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School of Dance

• Phillip Adams – Artistic Director of Balletlab
• Derrick Amanatidis
• Kate Denborough – Co-Artistic Director of Kage Physical Theatre
• Holly Durant
• Jenny Featherstone – Dance Teacher
• Luke George
• Rebecca Hilton – choreographer
• Stephanie Lake
• Prue Lang – dancer with Ballet Frankfurt
• Jo Lloyd – dancer and choreographer
• Carlee Mellow – Dancer/Choreogragher
• Elissa Meyer-Thomas – choreographer
• Sandra Parker – former Dance Works Artistic Director
• Byron Perry – Dancer/Choreogragher
• Harriet Ritchie
• Megan Rowland
• Hellen Sky – choreographer
• Brooke Stamp
• David Tyndall – CEO Dance House
• Sol Ulbrich – Dancer / Choreographer
• Gerard van Dyck – Co-Artistic Director of Kage Physical Theatre
• Sara Black
• James Shannon
• Suhaili Micheline
• Laura Levitus
• Kathryn Newnham
• Amber Haines
• Larissa Mcgowan
• Lina Limosani
• Kristy Ayre
• Simon Ellis
• Lee Serle
• Matt Cornell
• Michelle Heaven
• Rogue (2005 graduates)

School of Drama

• Andrew Bovell
• Cazerine Barry
• Melanie Beddie – director
• Alison Bell
• Sibylla Budd
• Jason Clarke
• Justine Clarke
• Vince Colosimo
• Adriano Cortese – director – Ranters Theatre
• Raimondo Cortese – writer – Ranters theatre
• Kim Durban – director
• Marta Dusseldorp
• Jack Finsterer
• Angus Grant
• Tom Healey
• Chris Kohn – director
• Isabel Lucas
• Alice McConnell
• Rhys Muldoon
• Luke Mullins
• Jonny Pasvolsky
• Stephen Phillips
• Hannie Rayson, actor and playwright
• Damien Richardson
• Simon Stone
• Andrew Upton – Sydney Theatre Company co-artistic director
• Julie Waddington – artistic director – Riverland Youth Theatre
• Alison Whyte
• Julia Zemiro
• Ashley Zuckerman

School of Film & Television

(Including graduates of the former Swinburne Film and Television School)

• Gillian Armstrong (director My Brilliant Career, Oscar and Lucinda, Charlotte Gray)
• Julius Avery (writer/director Jerrycan Jury Prize for Short Film Winner Cannes Film Festival 2008)
• Ian Baker (cinematographer Evil Angels, Queen of the Damned, Japanese Story, Evan Almighty)
• Jamie Blanks (director Urban Legend, Storm Warning)
• Jill Bilcock (editor Strictly Ballroom, Muriel’s Wedding, Romeo + Juliet, Elizabeth, Moulin Rouge!)
• Niki Caro (writer/director Sundance Film Festival Audience Award Winner 2003 Whale Rider)
• Ann Darrouzet (executive producer International Emmy Award Winner for Blabber Mouth and Sticky Beak)
• Andrew Dominik (director/writer Chopper, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
• Adam Elliot (Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated) 2004 Winner for Harvie Krumpet, director/writer Mary and Max)
• Paul Goldman (director Suburban Encounters, The Night We Called It a Day, Australian Rules)
• John Hillcoat (director The Proposition, The Road, Ghosts of the Civil Dead)
• Mark Hartley (director Not Quite Hollywood)
• Glendyn Ivin (writer/director Cracker Bag Palme d’Or for Short Film Winner Cannes Film Festival 2003)
• Clayton Jacobson (writer/director/editor Kenny, Kenny’s World)
• Richard Lowenstein (writer/director Dogs In Space, He Died With a Felafel in His Hand)
• Anthony Lucas (writer/director Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated) 2006 Nominee forThe Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello)
• Robert Luketic (director Legally Blonde, Monster-in-law, 21)
• Stuart McDonald (director Summer Heights High)
• Matthew Saville (writer/director Noise, We Could Be Heroes)
• Jonathan M. Shiff (producer/writer British Academy Award for Best International Children’s Series Winner 1998, 1999 for Ocean Girl and Thunderstone)
• Sarah Watt (director/writer Look Both Ways, My Year Without Sex)
• Geoffrey Wright (director/writer Romper Stomper)

