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Screen Australia and Porchlight Films presents In association with Film Victoria, Screen NSW, Fulcrum Media Finance and Showtime Australia A Sony Pictures Classics Release BEN MENDELSOHN JOEL EDGERTON and GUY PEARCE " ANIMAL KINGDOM" LUKE FORD JACKI WEAVER SULLIVAN STAPLETON and introducing JAMES FRECHEVILLE DAN WYLLIE ANTHONY HAYES LAURA WHEELWRIGHT MIRRAH FOULKES JUSTIN ROSNIAK SUSAN PRIOR CLAYTON JACOBSON ANNA LISE PHILLIPS Written & Directed by DAVID MICHÔD Produced by LIZ WATTS A Porchlight Films Production Winner - Grand Jury Prize World Cinema - 2010 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection: 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival NY & Los Angeles Release: August 13, 2010 Cinematographer ADAM ARKAPAW Editor LUKE DOOLAN Production Designer JO FORD Composer ANTONY PARTOS Sound Designer SAM PETTY Costume Designer CAPPI IRELAND Casting Director KIRSTY MCGREGOR Art Director JANIE PARKER Make-Up & Hair Supervisor KIRSTEN VEYSEY Sound Recordist PHILIPPE DECRAUSEZ Script Consultant TOM NOBLE Line Producer/Prodn Mgr LIBBY SHARPE 1st Assistant Director PHIL JONES ANTONY PARTOS (Composer) Antony Partos is an internationally awarded composer who specializes in blending acoustic and electronic elements in his scores. His credits include the feature films CRUSH, WALKING ON WATER, SOFT FRUIT, THE MONKEY’S MASK, GARAGE DAYS, THE HOME SONG STORIES and UNFINISHED SKY. (THE HOME SONG STORIES and UNFINISHED SKY both won AFI Awards consecutively for best music for a feature film). His score for the feature film DISGRACE, starring John Malkovich, was also nominated for Best music at this year’s Guild of Screen Composers awards. His latest feature film ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, starring Geena Davis, will be released next March 2010. SAM PETTY (Sound Designer) Sam Petty and his company Big Ears have a wealth of experience in Sound Production and Design. Spanning features, documentary, short film and theatre, his large list of credits include THE BOYS, THREE DOLLARS, THE BANK, ON A FULL MOON, RAIN (NZ), ROMULUS MY FATHER, and DISGRACE. Sam has gathered numerous AFI nominations over the years, and has won AFI awards for SOMERSAULT, LITTLE FISH, and GLOBAL HAYWIRE, as well as winning IF awards for LITTLEFISH and THE SQUARE. He has worked in theatre with directors such as Neil Armfield and George Ogilvie, and collaborates on projects with his father Bruce Petty. CLAYTON JACOBSON (Gus Emery) Best known as the creator and director of KENNY, the Australian box office and critically acclaimed hit of 2006, in ANIMAL KINGDOM, Clayton Jacobson completes Nicky’s gentle family. In his directing career Clayton cut his teeth directing music videos for some of Australia's premier musical acts including INXS, John Farnham, Kate Ceberano, and Jimmy Barnes to name a few. Clayton then shifted gear, directing award winning local and international television commercials as well as two documentaries: The HOLY ROADSIDE for Mushroom Records and INSIDE THIS ROOM, an ABC-TV special featuring the work of performers / composers David Hirschfelder and David Hobson. Clayton has also directed many award winning short films including KENNY – SELF PROCLAIMED SCATOLOGIST the award winning short film at the 2004 St Kilda Film Festival which led to the feature film. Clayton is currently developing KENNY’S WORLD an upcoming TV Series for Channel 10 and has several other feature film projects in development in both Australia and America.