana

Other credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Avengers of the Reef	Production manager
1990	The Crossing	Story consultant
1992	de Vil's tas Mania	Script advisor
2012	Aspects of a Life: Working with Indigenous Australians	Editor	Video documentary

Television

Script consultant

Round the Twist
Sky Trackers