School of Music

• Caroline Almonte – pianist
• Cheryl Barker – opera singer
• Michael Barker
• Shannon Burchell
• Peter Brundle – Interactive Designer
• Members of The Cat Empire
• Natalie Christie – opera singer
• Peter Coleman-Wright – opera singer
• Erin Cornell – Lead role Wicked Japan Universal Studios production
• Steve Davislim – opera singer
• Diana Doherty – Oboe soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
• Caity Fowler – Lead Role – High School Musical Australia production
• Julian Gavin – opera singer
• John Haddock – opera composer
• Ross Hannaford – Featured Role in Wicked Australia production
• Winston Hillyer – Lead role The Lion King German production
• Members of the John Butler Trio
• Liza Lim – composer
• Christopher Lincoln – opera singer
• Laura McCulloch – Lead role Cats Asian tour
• Patrick Savage – Principal First Violin with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and film composer
• True Live – Australian Hip-Hop/Jazz collective, performers at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• John Wegner – opera singer
• Angus Woods – opera singer
• Teagan Wouters – Lead Role – High School Musical Australia production
• Nicole Youl – opera singer

School of Production

Incuding graduates of the School of Puppetry

• Penelope Bartlau – Puppeteer – Barking Spider Visual Theatre
• Andrew Bell Chambers – Costume/Set Designer – Melbourne Theatre Company
• Ben Cobham – Lighting Designer – Bluebottle
• Kat Chan – Set+Costume Designer/Design Assistant – The Australian Ballet
• Adam Gardinir – Designer – The Australian Ballet, Malthouse Theatre, OzOpera
• Chloe Gestier – Stage and Production Manager – Bluebottle, Melbourne Festival
• Belinda Green – Production Manager – Polyglot Puppet Theatre
• Esther Hayes – Costume Designer – Melbourne Theatre Company
• Darren Kowacki – Stage Manager – Malthouse Theatre
• Christina Logan Bell – Costume Designer/Dresser – Opera Australia
• Whitney McNamara – Assistant Stage Manager The 39 Steps Australasian Tour/Melbourne Theatre Company
• Niklas Pajanti – Lighting Designer – Balletlab, Chunky Move, Company B
• Wesley Portelli – Stage Manager, The 39 Steps Australasian Tour/Melbourne Theatre Company
• Govin Ruben – Directorial Assistant – Colours of Malaysia
• Victoria Wooley – Stage Manager – The Australian Ballet

School of Visual Art

Incuding graduates of the National Gallery of Victoria Art School and Prahran College

• Aby Altson
• Rick Amor
• John Brack
• Arthur Boyd
• Yvette Coppersmith – Winner Inaugural Metro 5 Art Prize 2003
• Steve Cox – painter and watercolourist
• Noel Counihan
• Greg Creek – Winner, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 1996
• Kate Durham – Member of various advisory boards
• Mila Faranov
• Sam Fullbrook
• Portia Geach
• Martin Grant – fashion designer
• Charles Green – artist and critic
• Douglas Hall – Australian commissioner for 2009 Venice Biennale, Gallery director (Bendigo, Qld)
• Kristin Headlam – Winner, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2000
• Louise Hearman
• Bill Henson – photographer and artist
• Joy Hester
• Philip Hunter
• Pamela Irving – artist and educator
• Robert Jacks
• Nicholas Jones – book sculptor
• Roger Kemp – Officer of the Order of Australia
• Paul Knight – 2007 Samstag scholarship recipient
• Nick Managan – 2007 Samstag scholarship recipient
• Fred McCubbin
• Alan McCulloch – gallery director; writer; critic
• Azlan McLennan – artist and activist
• Lewis Miller – painter, Archibald Prize winner
• Callum Morton – 2007 Venice Biennale representative
• John Nixon
• Sidney Nolan
• Susan Norrie – 2007 Venice Biennale representative
• Louise Paramor
• E. Phillips Fox
• Patricia Piccinini – 2003 Venice Biennale representative
• Margaret Preston
• Clifton Pugh
• Hugh Ramsay
• Tom Roberts
• Sally Smart – Artist; Trustee, National Gallery of Victoria
• Mark Strizic – Photographer; winner many awards
• Ricky Swallow – 2005 Venice Biennale representative
• Fred Williams
• Marcus Wills – painter, Archibald Prize winner

This is but a small and by no means complete list of V.C.A. alumni. Please email us to contribute other names or corrections to this list.