Andrew Merlino
b. October 18, 1985, Melbourne, Australia.

BIOGRAPHY:   Andrew’s passion for filmmaking began during his end-of-high-school overseas trip in early 2004, during which he had a passionate love affair with a miniDV consumer-level camera. It was the first time he had ever audio-visually recorded anything.

A self-taught filmmaker, Andrew started making short narrative films – mainly surrealist melodramas – from 2006 onwards. This culminated in a feature film called Imitating Charlie: Cinema in Silence, which Andrew wrote, directed and edited.

In recent times, he has been experimenting with short documentaries, video installations and music videos/short films. He is trying to make his films more accessible.

He is inspired by filmmakers such as David Lynch, Gus Van Sant, Jean-Luc Godard, Michelangelo Antonioni, Béla Tarr and Woody Allen.

CRITICAL OVERVIEW:   I make films for self-expression and to connect with others.

My thematic concerns are isolation, identity, emotional repression/expression, internal struggles and re-awakening.

- Andrew Merlino, August 2011.

FILMOGRAPHY:

	Lucid Place

Friendship (2006, 15 mins, miniDV)

Safe House (2006, 5 mins, miniDV)

Her Sun (2007, 31 mins, miniDV)

Lucid Place (2007, 15 mins, miniDV)

Imitating Charlie: Cinema in Silence (2010, 88 mins, HDV)

electiontwentyten (2010, 8 mins, HD)

Get Up (2010, 90 sec, HD)

	Jesus Came

I Grew Up In The 90s (2010, 14 mins, mixed media)

Bridge Over Trouble (2010, 9 mins, HD)

protesttwentyten (2010, 3 mins, HD)

That Surface on the Floor Beneath Me (2011, 9 mins, miniDV)

Ugly Place (2011, 4 mins, HD)

Jesus Came (2011, 3 mins, HD)

Chickentown (2011, 6 mins, HD)

	Her Sun

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY:

"Already his film Her Sun is an ambitious and interesting work –
there is a depth to the characters, and also a dexterity to the form,
which is a real sign he could develop into a very good filmmaker."

Bill Mousoulis (September 2007), reference letter.

	Imitating Charlie: Cinema in Silence

"A bold, intense debut from a promising young Australian filmmaker, Imitating Charlie: Cinema in Silence pulls off the feat of reinventing silent cinema, demanding the viewer's active attention up to the last frame.”

Jake Wilson (film reviewer, The Age)

Contact Andrew Merlino
and telephone: 0438 338 621

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