MicheleFantl
- Producer
Michele Fantl has been producing acclaimed documentaries, telemovies and features since the 1990s, often through her production company MF Films. Along the way she has worked extensively with writer/directors Stewart Main (50 Ways of Saying Fabulous), Garth Maxwell (When Love Comes) and Fiona Samuel (Bliss).
Screenography
Biography
Michele Fantl has produced feature films, documentaries, television dramas, half a dozen shorts and many commercials.
Fantl was doing a waitressing job while studying for a law degree when she met staff from ad agency Ogilvy and Mather, at a going away party. The next day she talked her way into a job as a trainee copywriter. The job introduced her to the giddy world of commercials, and in 1988 she joined Richard Riddiford and Peter Cathro as a partner at company Zee Films. A decade later Fantl launched her own company, MF Films.
Awards
2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Drama Series: Rude Awakenings
2005 Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Italy)
Special Jury Award (2nd Prize, shared with Mexico's El Cielo Dividido): 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous
1999 Verzaubert Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Germany)
Nominated for Best Film: for When Love Comes
1996 Berlinale - Berlin Film Festival
Nominated for Golden Bear for Best Short Film: Twilight of the Gods
1996 Chicago International Film Festival
Nominated for Gold Hugo for Best Short Film: Twilight of the Gods
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