Julian Shaw
Julian Shaw is an author, filmmaker and actor, best known for directing the 2007 film Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, a British Film Institute award-winning documentary about the life of South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys. Shaw is the author of the novel Modern Odysseus, and the creator of several short films including Clearing the Air. He is the director of the 2011 feature documentary Cup of Dreams, about New Zealand's national Rugby Union team the All Blacks. Shaw also gained worldwide fame in 2011 after starring in an Australian marriage equality advertisement entitled It's Time that has reached millions of people.
International awards
- Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year Award, 2010 - Byron Bay International Film Festival and Sydney International Film School
- Inaugural Derek Oyston/Che Award - British Film Institute's London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 2009
- Runner-Up: Panorama Audience Award, for Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story - Berlin International Film Festival, 2008
- Independent Spirit Award - Inside Film Awards, 2007
- Best Emerging Filmmaker Award - DOCNZ, 2007
- Best Documentary for Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story - Documentary Edge Festival, 2007
Filmography
Actor
- Stoner, San Andreas 2015
- "It's Time", GetUp! for Australia Ad, 2011
- Christopher, Love Gone Wrong, Deadly Women
- Looking for Dr Love 2024
Director
- Cup of Dreams, 2011
- Clearing the Air, 2010
- All Blacks Don't Cry, 2010
- Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, 2007
Performer
- "Love Story", a 2011 viral video in support of marriage equality by GetUp! Australia, as Paul
- All Blacks Don't Cry, 2010, as John Kirwan