About Auxiliary Productions
Gef Senz Biography(Music)
Auxiliary Productions represents the work and creations of Melbourne-based musician, audio engineer and freelance documentary filmmaker- Gef Senz.
Drums, percussion, music recording and production.
Education:
- Grad Diploma Film & Television (Documentary), VCA 2005
- Diploma in Sound Production, RMIT 2002
- Grad Diploma in Legal Practice, ANU 1995
- Bachelor of Law (Hons), ANU 1990-1994
- Bachelor of Commerce, ANU 1990-1992
- Short course certificate in After Effects, AFTRS, Melbourne 2007
Co-winner of 2004 Aria award for best comedy release “Cleaning Out My Tucker Bag” with The Scared weird Little Guys
Performance History (MUSIC) :
Performed with:
Hicstep, Opsimath, Ganga Giri, Ping, Shimmer, Mud, Lothlorien, Akin, Signal 2 Noise, Abi Tucker, Befuddle, Georgie Dubois and Clavage.
Guest performances with:
The Bird, Greg Sheehan, , The Italian Women's Choir, Chloe Hall, The Gladflys, The Scared Weird Little Guys, Epizo Bangoura & African Express (Guinea), Aki Amori (Japan) , Emmanual Lucas (Philipines), Gladwin Charles (India).
Performance Highlights:
The Big Day Out, Destination (NZ), The Australian Opera House, Womadelaide, Wozone, VIibes on a Summer's Day, Offshore, Meredith Music Festival, Melbourne International Festival, Sydney Festival, Adelaide International Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Bellengin Global Carnival, National Folk Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Folk, Rhythm & Life, St Kilda Festival, Brunswick St Festival, Chapel St Festival, Pushover, Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala Speigeltent, Hobart Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fring Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Electro Fringe & Opera in the Alps
Discography
Ping –self tilted Opsimath – self-titled Lothlorien- Celedon, Aurelian Befuddle- self-titled Hicstep- self-titled Also Appears on: Akin –Undercurrent , The Gadflys – 2000, Folk ,Rhythm and Life Compilations 2001 –3 and The Scared Weird Little Guys Bits and Pieces (2003).
Studio Credits
Jake Savona, Hugo Race, Kim Dellavedova, Abi Tucker, Hannah Bowden, Hicstep, Opsimath, Ganga Giri, Ping, Shimmer, Asuka, Wilson Dixon, The Four Noels, Elf Transporter, Leisuremasters, Scared Weird Little Guys, Rumberos, Warren Smith Tango Sextet, Scout Hall, Sophie Raymond, The Beautiful Girls, The Night Bell, The Red Eyes and Sean“Dr Sex” Sexton.
Gef Senz Biography(Film)
Gef Senz is a Melbourne-based documentary filmmaker with a background in law, music performance and audio engineering. He is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television School, Documentary (2005). Gef has a unique combination of filmmaking skills at his disposal. He is able to write, direct, shoot and edit his own films. As a qualified audio engineer, Gef is actively involved with the on-location sound, sound edit and sound design on his projects. In some instances Gef also produces his own music, visual effects and animations.
Gef’s broad range of skills and experience enables him to tackle a wide range of documentary subjects, from deeply political and emotional human rights stories to cutting edge and quirky subculture films. With over fifteen years experience freelancing as a sound professional and musician, specialising in exotic percussion (including an Aria award for music production) it is not surprising that a distinctive emphasis on rhythm and tone has emerged as a feature Gef’s filmic and editing style. Innovative uses of digital technology and the D.I.Y aesthetic are also key elements of Gef’s overall style.
Gef also possesses the necessary business skills and industry experience to produce his own projects. He has tertiary-level legal and accounting qualifications and over ten years of music business and artist management experience. In 2006 he established the film production company, Auxiliary Productions. Under this banner the projects ‘Getting to Bent’ and ‘Virtual Freedom’ were selected for showcasing in the “Meetmarket” program at the 2007 Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC). Gef is also pleased to announce that a new project, ‘Red Card, Pink Army’ has been selected in the 2008 “Meetmarket” and ‘Virtual Freedom’ has been selected for pitching in ‘Documart’ @ AIDC 2008.
As an emerging filmmaker, Gef has been asked to speak on various panels at film industry events such as the 2007 Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) and the 2007 Australian Director’s Guild Conference(ADG). Gef was invited as an observer to attend the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in 2007.
In 2006 Gef completed the short, ‘Virtual Freedom (Podlove version)’ (5 Min), a digital ‘documation’ for the Podlove series commissioned by SBSi and the Australian Film Commission. A feature length version of ‘Virtual Freedom’ is currently in production with investment in place from The Film Finance Corporation (Australia). Another of Gef’s films, ‘Transformers: The Art of Circuit Bending’ (7 min) premiered at the 2006 Melbourne International Film Festival in the documentary shorts program. This is also being made into a feature length documentary titled, ‘Getting to Bent” in partnership with the Finnish broadcaster YLE. In July 2007 Gef was commissioned by ITVS, in partnership with iThentic, to produce and create a short documentary for the international Global Mobile project, this is currently screening at the 2008 Berlinale, Germany.
FILMS
Completed:
Pool Comp (2004) 7 min – Dir/Prod by Gef Senz
Transformers (2006) 7 min - Dir/Prod by Gef Senz
-Premiered @ the 2006 Melbourne International Film Festival;
www.auxiliaryproductions.com/files/flash_files/transformers06miff.html
Virtual Freedom (Podlove Version) (2006) 5 min Dir. Gef Senz
www.auxiliaryproductions.com/files/flash_files/vfpodlove.html
www21.sbs.com.au/podlove/index.php
Screenings:
SBS TV Australian broadcast premiere February 2007 (AUST), St Kilda Film Festival 2007; Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, June 2007 New York and London Jan 2008; DOCNZ International Documentary Festival New Zealand, Oct 2007; Art Futura, Spain 2007; WATCH DOCS - Human Rights in Film International Film Festival, Warsaw, Dec 2007; Human Rights and Arts Film Festival, Melbourne & Sydney, Dec 2007; Montreal Human Rights Film Festival (MHRFF): Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Films, 2008; MoMa,NYC (June 2008).
Awards:
ATOM Awards Australia 2007 –Finalist in Best Documentary Short Form, Podlove series is a finalist in Best Multimedia category, Dendy Awards, Sydney Film Festival 2007 Highly commended in 2007 CRC Award.
4 Minute Stirfry (2006) 4 min – Dir J Caleo, DOP Gef Senz
2007) 3 min - Dir/Prod by Gef Senz -Commisioned by ITVS and iThentic
Premiered at Berlinale 2008.
www.auxiliaryproductions.com/files/flash_files/hff.html
www.globalmobileproject.com
In Production/Development:
Virtual Freedom (Feature documentary) – currently in production funded by FFC Australia under Special Documentary Fund. Pitching @ ‘Documart’ @ AIDC 2008
Getting to Bent (Feature Documentary) – AFC development funding. Letter of interest ABC TV and letter of commitment YLE Finland.
www.auxiliaryproductions.com/files/flash_files/gettingtobent.html
Red Card, Pink Army (One hour documentary ) - Letter of Commitment TV2 Denmark, Pitching @ “Meetmarket @ AIDC 2008
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