about...
Robert Nugent / Simpson Desert / 2014 / Filming Night Parrot Stories.
robert nugent
Rob is an experienced filmmaker and the director of viafilm, based from Canberra.
Rob previously worked for the United Nations in Afghanistan and Cambodia (1990 - 2001)and the Central Land Council in Alice Springs (1986 - 1990).
Rob is a skilled director, cinematographer, sound and video editor. He has a long-standing interest in creative ethnographies and observational filmmaking.
He was a Visiting Fellow at the Consortium for Research and Information Outreach (CRIO) and then the Digital Humanities Lab at the Australian National University from 2009 - 2012.
email: robertnugent.film[at]gmail[dot]com
telephone: [[+61] [0] 422_234_757]]
viafilm.org
Viafilm evolved from a group of colleagues working in overseas aid, who became interested in how audiovisual media may augment the work of researchers and NGOs.
Viafilm relies on a web of ethically driven long-term professional and academic connections and friendships.
what we do
Viafilm's experience assists researchers to position complex situations, ethnographies and visual culture, in ways that compliment traditional text based research and are compelling and unique to the audiovisual.
current projects
- "Riverbend"...revisiting representations of the Murray River and the social geography of its waters. currently filming (February 2019) in the Albury reaches of the river. (Independent film)
- "The Inductivist"...a film on nuclear weapon control systems, based on the life and work of the man 'who saved the world', Des Ball. in development with John Hughes & Mitzi Goldman (Earlyworks / Looking Glass Pictures)