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词条 Damon Gameau
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  1. Career

  2. Awards and honours

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2011}}Damon Gameau is an Australian television and film actor who is the director of, and lead role in, That Sugar Film. Gameau also appeared in the Australian series Love My Way, the 2002 Australian film The Tracker, and in a small role in the US series How I Met Your Mother.[1][2]

Career

Gameau graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1999.[2][3]

He appeared in the 2009 feature film Balibo, in which he plays the part of Seven Network reporter Greg Shackleton.[4][5] He starred as Scotsman Andy Maher in the Australian TV miniseries A Tale of Two Cities.[2]

Gameau starred as Sonny in the Australian movie Thunderstruck, a tale of a group of friends and their devotion to AC/DC and in particular Bon Scott.[6]

He appeared in RTÉ's latest Irish drama, Raw, based in an exclusive Dublin restaurant.[7] playing the head chef Geoff Mitchell from Seasons 1 to 5. Gameau portrayed a homosexual character and received great praise for his performance throughout his time on the series. He also starred in Spirited as Adrian Brixton alongside Claudia Karvan and Matt King.[8]

In 2013, he appeared in an episode of Wentworth as Mark Pearson.

In 2014, he announced the production of the documentary That Sugar Film in which he relates the dire mood swings and weight gain he experienced after taking on the low-fat, high-sugar health food diet for 60 days.[9] Gameau wrote a companion book for the film, That Sugar Book, which reached the top of the Health & Well-being best-seller lists in Australia.[10]

Gameau is in a relationship with Winners and Losers actress, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith. Together they have one child, daughter, Velvet Gameau.

Awards and honours

  • Gameau won the Best Documentary Award for That Sugar Film at the Australian Film and Television awards in 2016.
  • Gameau won the Best Actor award for his role in the film Vermin at the Sydney Underground Film Festival.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}
  • Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Balibo at AFI awards.
  • Gameau has begun a directing career also with his film One, reaching the finals of Tropfest in 2010 and his film Animal Beatbox winning the 2011 competition.

His first documentary feature, That Sugar Film, was selected for Berlin Film Festival and IDFA and took out many awards around the world including Best Doc at the Australian Academy Awards. It is still the highest grossing Australian Documentary of all time across Australia and New Zealand.

References

1. ^{{IMDb name|0303902}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=772295|title=Damon Gameau (Andy Maher)|publisher=Nine Network|accessdate=16 November 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426233759/http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=772295|archivedate=26 April 2009|df=dmy-all}}
3. ^[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303902/bio Damon Gameau – Biography] at IMDB
4. ^BALIBO IN PRODUCTION
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/photos/2009/08/10/2651013.htm|title=Damon Gameau writes 'Australia'|date=10 August 2009|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=16 November 2009}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/film/s1106911.htm|title=Thunderstruck|date=12 May 2004|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=16 November 2009}}
7. ^RTÉ Television – RAW {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116071432/http://www.rte.ie/tv/raw/ |date=16 January 2009 }}
8. ^Spirited Biography{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
9. ^[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/that-sugar-film-director-damon-gameua-receives-shocking-diagnosis-after-going-on-healthy-sugar-diet-for-just-60-days-9875791.html That Sugar Film director Damon Gameau receives shocking diagnosis after going on healthy sugar diet for just 60 days] The Independent, 21 November 2014
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.thatsugarfilm.com/thatsugarbook/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-03-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321055321/http://www.thatsugarfilm.com/thatsugarbook/ |archivedate=21 March 2015 |df=dmy-all }}

http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/5th-aacta-awards.aspx

External links

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