Nathan Christoffel

Nathan Christoffel
Born	20 August 1982 (1982-08-20) (age 29)
Occupation	Film Director, screenwriter

Nathan Christoffel is an award winning Australian film director. He was born in Brisbane in 1982 and moved to Byron Bay at the age of three. After studying a honors degree in filmmaking he moved to Melbourne to shoot his debut feature 'Eraser Children'.

In 2009 he completed Eraser Children (winner of Best Australian Film 'Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2009'). A dystopian satire 'Eraser Children' had success on the festival circuit, screening at film festivals all around the world. He is currently developing his second feature film.

Film career

Early works

2009: Eraser Children

His debut feature-length film is called Eraser Children. A satire created by Christoffel and his team in Melbourne from 2007 - 2009.

Short Synopsis

In a dystopia of useless products, pre-paid dreams, and a system of ‘violations’ so invasive that if you laugh too loudly you will be fined, Misner Corporation has invented a new source of energy, generating a monopoly on all facets of human existence. The world is now a totalitarian global state ruled by one man. Anyone unwilling to work for Misner’s regime lives underground in a dark world of insane system ‘dropouts’. Finnegan Wright, a lower level worker at Misner Corp. is taken on an enthralling journey when one of these dropouts kidnaps Finnegan and tries to convince him to change the fate of the world by killing Misner.

The film ran into trouble when the lead actor left mid way through production. This forced Christoffel to re work the story to accommodate the new circumstances. Because of this the final film is vastly different from the original screenplay.

The film won:

Best Australian Film - Melbourne Underground Film Festival

Best Supporting Actor - Melbourne Underground Film Festival

Best Australian Film - Sydney International Science Fiction Film Festival

Sydney International Sci Fi Film festival co-director Lisa Mitchell said. “Director Nathan Christoffel and his cast and crew, deserve to be warmly congratulated. To have independently produced such a visually and conceptually sophisticated film as their feature debut is a major accomplishment and a testament to the creativity of Australian genre cinema.” [1]

The first screening of Eraser Children was a screening of the unfinished film at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival in 2009. The Film went on to take the top award at that festival winning 'Best Australian Film' and 'Best Supporting Actor' Shane Nagle.

Filmography

Short Films

Year	Title	Awards
2005	Silent Poison	Nominated for best film 'Reel Fest Film festival'
2006	Mr. Lonely Heart	Nominated, Best Young Filmmaker of the year BBFF 2006
2006	Colourless	Winner 'Best Production', Reel Fest Film Festival 2006
2007	Water Me Before I Die	Nominated, Best Young Filmmaker of the year Byron Bay Film Festival 2007
2008	Rewind Rabbit	Finalist Babelgum Film Festival

Feature films

Year	Title	Awards
2009	Eraser Children	Winner Best Australian Film 'Melbourne Underground Film Festival' Winner Best Supporting Actor 'Melbourne Underground Film Festival' Winner Best Australian Film 'Sydney International Science Fiction Film Festival'

Sport

In his spare time Christoffel enjoys participating in sport. A talented junior soccer player, he now turns out for East Kew United in Melbourne

References

External links

• Nathan Christoffel at the Internet Movie Database
• Christoffel Films site
• Eraser Children site
• 1629 site

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Date of birth	20 August 1982
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