Anthony Fabian is a producer and director of feature films, shorts, documentaries and classical music programmes made thought his company, Elysian Films. His first feature film, Skin, was released worldwide in 2009/10 and has won 22 international awards.

He recently completed promotional films for the Tourist Board of Great Britain, VisitBritain (www.visitbritain.com), featuring Dev Patel, Twiggy, Rupert Everett, Jamie Oliver and Dame Judi Dench. He is also co-producer/director of an interview series with Sue MacGregor called Voice of a Generation, featuring Sir Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Sir Michael Gambon, Dame Diana Rigg, Michael York, Glenda Jackson and Sir Christopher Lee, among many others.

A graduate of UCLA’s Film and Television School, Anthony shot Bach & Variations, a half-hour drama, in 1994. The film won a British Council Travel Award, and he was invited to give talks and attend festivals around the world.

Candy, his first 35mm short, was completed in 1998. The film stars Lone Madsen, Brooke Kinsella, Oliver Tobias and Miriam Margolyes, and has been seen by festival audiences worldwide. It was aired by FilmFour in the UK and is represented internationally by AtomFilms.

Jean, a 35mm short starring Susannah York, Gyuri Sarossy and Nicholas Clay, won both the Audience and Jury Prizes in the IFILM Short Movie Awards, presented at the Director’s Guild of America in Los Angeles in 2000, as well as Best Short Film at the Barcelona International Film Festival in 2001. The film has won several British Council Travel Awards and has been screened at over thirty festivals around the world. The international sales agent, Sydney Neter Distribution, represents Jean.

His last short, Prick (2005), also stars Susannah York, alongside Mark Gillis, Rachel Pickup and Mark Wakeling. In 2006, he produced a 35mm short called Scarred for director Damien Rea, which won an I-Film Short Film Award and has been invited to festivals throughout the world.

Anthony’s first documentary, Township Opera (2001), featuring emerging talent in South Africa, was short-listed for a One World Media Award. His second hour-long documentary for BBC 4, Harmony in Hanoi, (2002) is a fresh look at contemporary Vietnam through the eyes of its musicians. His last two documentaries are While the Music Lasts (2004), about a quirky opera festival in Tuscany, and Embracing the Tiger (2007), a film about Tai Chi.

His filmography includes profiles of performers Luciano Pavarotti, Cecilia Bartoli, Joshua Bell, Angela Gheorghiu, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Renée Fleming, Christophe Rousset, Olli Mustonen, Richard Egarr and composer John Tavener.

Advanced Directors' Course, British Theatre Association, Graduated with Distinction, 1988

BA in Film/TV, University of California, Los Angeles (Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude), 1986

Producing/Directing

VOICE OF A GENERATION (HD, TV Series, 47 minutes x 8) Elysian Films/Voice Producions Ltd., UK, 2011.

VISITBRITAIN (35mm, HD and Super 8, Promotional Series, various durations x 5) Elysian Films, UK, 2010/11. 

SKIN (35mm, 1 hour 45 minutes, feature) Elysian Films, Bard Entertainments, Moonlighting Films, UK/SA co-production, 2008.

EMBRACING THE TIGER (HDCAM, 59 minutes, documentary) Majestic Media/Sky, 2006.

WHILE THE MUSIC LASTS (DVCAM, 59 minutes, documentary) Elysian Films, 2005.

PRICK (DVCAM/35mm, 6 minutes, drama) Elysian Films, UK, 2004.

HARMONY IN HANOI (DVCAM, 59 minutes, documentary) Elysian Films/BBC 4, 2003.

TOWNSHIP OPERA (DVCAM, 59 minutes, documentary) Elysian Films/SABC/BBC, 2002.

TOTAL ECLIPSE (DVCAM, 10 mimutes, promo) Elysian Films/Harmonia Mundi, UK, 2001. 

JEAN (35mm, 10 minutes, drama) Elysian Films, UK, 2000.

CANDY (35mm, 14 minutes, drama) Elysian Films, UK, 1999.

RENEE FLEMING: The Beautiful Voice (Super-16mm, 9 minutes, promo) Decca Records/Elysian Films, France, 1998.

ANGELA GHEORGHIU: My World (Beta/Super-16mm, 12 minutes, promo) Decca Records/Elysian Films, UK/France, 1998.

IL TURCO IN ITALIA (Digi-Beta, 15 minutes, promo) Decca Records/Elysian Films, Italy/UK, 1997-98.

LA DANSA (Digi-Beta, 3 minutes, promo) Decca Records/Elysian Films, Italy/UK, 1997.

PAVAROTTI’S GREATEST HITS (Digi-Beta, 7 minutes, promo) Decca Records/Elysian Films, Italy/UK, 1997.

CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET: Scarlatti, Rameau, Marin Marais (Super-16mm, 15 minutes, promo) Decca Records/Elysian Films, France, 1997.

CECILIA BARTOLI: Chant d’Amour (Super-16mm, 30 minutes, promo) Decca Records/Elysian Films, UK, 1996. 

ANGELA GHEORGHIU: ‘Ebben?’ from La Wally (Super-16mm, 12 minutes, promo) Decca Records/Elysian Films, UK, 1996.

JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET: Debussy Préludes (Super-16mm, 12 minutes, promo) Decca Records/Elysian Films, UK, 1995.

JOSHUA BELL: Tambourin chinois (Super-16mm, 8 minutes, promo) Decca Records/Elysian Films, UK, 1995.

OLLI MUSTONEN: Visions Fugitives (Super-16mm, 11 minutes, promo) Decca Records/Elysian Films, UK, 1995.

BACH & VARIATIONS (Super-16mm, 30 minutes, drama). Elysian Films, UK, 1994.

Screenwriting

SKIN (Feature) with Helen Crawley and Jessie Keyt. Elysian Films/Bard Ents., UK, 2007.

GREENE LIGHT (Feature) Original story set in Moscow. Elysian Films, UK, 2006.

THE HEATH (Feature) with Carl Miller. Elysian Films, UK, 1998-9.

LADY BRANDON (Feature) Adaptation of Quentin Bell's THE BRANDON PAPERS. Elysian Films, UK, 1994.

MOZART'S LIBRETTIST (Documentary) Life of Lorenzo da Ponte. Elysian/Landseer, UK, 1993.

THE PHIL (Drama Series) Working Title Television and Landseer, UK, 1991.

THE GIRL FROM KIEV (Feature) with Bob Ellis. Australian Film Commission, 1989-90.

COUNTERPOINT (Feature) Tra La La Films, Plc., Australia, 1987.

BY MISTAKE, WISHFUL THINKING and, with Ate de Jong, IN LOVE AGAIN (Features), USA, 1985-86.

Music Supervision

HILARY & JACKIE (Feature) Director: Anand Tucker, Sony/Oxford Film Company, UK, 1998.

SCHUBERT (One-hour drama) Director: Peter Webber, Oxford Television/Channel 4, UK, 1997.

GOLDENEYE (James Bond - Feature) Director: Martin Campbell, Eon Productions, UK, 1995.

RESTORATION (Feature) Director: Mike Hoffman, Miramax/Oxford Film Company, UK, 1995.

A PIN FOR THE BUTTERFLY (Feature) Director: Hannah Kodicek, Skreba, UK/Czech Republic, 1993.

Opera Work

ORFEO ED EURIDICE (Gluck), Director, Scottish Opera, UK, 1993.

IL TROVATORE, JULIUS CAESAR, LA BOHEME, Staff Director, Scottish Opera, UK, 1992-93.

THE QUEEN OF SPADES, Assistant Director, Glyndebourne Festival. Director: Graham Vick, UK, 1992.

DON GIOVANNI, Associate Director, English Touring Opera. Director: Stephen Medcalf, UK, 1992.

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Assistant Director, DGOS Opera Ireland. Director: John Lloyd Davies, Eire, 1991.

LA FINTA GIARDINIERA, Assistant Director, Opera North.  Director: Tim Albery, UK, 1991.

TOSCA (Zeffirelli production), Russian Interpreter, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, UK, 1991.

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR and THE MERRY WIDOW (Revivals), Co-Director, Opera 80, UK, 1990.

Awards for Skin

Film Festivals

Santa Barbara (Audience Award)

Los Angeles Pan African (Audience and Jury Awards)

AFI Dallas (Audience Award)

Palm Beach (Jury Award, Best Film)

Rochester High Falls (Audience Award)

Tri-Continental, Africa/Asia/Latin America (Audience Award)

Mediterrante (Bari), Italy (Best Film)

Giffoni, Italy (Griffon Environmental Award)

Bahamas (Rising Star Award, Sophie Okonedo)

Bordeaux Cinema Science (Grand Jury Prize)

Afrika Film Festival, Leuven, Belgium (Audience Award)

Belize International Film Festival (Audience Award)

Tbilisi Film Festival, Georgia (Human Rights and Peace Award)

Other Prizes

Accolade Award For Excellence (Original Score, Hélène Muddiman)

United Nations Time For Peace Award (Voted by 21 UN Abassadors)

Amnesty International Humanitarian Award (Italy)

Orange Film Prize, Ability Media International Awards

MAE Moseac Award for Best Independent Film

MAE Moseac Award for Best Actress (Sophie Okonedo)

Moondance, USA (Best Score, Hélène Muddiman)

South African Film and Video Awards (SAFTAS) (Best Cinematographer, Feature Film
, Dewald Aukema and Jonathan Partridge)

Nominations

British Independent Film Award (Best Actress, Sophie Okonedo)

NAACP Image Awards (Outstanding Foreign Film and Best Actress, Sophie Okonedo)

Black Reel Awards (Best Actress, Sophie Okonedo)

Political Film Society (Best Film)

World Soundtrack Awards (Discovery of the year 2010, Hélène Muddiman)

Ivor Novello Awards (Best Score 2010, Hélène Muddiman)

Short Film Awards

Best Short Film Prize for Jean, Barcelona International Film Festival, 2001.

First Prize, IFILM Short Movie Awards for Jean, presented at the Director’s Guild in Los Angeles, 2000.

British Council Travel Awards for Candy, Jean & Bach & Variations, 1994-2000.

Arts Council (Great Britain & Scotland) Opera Director's Bursary, Scottish Opera, 1992-93.

Nominations

One World Media Award for Township Opera.