Adam Elliot

Adam Elliot is an Academy Award® winning independent animator and visual artist based in Melbourne, Australia. His animated films and imagery are what he calls, Clayographies, clay animated biographies based on the bittersweet lives of his family and friends. He has created six animated films including, Memoir of a Snail, Mary and Max, Harvie Krumpet, Ernie Biscuit, Brother, Cousin and Uncle. They have been voiced by some of the world’s leading actors, including Sarah Snook, Jacki Weaver, Kodi Smit McPhee, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Geoffrey Rush, Barry Humphries, Eric Bana and Toni Collette. Viewed by millions of people around the world his works have participated in over nine hundred film festivals and won over 100 awards, including the 2004 Academy Award® for Harvie Krumpet. They have won six AFI/ AACTA Awards from nine nominations.

His first feature film, Mary and Max, had its World Premiere on the Opening Night of Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival, and in 2010 it was included in IMDB’s Top 250 Films of all Time, ranked amongst classics such as Gandhi and The Godfather. The film is currently being developed into a Broadway Musical.

In early 2024, he completed his new feature, Memoir of a Snail, which had its premiere at the Annecy International Animation Festival, where it won the Cristal for Best Animated Feature Film, making Adam the first director in history to win the Cristal twice. His films are taught in schools and universities here and abroad, and he has had multiple retrospectives, including exhibitions in Paris, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Spain and Singapore, with more to follow. In 1999 he was the Young Achiever of the Year for Victoria and is an Honoury Councillor for the Australian Film Institute. He is the Official Patron for The Film Critics Circle of Australia, Patron for The Victorian Day Council, and Retired Patron for The Other Film Festival. He has been a voting member for the Annual Academy Awards® since 2004.

Adam Elliot’s debut solo exhibition, All the Lonely People, was held at Beinart Gallery in October 2024. While Elliot is renowned for his meticulously crafted stop-motion films, this exhibition shifts the focus to his deeply personal and introspective artworks—intimate drawings and expressive 2D clay works that offer a window into his inner world. 

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