Jared Daperis (born 18 August 1991) is an Australian film director. He has received a

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nomination and Berlin Commercial Award Nominations.

Early life

Daperis was born in Melbourne in 1991, the middle child of three. His father migrated from Egypt and his mother from the United Kingdom.

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is his brother. Daperis attended

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in Melbourne for his secondary education before graduating and moving to New York to study at film at

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; throughout his childhood he performed in films and television. Daperis returned to his directorial studies in Australia and moved to Sydney to study cinematography at AFTRS. He began his directing career as a commercial director in 2018.

Career

He began acting at an early age appearing in the AFI award-winning short film ''The Order'' (1999), directed by

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, and in television series such as '' Lift Off'', ''

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'', ''

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''and as Little Joe Cartwright in the US series '' Ponderosa'', the prequel to the hit TV series ''

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''. He also appeared in the Foxtel series ''

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''. However, Daperis is best known for his leading role as the eponymous

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, in '' Underbelly: Squizzy''. Feature film work includes the lead role in the Australian feature ''Playing For Charlie'', composed by

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winner

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(''

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'' (2000) and ''

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'' in 2002 for which he received critical praise and the Italian jockey

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in '' The Cup'' (2011), based on the 2002

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. He lent his voice to the sheep ensemble in the animated Paramount movie ''

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'' (2006). His final acting appearance was in Network Nine's Underbelly: Squizzy series, where he played the lead, Joseph Leslie "Squizzy" Taylor, in 2012.

Appearances

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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. They commenced in 1987. ! , - , 2016 ,

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and Jared Daperis for

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' " The Deepest Signs, the Frankest Shadows" , Best Video , , ARIA Award previous winners. , -

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daperis, Jared 1991 births Australian people of Greek descent Australian male television actors People educated at Mentone Grammar School Living people