Robert Sutherland

Rob Sutherland is a Screenwriter, Director, Producer and Editor with credits in feature film, documentary, short drama, interactive and educational projects. His debut feature film "The Inside Story", a supernatural mystery starring Australian screen icon Charles (Bud) Tingwell, won the Australian Writers' Guild Award for Best Original Feature Film Screenplay. Rob's documentary credits include the remembrance project "Five Soldiers", a moving film about Monash University student soldiers who served in World War 1 under Sir John Monash. Rob was inspired to become a filmmaker on seeing the "behind the scenes" program of "The Empire Strikes Back". The stop-motion animated AT-AT Imperial Walkers led him to experiment with claymation and with other forms of visual and digital effects. His early career included a period in post-production sound which opened his eyes to the power of great sound design. Both of these influences are apparent in much of his work today. Rob has also long been interested in meditation and spirituality, a lifelong pursuit of meaning that informs his writing and filmmaking. Rob primarily writes in the broad genre of "supernatural" - modern mythology that answers timeless questions and explores the nature of reality through drama. He is developing several screenplays and novels in this vein.