Crew

Melissa Swift | Writer & Director

Melissa Swift is a Melbourne-based filmmaker who is most interested in exploring queer, women-focused stories as well as the relationships we have with each other an ourselves. Melissa – or Mel – is currently very close to completing her Bachelor of Film and Television (Honours) at Swinburne University of Technology and her 16mm film The Phone Booth is beginning its festival run. Mel has found a deep interest in exploring representations of sapphic relationships on screen as well as researching the use of landscape and space in Australian cinema. Mammatus is a deeply personal film for Mel, and she is excited to share it with her community.

@melissaswift_

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Alanna Marshall | Producer

Alanna Marshall is a Melbourne-based filmmaker with a passion for producing, editing and sound design. With a keen interest in exploring nature as well as learning about Australia’s native ecosystems, Alanna sees Mammatus as a way to express her passions and to help bring an emotional story to the screen.

@alanna_marshall___

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Marcus Read | Cinematographer & Colour Gradist

Marcus Read is a Melbourne based photographer and cinematographer who is drawn to creating stories and visuals set in the outdoors. Having completed Swinburne’s filmmaking diplomas, Marcus joined the Mammatus team and brought fantastic photographic skill to the film.

@marcusreadphoto

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Gemma Carfi | Production Designer

Gemma has a deep passion for storytelling in all its forms, including writing, directing and production design. Gemma has also written and directed her own graduate film at Swinburne, Ostrich.With a love for dystopic fiction, Gemma was drawn to the rich world of Mammatus and is excited to help create world-building and characterisation through the production design of the film.

@gemmacarfi

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Zoe Robinson | Sound Recordist & Designer

Zoe was drawn to the environmental themes discussed in Mammatus, like soil degradation, extreme weather and food scarcity. As sound designer, she’s really excited to create a tense, yet barren ‘post climate disaster’ soundscape, as the characters fight to survive in an isolated wasteland. Zoe has also written and directed her own Swinburne graduate film, Lichen.

@zo_robbo_videos

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Tom Czermak | Editor & VFX Artist

Tom Czermak is a final year student in the Bachelor of Film and Television (honours) at Swinburne University of Technology with a background in animation. Since a young age Tom has been passionate about visual storytelling, taking a particular interest in visual effects, cinematography, film photography and photo editing. Throughout the production of Mammatus, Tom has acted as the editor and visual effects artist, working not only to convey the key themes of the film but to ensure the visual spectacle of a post-apocalyptic Australia. Tom has a particular fondness for dramatic films and has been delighted to be involved in a production that tackles so many important matters relating to queerness, maternal relationships and climate change.

@tom_czermak

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