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Film & Multimedia Tutors

Finn O'Keefe

Finn O'KeefeRadio Production & Sound Design (Film)

Client Focus:

  • Limited mobility
  • Moderate Intellectual disability
  • Severe Intellectual disability
  • Hearing impaired/ Deaf
  • Communication impaired
  • Vision impaired
  • Brain injury
  • Mental illness

Children (0-12yrs), Youth (13-17yrs), Adults (18- 65)

Biography:
I am a freelance sound designer and electronic music composer who has produced work for numerous short and feature length films and documentaries. I am also an experienced workshop facilitator who has devised and run workshops for organisations including TAFE outreach, Accessible Arts, Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) and Powerhouse Museum in areas such as radio production, editing with pro tools, music production and other multimedia software. I also have experience in working on CCD projects and community radio. I have mild cerebral palsy.

Region: Sydney, Western Suburbs, Inner West, North Shore, Eastern Suburbs.

Contact: Mobile: 0424 548 019 Email: finn@milcstudio.com.au

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Carolyn Teo

Carolyn TeoVisual Arts, Photography, Film, Sound, Shadow Puppetry, Craft

Client focus:

I have experience working with people who have:

  • Limited mobility
  • Moderate Intellectual disability

I am interested in working with people who have:

  • Limited mobility
  • Moderate Intellectual disability
  • Severe Intellectual disability
  • Hearing impairment / Deaf
  • Communication impairment
  • Vision impairment
  • Brain injury
  • Mental illness

Children (0-12yrs), Youth (13-17yrs), Adults (18-65yrs), Aged 65+

Regions: Western Suburbs, Inner West, North Shore, Northern Beaches, Hills District

Biography: I have conducted workshops for a variety of organizations including Accessible Arts, Bankstown Council, Reverse Garbage and the Powerhouse Discovery Centre. These workshops have enabled me to practice with people of all ages and people with disabilities covering a wide range of abilities. As an interdisciplinary artist with a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Media Arts), I am skilled in photography, video, sculpture, jewellery, textiles, sound, performance and creative electronics. Recycling materials to make art is another of my interests. By request I directed and edited two short film documentaries for the Who We Are project for the National Film Board of Canada.

Contact: Email: carolyn.teo@gmail.com Mobile: 0437 529 212

Website: http://carolynteo.com

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Alex White

Multimedia , Sound / Audio

Client focus:

I have experience and am interested in working with people who have:
  • Limited mobility
  • Moderate intellectual disability
  • Severe intellectual disability
  • Hearing impaired/ Deaf
  • Communication impaired
  • Vision impaired
  • Brain injury
  • Mental illness

Children (0-12 yrs), Youth (13-17 yrs), Adults (18-65 yrs), Aged (65yrs +)

Biography:
My experience in art and disability includes working with Accessible Arts as a tutor on a multimedia workshop within support units in schools in Western Sydney and ten years in a variety of support and training roles.  In 2007, as the Co-Director of Electrofringe, I coordinated accessible workshops for local disability services. In 2006 I was commissioned by the Council for Intellectual Disability to make a series of short videos to celebrate the Council's 50th anniversary. I am employed part time as Special Projects Officer at Marrickville Youth Resource Centre, developing and delivering media and technology based services and programs for young people. I am a practising artist and hold a Bachelor of Electronic Arts (Hons) from the University of Western Sydney. I have also Co-Directed Liquid Architecture 2008 in Sydney, Electrofringe 2008 and Serial Space 2009.

Region: Inner West

Contact: Tel: 0405 712 340   Email: alexewhite@gmail.com

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Owen Elliot

Owen ElliotFilm and Video Director / Producer

Client Focus:

  • Mental illness
  • Brain injury
  • Limited mobility

Would like to work with:

  • Limited mobility
  • Moderate Intellectual disability
  • Severe Intellectual disability
  • Hearing impaired / Deaf
  • Communication impaired
  • Vision impaired
  • Brain injury
  • Mental illness

Children (0-12 yrs), Youth (13-17 yrs), Adults (18-65 yrs), Aged (65 yrs +)

Biography:

As an experienced film director and producer of documentaries, I love to work on a wide range of film, television and video production. I am keen to share my skills and knowledge in documentary film making to help people document their stories. My short film, Matthew Heath was awarded best documentary at the 2006 Hope Awards.  It tells the story of a twelve year old boy caring for his father who has bipolar disorder.  A later project, Road Realities is an eight part , six to ten minutes DVD educational program made for the PCYC for release in late 2009. I am a graduate in Communications (Film and TV Production), University of Newcastle.

Region: Sydney, Western Suburbs, Inner West, North Shore, Northern Beaches, Eastern Suburbs, Hills district.

Contact: Mobile: 0402 658 965 Email: 76pictures@gmail.com Website: www.76pictures.com.au

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Helen Newman

Helen NewmanFilm

Client focus:
I have experience working with people who have:

  • Limited mobility
  • Moderate intellectual disability
  • Hearing impaired / deaf
  • Communication impaired
  • Vision impaired
  • Brain injury
  • Mental illness

I am interested in working with people who have:

  • Limited mobility
  • Moderate intellectual disability
  • Severe intellectual disability
  • Hearing impaired / deaf
  • Communication impaired
  • Vision impaired
  • Brain injury
  • Mental illness

Children (0-12yrs), Youth (13-17yrs), Adults (18-65yrs)

Region: Southern regional NSW

Biography:
I have worked with a number of youth and disability groups creating music videos, teaching film making and collaborating on theatre productions. People with whom I have worked include Cooinda Family Care, Club Wild, and SITE Wodonga. I have also been a crisis counselor. Filming individuals and families in many countries and situations has given me a breadth of experience. An example of my work illustrating this is‘Anthem', a film about the refugee experience which I co-directed and which won Best Australian Documentary at ACMI International Documentary Festival in 2006. Companies I have worked with include Circus Oz, the Melbourne Theatre Company and the Flying Fruit Fly Circus.

Contact: Email: helen.newman08@gmail.com Mobile: 0417 211 156

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Please note: The tutors have submitted their own details to the website. Accessible Arts does not endorse or recommend the tutors listed but provides this contact list as a resource for disability/arts organisations. It is the individual organisation's responsibility to check the credentials and experience of each tutor.