JOSHUA LONG CV

EXPERIENCE

Griffith Film School, Brisbane, QLD — Sessional Tutor
COURSES: Story and Audience, Story and Voice, Reading the Moving Image, Post Production and Audience, Inspiring Films, Advanced Scriptwriting, Script Development, Scriptwriting 1.
FEBRUARY 2019 - CURRENT
● Teaching both film and animation students.
● Editing and designing tutorials.
● Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
● Formed strong connections with neurodiverse students.
● Used a variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate the learning process and accentuate presentations.
● Shifted between informal and formal methods of teaching to create a multi-layered web of learning incorporating experiments, practical activities, discussions and projects into lessons.
● Graded tests and assignments and uploaded to the school database.
● Created a dynamic learning environment that valued instructor and student interaction.
● Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills, resulting in clear subject matter discussion with students.

Filmmaker - Writer / Director
2003 - CURRENT
● Utilised exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills to produce engaging and error-free content.
● Oversaw post-production editing, special effects, music selection and performance's overall tone.
● Teamed with other production staff to collaborate on final production products and project timelines.
● Interpreted scripts to understand overall story and narrative style.
● Motivated actors to produce the best dramatic performance with strong coaching and mentoring. Maintained high department standards in production of media and video projects.

Feature Film
2015 - CURRENT
● 'A Night Of Horror: Nightmare Radio' (2019) - Segment Writer & Director. Currently streaming Internationally on the Shudder Streaming Platform.
● 'Escape And Evasion' (2019) - Director Attachment. (Screen Queensland)
● 'Bullets For The Dead' (2015) - Third Assistant Director. (Griffith FIlm School)

Television Series
2020 - CURRENT
● 'DeadHouse Dark' (2020) - Episode 6 'My Empire Of Dirt'. Writer and Director. (Screen Australia) Screening at International Festivals such as Cannes International Series Festival and HollyShorts. Deadhouse Dark is an Original Shudder Series on the Shudder Streaming Platform.

Short Film
2003 - CURRENT
● 'Post Mortem Mary' (2017) - Writer & Director. (Screen Queensland) Screened at over one hundred international film festivals. Winner of many awards including Best Short Film at Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. Qualified for Academy Consideration. It has over one million views over Youtube and Facebook.
● 'The Veiled' (2016) - Writer, Director, Producer. (Griffith Film School) Screened at approximately fifty international film festivals and is an award winner.
● 'The Wheels On The Bus' (2016) - Writer, Director, Producer, Editor. (Griffith Film School). Screened at approximately fifty international film festivals and is an award winner.
● 'AXED' (2011) - Writer, Director, Producer, Editor. Screened at many international film festivals and won many awards including the Independent Spirit Award at A Night Of Horror International Film Festival.

EDUCATION
Griffith Film School, Brisbane — Master of Arts: Master of Screen Production / Major in Directing
MAY 2014 - DECEMBER 2017, SOUTH BRISBANE
● Received the Sun Foundation Scholarship In Film Directing. Awarded by John Kirby of Village Roadshow.
● Awarded Best Writer, Best Director and Best Production Designer at the Griffith Film School Student Awards.
● Grade Point Average over 6.

Griffith University, Brisbane — Bachelor of Arts: Bachelor of Communications / Major in Screen Production and Theatre.
MAY 2001 - DECEMBER 2003, NATHAN / MT GRAVATT

AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Projects funded by Screen Queensland and Screen Australia.
Short Film Qualified for Academy Consideration.
Winner of Best Short Film at Sitges International Fantastic Festival 2018.
Nominated for an Australian Writers Guild Award.
Selected participated for The Asia Pacific Screen Lab, and was mentored by Anthony Chen and U-Wei Haji Saari.
Short Films have over One Million Views on Youtube.
Screened at over one hundred international film festivals, including many Academy Qualifying Film Festivals.
Multiple Award Winner. 
Designed Lecture and Class teaching horror filmmaking at Griffith Film School.
Jury member for A Night Of Horror International Film Festival, Rural Film Festival, Rangebow MicroFilm and The 48 Hour Film Festival.
Awarded a festival badge to attend  South By Southwest Sydney 2024 by Social Enterprise Australia.