BIOGRAPHY
Emerging from the world of fine art and visual effects, Director Helen Clemens is a representative of a new generation of directors. She works across multiple disciplines of sophisticated, personally crafted visual effects, emotive direction and live action, along with superbly designed character animation. Helen’s fantastical worlds are known for their joyful energy, where the depth and texture of her work create cinematic vignettes that lure the viewer with an intriguing impression of a wider world.
Helen burst onto the commercial directing scene with her stunning animated SBS Films, which made her one of the Cannes Lions Young Directors, featured in 2011, and won her Best Animation at PromaxBDA World Gold Awards the same year. Helen’s SBS Film series Let There Be Light and Vault are now part of the permanent collection of Stash Media.
Since then she has directed commercials for brands including Disney, Nestlé, Marriott Hotels, Kotex and KFC. Helen’s film work has been showcased in publications such as Shots, Luerzer’s Archive, Motionographer, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, CNN, Vogue, Perez Hilton and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Helen is a graduate from the University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Visual Arts.
SELECTED SCREENINGS + GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
- First Nations Fashion Future M/FW2019 Fashion Capsule 3 | Recognition Film Installation | for The City Of Melbourne + Creative Victoria. South Bank Promenade, Melbourne, Australia.
- Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair | Recognition Film Installation + Exhibition | Darwin, Australia.
- Creative Victoria Hong Kong Fashion Summit Reception | Recognition Film Screening | Melbourne, Australia.
- insideOUT solo exhibition by Peter Waples-Crowe at Koorie Heritage Trust | Recognition Film Installation | Melbourne, Australia.
- Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Melbourne Museum | Recognition Film Installation + Exhibition | for Global Victoria + Creative Victoria | Melbourne, Australia.
- VAMFF Melbourne Fashion Festival | Australian Centre for the Moving Image, ACMI | Recognition Film Screenings | Melbourne, Australia.
- Cinema Nova + The Astor Cinema | Recognition Film Screenings | Melbourne, Australia.
- Val Morgan Cinemas | Recognition Film Screenings | Australia wide.
2018
- DesignInspire Exhibition Melbourne Pavilion | Recognition Film Installation | curated by Ewan McEoin, Senior Curator, National Gallery of Victoria, NGV | Hong Kong Convention + Exhibition Centre. Hong Kong.
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Business of Design Week partner city Melbourne | Recognition Film Premiere, Installation + Exhibition | Creative Director Philip Boon for Creative Victoria | 7 Mallory St Exhibition Centre. Hong Kong.
来自澳大利亚的电影导演与动画总监海伦克莱门斯（Helen Clemens），自步入美术与视效界以来，因其跨领域地使用古典方法诠释电影与设计精髓，即成为新生代艺术家之代表。她为SBS拍摄的影片，因出色的导演技巧在广告导演界崭露头角，并赢得2011年戛纳雄狮青年导演奖；同年，她亦于纽约获得Promax/BDA最佳动画奖。
从故事大纲到人物性格塑造，再到后期制作，她均亲力亲为。她对于表演和电影制作的热情，体现在每件作品中。海伦所呈现的奇妙影视世界注满了快乐能量，同时亦使用大量复杂且极个性化的视觉特效、情感体现、真人演出和精致的动画人物。她作品的深度和质感，引领观众进入妙趣横生又广阔未知的电影世界。
海伦2016年为“肯德基可食用指甲油”推广活动所制作的影片，获得了全世界媒体的广泛关注，为《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》、BBC、CNN、《VOGUE》与Perez Hilton等竞相报道。该活动获得威比奖提名，并于Spikes Asia亚洲创意节、Adfest亚太广告节和金帆广告奖斩获多项殊荣。
同时，她的作品亦于各大国际电影和广告刊物登出，例如《Shots》杂志、《Luerzer’s Archive》、《Motionographer》、《Stash》和《Australian Creative》。
海伦毕业于悉尼大学悉尼艺术学院，并取得视觉艺术学士学位。
시각디자인을 전공한 Helen Clemens는 몽환적이고 동화적인 그녀의 특유의 감수성을 표현하는 차세대 영화, 애니메이션 감독입니다. Helen의 가장 두드러진 성과 중 하나는 SBS Films의 광고로 제작된 애니메션입니다. 이 애니메이션은 2011년 Cannes Lion Young Directors에 선정되었고 또한 Best Animation at New York Promax/BDA에서 수상하였습니다. Helen은 캐릭터 개발, 포스트 프로덕션, 이야기를 포함한 전반적인 작품개발에 참여하고 있습니다. 또한 애니메이션 캐릭터 디자인, 캐릭터의 비쥬얼 이팩트, 움직임등을 모두 작업하고 있습니다. Helen은 그녀 특유의 동화적이고 강렬한 캐릭터와 이야기로 다른 작품에서는 쉽게 보지 못하는 새롭고 환상적인 느낌의 작품을 보여줍니다. 가장 최근의 Helen의 작품인 KFC’s Edible Nail Polish Integrated Campaign, 2016 은 전세계적으로 신선한 바람을 일으켰습니다. 이 작품은 the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, CNN, Vogue, Perez Hilton에서 상영되었고 Webby Awards에 후보에 올랐고 Spikes Asia, Adfest, Kam Fan에서 다양한 상을 수상하였습니다. Helen의 영화는 Shots Magazine, Luerzer’s Archive, Motionographer, Stash Media, Australian Creative 에서 광고가 되었고 세계적으로 주목받고 있습니다. Helen은 the University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts 에서 시각 디자인을 전공하였습니다.
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