The Cannot Take The Sky – Tom Campbell

Tom Campbell
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Melbourne 3000 VIC AU
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Biography

Tom skipped film school opting to sharpen his tools on the job, working under some of Australia's most acclaimed directors: Garth Davis, Mark Molloy, and Glendyn Ivin. Tom was enlisted to work closely with Garth Davis as Splinter Unit Director on his critically acclaimed feature film LION (2016) and has since worked as 2nd Unit Director with Justin Kurzel (SNOWTOWN, MACBETH) on the Apple TV+ series, SHANTARAM.

Tom has been moving between documentary work, music videos, and commercials as well as developing a slate of narrative film projects of his own. His significant documentary film exhibition They Cannot Take the Sky — portraits of Australian asylum seekers in their own words — was awarded a prestigious Museums and Galleries National Award (MAGNA) in 2018, as well as The Melbourne Award for Multiculturalism and his photography has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions across Australia.

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+61 (0) 401 150 088

The Cannot Take The Sky (2018), Doco Series

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The Cannot Take The Sky (2018), Doco Series
Documentary, 8 × 3:00 minutes

The Cannot Take The Sky (2018), Doco Series
Documentary, 8 × 3:00 minutes

Behind The Wire

They Cannot Take the Sky: Stories From Detention is a documentary exhibition made up of a series of short film and audio stories, based on the book of the same name. Two-dozen people tell about their journey, their experiences in immigration detention and their life after release – or, for those who remain in offshore detention, their hopes for the future, despite their ongoing incarceration.

The exhibition was overseen by a committee of narrators with lived experience of immigration detention.

Director: Tom Campbell
DOP: Sam Chiplin
Producers: Behind The Wire, Michael Green & Kat Latour
Editors: Maria Papoutsis & Graeme Pereira

Supported by Museums Victoria and Melbourne Immigration Museum

Awards
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2017 Melbourne Award for Contribution to Multiculturalism by a Community Organisation

2018 Museums and Galleries National Award (MAGNA) for Best Temporary or Travelling Exhibition