Felicity Abbott is a

production designer In film and television, a production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Work ...

in the film and television industry.

Background

Abbott is from

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, and currently lives in

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Education

Felicity Abbott graduated from the

Australian Film Television and Radio School The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), formerly Australian Film and Television School, is Australia's national screen arts and broadcast school. Opened to students in 1973 as Film and Television School (FTS), after accredita ...

in 1999, after completing an MA (Film & Television) (Hons) in Production Design. She was awarded the

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Award for Excellence in Design in 1999.AFTRS Annual Report 98/99
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on 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Prior to this, Abbott completed a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) in Sculpture, at

Elam School of Fine Arts The Elam School of Fine Arts, founded by John Edward Elam, is part of the University of Auckland Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries, Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at the University of Auckland. It offered the first Bachelor of ...

University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...

, New Zealand.

Career

Abbott has designed many award-winning films. ''Restoration'' by director Cordelia Beresford, won best film in the general category of the Dendy Awards, at the Sydney Film Festival in 1999. ''Restoration'' also won the Jury Prize, Short Film Competition, at the Long Beach International Film Festival, USA, 2000. A further collaboration between Felicity Abbott and Cordelia Beresford, ''The Eye Inside'', won best film at both the

Sydney Film Festival The Sydney Film Festival is an annual competitive film festival held in Sydney, Australia, usually over 12 days in June. A number of awards are given, the top one being the Sydney Film Prize. , the festival's director is Nashen Moodley. Histo ...

Dendy Awards and

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Melbourne in 2005 and received a nomination at the

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in 2005. In 2006, Abbott completed ''The Catalpa Rescue'' (US title ''Irish Escape''), directed by Lisa Harney for PBS (USA), ABC (Australia) & RTÉ (Ireland) and ''Playground'' for director Eve Spence. In 2007, Abbott designed the Goalpost Pictures/

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...

film, ''

The Eternity Man ''The Eternity Man'' is a chamber opera in one act and seven scenes by the Australian composer Jonathan Mills to a libretto by Dorothy Porter. It deals with the life of Arthur Stace who was known as "The Eternity Man" because he chalked the word " ...

'', a film opera about the life of Australian

Arthur Stace Arthur Malcolm Stace (9 February 1885 – 30 July 1967), known as Mr Eternity, was an Australian soldier. He was an alcoholic from his teenage years until the early 1930s, when he converted to Christianity and began to spread his message b ...

, by acclaimed British director

Julien Temple Julien Temple (born 26 November 1953) is a British film, documentary and music video director. He began his career with short films featuring the Sex Pistols, and has continued with various off-beat projects, including ''The Great Rock 'n' Roll ...

. The world premiere screening of ''The Eternity Man'' was at the

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue Performing arts center, performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive b ...

in June 2008 as part of the

. Recent films include ''

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'', directed by

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and produced by

Nial Fulton Nial William Fulton is an Australian film and television director, producer and writer. Focused on social justice issues, his works include investigative documentaries ''Revelation'' ( Walkley Documentary Award), '' Hitting Home'' (AACTA and ...

for Essential Media & Entertainment, filmed on location in

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and the feature ''

Bran Nue Dae __NOTOC__ ''Bran Nue Dae'' is a 1990 musical set in Broome, Western Australia, that tells stories and of issues relating to Indigenous Australians. It was written by Jimmy Chi and his band Kuckles and friends, and was the first Aboriginal Aust ...

'', directed by

Rachel Perkins Rachel Perkins (born 1970) is an Indigenous Australian film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. She founded and was co-director of the independent film production company Blackfella Films from 1992 until 2022. Perkins and the ...

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External links

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