Nathan Hill
(Nathan John Hill)
b. March 14, Melbourne, Australia.

BIOGRAPHY:   Nathan was influenced in his younger years by the thrill of Horror Films and the excitement of acting for his family and friends. His family heritage is steeped in performance and art making, so his creativity is both inherent and also uniquely his own. The greatest influence on his desire to make films comes from his maternal grandfather who was a maker of home movies, a musician and a performer in the Entertainment Corps during the Second World War in New Guinea.

While Nathan’s early home films were in the genre of ‘horror’ he had a talent for dramatic intensity and twists and turns which elevated the overall productions from merely sensational and gratuitous to engagement on an emotional as well as social level. His first full-length film The Hidden at age 19 years, while made with local friends, was based on the social context of the time, i.e. the relationship between the developmental stages of adolescence and identity formation with the insidious pull to experimentation and temptation of drug taking. Issues around the dealership of drugs, making gain from those vulnerable, power and delusion themes, the fight for the right and the cost of this for those who hold higher values.

Nathan’s education began whilst doing work experience for ABC TV during high school. He then went on to study at NMCOT (Corporate Video), Box Hill TAFE (Theatre Technology), Humourversity (Stand-Up comedy), Academy of TV (Television acting) and VCA Drama School (Stage acting).

Nathan completed his film studies at Footscray Film Dept., being the first to obtain the Advanced Diploma of the Screen (4 yrs).

	The Hidden

CRITICAL OVERVIEW:   While Nathan’s basic themes in his work revolve around good versus evil and power dynamics in relationships he seeks to engage his audience intellectually, emotionally, spiritually and socially using his own lived experience and his reflection on this. That he errs on the dark side of relationships in the subject matter of power, control and sexuality, is to raise awareness of these elements which continue in these times despite the raised awareness brought about by the feminist movement and the post modern era. His work can be shocking but it is shock with a purpose to bring home the realities of the world at this time. For example: Men who pursue women for their own sexual gratification (The Upsell, Tomboys) come up against Women who are not prepared to be used and abused. Dysfunctional families teach that love is hard to find and no one wins (Suburban Nightmare).

Nathan has a fascination for the (ancient) ‘good versus evil’ theme (The Strange Game of Hyde & Seek, The Hidden, The Beasthouse, Lost Property) and uses a stylistic approach to heighten this sense of the struggle to understand and come to terms with this ongoing dilemma. With Hyde he includes man’s abuse of power over women as much as man’s grandiose need to be triumphant in discovering the meaning of existence.

Throughout his work there are themes which are juxtaposed against each other: Darkness/Light, Blindness/Self discovery, truth and falsity, revenge and understanding, struggle and resolution, running from fear and owning one’s fear. All in the context of human relationships and the struggle for freedom.

FILMOGRAPHY:

	The Beasthouse

The Samurai (1991, 30 mins, SVHS, Colour)
Also Writer and Producer

The Beasthouse (1999, 20 mins, 8mm & digital video, B&W)
Also Producer, Co-Director Andrew Carter

Lost Property (2001, 2 mins, 8mm. B&W)
Also Writer

The Upsell (2001, 7 mins, DVCPRO, Colour)
Also Writer & Producer, Co-Producer Adam May

	The Samurai

Suburban Nightmare (2002, 14 mins, DVCAM, Colour)
Also Writer & Producer, Co-Writer Paul Mosley, Co-Producer Felicity King

The Strange Game of Hyde & Seek (2003, 30 mins, digital video, Colour and B&W)
Also Writer and Producer

Platform (2007, 20 mins, digital video, Colour)
Also Producer, Co-Director Andrew Carter

Tomboys (2009, 82 mins, Digital Betacam, Colour)
Also Writer and Producer, Co-Writers Stuart Van Eysden & Fabian Lapham

Jasper (2010, 75 mins, 35mm, Colour)
Also Writer and Producer

Additional credits:

	The Upsell

	Tomboys

How To Be A SexStar ("Nathan Hill" 2009)

Suburban Zero (“Rockman” 2010)

DOCUMENTARIES:

AWARDS & SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS:

"Finalist" Indieair, AU

	The Strange Game of Hyde & Seek

"Official Selection" Melbourne Underground Film Festival, AU

“Finalist” Australian Film Festival, AU

	Gloom with a View

WORLD PREMIERES:

DISTRIBUTORS:

