As a digital filmmaker I produce both personal and commissioned projects including documentaries, promotional films, music clips and experimental pieces such as my most recent work Ammunition (Happy Ghosts) . I've been awarded Best Music Video Director by The South Australian Music Industry in both 2000 & 2003. My clients have included KESAB, Arts SA, Local Government, Department of Education & Government of South Australia and my films have been screened on Australian national television (ABC & Channels 9 & 10) and Foxtel.
I've been commissioned to make films on a wide variety of subjects including graffiti, public speaking in schools, indigenous issues and workplace bullying. Commissioned films can include interviews, live and archival footage, stills and an original soundtrack. I've made numerous arts films, from documenting exhibitions through to following the journey of community art projects. In 2006 I was commissioned to follow renowned sculptor Greg Johns to Ibiza, Spain to document the most major public sculpture by an Australian in Europe. Wow, what a job that was - an awesome experience to say the least and the documentary I produced, Returning Figures, was picked up by the ABC and screened twice on national television.
Here's a small excerpt of Returning Figures
You can view some more excerpts from my films (in quicktime form) here,
http://www.starkey.net.au/videos.htm
At www.starkey.net.au you can also purchase DVD and VHS copies of Returning Figures and The Path Of Totality, my documentary on the 2002 total solar eclipse that passed over outback South Australia.
My personal work has included documentaries on a UFO Investigator, a total solar eclipse and some of my friend's likes and dislikes. On a number of the films I've produced Andrew Muecke has created the soundtrack. This partnership evolved into Happy Ghosts a place where we create music and films together. The three music clips we've made have all been selected as national and international film festival finalists (Happy Ghosts).







