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Damon Gameau

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Damon Gameau
Gameau at the Save Your Legs! premiere in Sydney, Australia, February 2013
Born
Damon Gameau

1982 (age 41–42)
EducationNational Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
Occupation(s)Actor, director, and producer
Years active1997-present
Spouse
(m. 2016)
Children2

Damon Gameau is an Australian actor, director, and producer, known for his documentaries That Sugar Film and 2040. Gameau has also appeared in a number of award-winning TV shows and films, such as Love My Way, The Tracker and Balibo.[1][2]

Early Life

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Damon Gameau was born in 1982 and was and raised in Adelaide, Australia. In 1997, he attended National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).[3]

Career

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Gameau has not acted since 2016. He is now a full time director since his success with That Sugar Film and 2040. Gameau was recently nominated for NSW Australian of the Year for his work in 'the Regeneration' movement. His '2040' documentary included an extensive impact campaign that has seen 1.5 million students be taught the curriculum materials, hundreds of farmers receive assistance to switch to regenerative practices plus the building of the first seaweed platform in Tasmania.

His current film is called Regenerate Australia 2030 and is a vision for Australia in 2030 based on interviews with a variety of Australians from differing backgrounds.

He is the co founder of Regen Studios.

Gameau graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1999.[2][4]

In 2011, he won the short film competition, Tropfest with his animation 'Animal Beatbox'.

In 2014, he announced the production of the documentary That Sugar Film in which he relates the dire mood swings and weight gain he experienced after taking on the low-fat, high-sugar diet for 60 days.[5] Gameau wrote a companion book for the film, That Sugar Book, which reached the top of the Health & Well-being best-seller lists in Australia.[6]

That Sugar Film is the highest grossing Australian documentary released in cinemas across Australia and New Zealand.

His most recent film, 2040, is a documentary is a letter to his 4-year-old daughter showing her what the world could look like in 2040 if we put into action the best solutions to many of our environmental challenges. It premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and has recently become one of the highest grossing Australian documentaries of all time in Australia. He also wrote an accompanying book, 2040: handbook for the regeneration'.

He appeared in the 2009 feature film Balibo, in which he plays the part of Seven Network reporter Greg Shackleton.[7][8] He starred as Scotsman Andy Maher in the Australian TV miniseries Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.[2]

Gameau starred as Sonny in the Australian movie Thunderstruck, a tale of a group of friends and their devotion to AC/DC and in particular Bon Scott.[9]

He appeared in RTÉ's latest Irish drama, Raw, based in an exclusive Dublin restaurant.[10] playing the head chef Geoff Mitchell from Seasons 1 to 5. Gameau portrayed a homosexual character and received great praise for his performance throughout his time on the series. He also starred in Spirited as Adrian Brixton alongside Claudia Karvan and Matt King.[11]

In 2012, he featured in both episodes of Howzat! Kerry Packer's War drama-miniseries as Australian batsman Greg Chappell.

In 2013, he appeared in an episode of Wentworth as Mark Pearson.

Gameau is in a relationship with Winners and Losers actress, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith. Together they have 2 children.

Awards and honours

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Gameau was nominated for NSW Australian of the Year in 2020 for his work in creating 'the Regeneration' movement which is associated with his film 2040.

  • Gameau won the Best Documentary Award for That Sugar Film at the Australian Film and Television Awards in 2016.
  • In 2007, Gameau won the Best Actor award for his role in the film Vermin at the Sydney Underground Film Festival.[12]
  • Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Balibo at the AFI Awards.
  • Gameau has begun a directing career also with his film One, reaching the finals of Tropfest in 2010 and his film Animal Beatbox winning the 2011 competition.

His first documentary feature, That Sugar Film, was selected for Berlin Film Festival[citation needed] and IDFA.[citation needed]. The film was nominated for the AACTA award for best feature-length documentary.[13] It is still the highest grossing Australian documentary of all time across Australia and New Zealand.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
2002 The Tracker The Follower Feature film
2003 The 13th House Mark Waterman Film
2004 Thunderstruck Sonny Feature film
2006 Court of Lonely Royals Holden Janicowsky Film
2007 Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance Neil Mockumentary film
2009 Balibo Greg Shackleton Feature film
2012 Save Your Legs! Stav Feature film
2013 Patrick: Evil Awakens Ed Penhaligon Feature film
2013 Charlie's Country Darwin Hospital Nurse Feature film
2014 That Sugar Film Himself Documentary film
2019 2040 Himself Documentary film

Television

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Year Title Role Type
2001 Going Home Shane TV series
2002 White Collar Blue Michael Carl TV series
2004 Love My Way Felix TV series
2007 How I Met Your Mother Australian Backpacker TV series
2008-13 Raw Geoff Mitchell TV series, season 1-5
2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Andy Maher TV series
2010 Spirited Adrian Brixton TV series
2011 SLiDE Ash TV series
2012 Howzat! Kerry Packer's War Greg Chappell TV miniseries
2012 Puberty Blues Larry TV series
2013 Mr & Mrs Murder Tom Di Biasi TV miniseries
2013 Wentworth Mark Pearson TV miniseries
2014 Secrets & Lies Dave Carroll TV miniseries
2015 Gallipoli Keith Murdoch TV miniseries
2015 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Dr. Allen Perkins TV series
2016 Barracuda Ben Whitter TV miniseries
2016 The Kettering Incident Jens Jorgensson TV miniseries

References

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  1. ^ Damon Gameau at IMDb
  2. ^ a b c "Damon Gameau (Andy Maher)". Nine Network. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Damon Gameau… Appreciating His Kingdom". The Beast. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  4. ^ Damon Gameau – Biography at IMDb
  5. ^ That Sugar Film director Damon Gameau receives shocking diagnosis after going on healthy sugar diet for just 60 days The Independent, 21 November 2014
  6. ^ "That Sugar Book | That Sugar Film". Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  7. ^ "BALIBO IN PRODUCTION". Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  8. ^ "Damon Gameau writes 'Australia'". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  9. ^ "Thunderstruck". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 12 May 2004. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  10. ^ RTÉ Television – RAW Archived 16 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Spirited Biography[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "2007 Sydney Underground Film Festival: Award Winners". Underground Film Journal. 29 September 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  13. ^ "5th AACTA Awards". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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