FILM POSTERS - see a selection of posters designed for Nathan's films

	directing Hyde

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY:

"Filmmaker is aiming high" – Progress Leader, Pg.18 July 19 1999 pic Steve Tanner

"Movie Samurai" by Fiona Scott-Norman – The Age EG, Pg.3 10 Dec 1999 pic Marina Oliphant

"Radio’s good reception" by Doug Booth – Herald Sun, Pg.85 19 May 2000

"Filmmakers get top cast" – The Western Times, Pg.11 20 Aug 2002

"Top script draws stars" by Natalie Gallenti-DiCiero – The Mail, Pg.14 21 Aug 2002

"A career from his obsession" by Siobhan Duck – Progress Leader, Pg.30 2 Sept 2002 pic Stuart McEvoy

"Nowhere to Hyde for a filmmaker always on the go" by Mathew Schultz – Progress Leader, Pg.16 23 Jun 2003

"Hyde and seek in residence" by Greg Roberts – Macedon Ranges & Sunbury Leader, Pg.8 15 Jul 2003 pic Dennis Manktelow

"Q & A with filmmaker Nathan Hill" – S Press, Pg.4 19-25 Oct 2004

"This horror movie can’t Hyde talent" by Kathryn Duffy – The Mail, Pg.16 20 Oct 2004

"Horror movie launches filmmaker into bigtime" by Anna Humphris – Sunbury Macedon Ranges Leader, Pg.7 16 Nov 2004

"Hyde & Seek" by Douglas A. Waltz – Cult Cuts Magazine, Mar 2005

	directing Tomboys

"Feature film shot in Chirnside Park" – Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader, 11 Jul 2005 pic Steve Tanner

"Limited Edition" – EMPIRE Magazine, Pg.84 & 128 May 2006

"From pillar to post" by Elise Goodwin – Desktop Magazine, Issue #219 Pg.28 Aug 2006

"Captured on disc" by Erin Bull – Yarra Ranges & Maroondah Journal, Pg.15 21 Oct 2008 pic Rob Carew

“MUFF” by Greg King - BEAT magazine cover & Pg.26 Issue #1180 Aug 2009

“Screen Screams” by Tania Martin - THE MAIL cover & Pg.6 22 Sept 2009 pic Nigel Clements

“Darkness on the edge of Town” by Andrew Shaw - MCV Pg.11 Issue #459 Oct 2009

“Girls gone vile” by Nick Bond – Southern Star Pg.16 Issue 055 Oct 2009

“Tomboys out now”  - EMPIRE magazine Pg.97 Dec 2009

	Shriekfest award

WEB RESOURCES:

Links to interviews, reviews, purchases and biographical information about Nathan Hill (do a "Search" for):

www.imdb.com
www.manpaper.com
www.nhp.net.au
www.tomboysthemovie.com
www.ezydvd.com.au
www.youtube.com
www.eofftv.com
www.shriekfest.com
www.newsphotos.com.au
www.sexstarthemovie.com
www.australianfilmfestival.com.au

Jasper Movie Website

Contact Nathan Hill

	with William Katt

NATHAN HILL TRIVIA:

*On Nathan’s very first night in Los Angeles he sat down to dinner with Gunnar ‘Leatherface’ Hansen.

*One of Nathan’s personal mentors is William ‘Greatest American Hero’ Katt.

*Nathan wrote his first screenplay at age eleven, being a ‘Rambo’ sequel.

*At age 16 he crewed on his first two productions, ‘Embassy’ and ‘D.A.A.S.’

*Nathan produced a corporate video in his first year of tertiary studies titled "An Introduction to Dental Technology" which sold to Germany and Los Angeles.

*Nathan's screen debut was in the internationally acclaimed martial arts short film, ‘The Huntsman’ directed by Brent Houghton, cinematography & music by Jamie Blanks. The film now lies in the personal collection of both John Woo and Peter Jackson.

	Tobe Hooper signature

*Nathan has studied six different martial arts styles and obtained medals in the state championships for full contact fighting.

*In the feature film ‘Radio Samurai’ Nathan’s stunt vest was tailor made by Jackie Chan.

*Whilst working on ‘Queen of the Damned’ Nathan attended Aaliyah's 21st birthday party before she tragically died.

*On Nathan's 30th birthday he received a copy of ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ signed by director Tobe Hooper.