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Esben Storm
Born(1950-05-26)26 May 1950
Støvring, Denmark
Died28 March 2011(2011-03-28) (aged 60)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
  • producer
  • director
  • voice artist
  • songwriter
Years active1972–2008
Spouses
  • Pamela Barnetta
  • Lisa Meagher

Esben Storm (26 May 1950 – 28 March 2011) was a Danish Australian actor, screenwriter, television producer, television director, voice artist and songwriter.

Early life

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Storm came to Australia with parents Laurits and Ane in 1958, after Laurits lost the family farm to lawyers. After settling in Melbourne, his father worked as a builder's labourer and built a darkroom, where Esben learned photographic processing, composition and lighting.

Career

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Storm was well known for his work with the Australian Children's Television Foundation, headed by Patricia Edgar, where he worked for 15 years. The company sold programs to 92 countries, and Storm was involved in writing, acting, editing, and directing numerous programs, including Round the Twist.[1] He worked to adapt John Marsden's Tomorrow series but lost the rights to the film.

Film making

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Storm started making films at 18 with his then partner Haydn Keenan.[2] His early work was mostly serious in nature, including a 1983 documentary about the Hilton Bombing in Sydney called With Prejudice. He wrote and directed 27A (1974), In Search of Anna (1978) (with film stills and publicity shots by Carol Jerrems, who was then his girlfriend),[3] Deadly (1991), and Subterano (2003). He directed Devil’s Hill (1988), the Tasmanian film in the Touch the Sun series of bicentennial telemovies. In 2007, he directed the SBS comedy series Kick.[4]

Storm also worked on several television series such as Round the Twist, The Genie from Down Under (as scriptwriter and director), Sky Trackers (as script consultant), Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers (as the show's creator, scriptwriter and dialogue director), Blue Heelers (as a director), Crash Zone, and Winners (for which he directed the episode "The Other Facts of Life").

Acting

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In 1976, Storm acted in Hanging About, a film by Carol Jerrems, who was then his girlfriend and living with him in Willoughby. He appeared in Room to Move and in two episodes of Winners. He played Pat in Phoenix and Colin in an episode of Blue Heelers.

Feature film roles included The Coca-Cola Kid, Wrong World (both 1985) and Young Einstein (1988).

Storm’s last acting role was in the medical drama series All Saints.[4]

Death

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Storm died, aged 60, on 28 March 2011 from a heart attack.[5]

Filmography

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Short film

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Director

  • Doors (1969)
  • In His Prime (1972)
  • A Motion Picture (1973)
  • Grace Crowley (1975)

Production assistant

Editor

  • Floating This Time (1973)

Unspecified assistant

  • A Handful of Dust (1975)

Actor

Year Title Role
1969 Doors
1972 In His Prime
Stephanie
A Motion Picture
1976 Hanging About: A Short Film by Carol Jerrems
1981 Making Weekend of Summer Last Out of Work Actior
1982 Last Breakfast in Paradise

Feature film

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Editor
1974 27A Yes Yes No Yes
1978 In Search of Anna Yes Yes Yes No
1982 With Prejudice Yes No No No
1984 Stanley Yes Yes No No
1991 Deadly Yes Yes No No
2003 Subterano Yes Yes No No

Documentary film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Editor
2004 The Tasty Bust Reunion No Yes Yes No
2006 The Bridge at Midnight Trembles Yes Yes Yes Yes

Acting roles

Year Title Role
1982 Monkey Grip Record Producer
Going Down Michael
1983 Birthin' Hips
1984 Stanley Menswear Attendant
1985 Wrong World Lawrence
The Coca-Cola Kid Country Hotel Manager
I Live with Me Dad Blindman
1987 Les Patterson Saves the World Russian Scientist
Pandemonium E.B. De Woolf / Husband
1988 Young Einstein Wilbur Wright
1991 Deadly Reporter
1993 Terrormisu: A Night of Just Desserts
Rusty & the Bathtub Banana

Other credits

Year Title Role Notes
1973 Avengers of the Reef Production manager
1990 The Crossing Story consultant
1992 de Vil's tas Mania (aka Three Cornered Island) Script advisor
2012 Aspects of a Life: Working with Indigenous Australians Editor Video documentary

Television

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
1985-1990 Winners Yes No No Episodes "The Other Facts of Life" and "The Big Wish"
1988 Touch the Sun: Devil’s Hill Yes No No TV movie
1989-2001 Round the Twist Yes Yes No 18 episodes (Director);
31 episodes (Writer)
1995 Blue Heelers Yes No No Episode "Breaking the Cycle"
1996 The Genie from Down Under Yes Yes No 6 episodes (Director);
15 episodes (Writer)
1998 Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers No Yes No Episode "Caught in a Trap";
Also creator, scriptwriter and dialogue director
1999 Crash Zone Yes No No 4 episodes
2001 The Lost World Yes No No Episode "True Spirit"
2007 Kick Yes Yes Yes Also creator

Script consultant

Acting roles

Year Title Role Notes
1983 With Prejudice Documentary
1984 Special Squad Cox Episode "Brothers"
1985 Winners Leo George / Tom Episodes "The Other Facts of Life" and "Room to Move"
More Winners Waiter Episode "The Big Wish"
1986 The Fast Lane Lester Episode "All the World's Going Through a Bit of a Stage"
Alice to Nowhere Raymond 'Frog' Gardiner Miniseries
A Single Life Paul TV movie
1987 The Riddle of the Stinson Meissner TV movie
1988 Rafferty's Rules Norm Angstrom Episode "Mum's the Word"
Hard Knuckle Vince TV movie
1989–2000 Round the Twist Mr Snapper 36 episodes
1992 Phoenix Pat 2 episodes
1994 Law of the Land Peter Bozavich Episode "Death Before Dying"
1995 Blue Heelers Colin Roper Episode "Breaking the Cycle"
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Frobisher Episode "In Duty Bound"
1997 Good Guys Bad Guys: Only the Young Die Good Jerry TV movie
2002 Don’t Blame the Koalas First AD Episode "A Star is Born"
2007 Kick Jeff Abbott Episode "You Can't Stop the Music"
All Saints Laszlo Shucs Episode "Echoes"

Theatre

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Year Title Role Type
1994 Anaheim Magic Playwright Lion Theatre, Adelaide, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Magpie Theatre Company

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Awards and nominations

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Year Title Award Category Result
1979 In Search of Anna Australian Film Institute Awards Best Screenplay Won[7]
Best Film Nominated
Best Director Nominated
1991 Deadly Mystfest Best Film Nominated
Winners: The Big Wish Australian Film Institute Awards Best Achievement in Direction in a TV Drama Nominated
1993 Round the Twist Best Screenplay in a TV Drama Nominated
1999 Crash Zone Best Direction in a TV Drama (episode 1) Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Esben Storm, 1950 - 2011., The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Interview with Esben Storm", Signis, 22 August 1995 Archived 3 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessed 21 November 2012.
  3. ^ Cover, July 1977, Cinema papers, Global Village Cinema Publications, 1977
  4. ^ a b Finney, Sarah: Vale Esben Storm (1950 – 2011) Archived 14 April 2013 at archive.today, Australian Film Institute, 29 March 2011.
  5. ^ Industry mourns Esben Storm Archived 1 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Encore, 29 March 2011.
  6. ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/252269
  7. ^ AFI Award Winners Feature Categories 1958-2009 Archived 7 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Film Institute.
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