Warren Coleman

WARREN COLEMAN is a graduate of the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art and has written for film, theatre, television, radio and print in addition to acting and directing.

Among his many writing credits for film and TV are "Red Star," developed in a workshop production at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and short listed for the New York New Dramatists Playwright Award, and "The Castanet Club—A Movie You Can Dance To," in which he also performed.

His acting credits include the feature films "The Man Who Sued God," "Young Einstein," "The Crossing," "The Devil's Playground," the ABC TV series "Bad Cop Bad Cop," the Kennedy Miller mini-series "Vietnam," "Romeo and Juliet," Judy Davis' production of "The School for Scandal" for Sydney Theatre Company and Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" at Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney.

Coleman's directing credits include "The Venetian Twins" and "The Mystery of Irma Vep" for the State Theatre Company of South Australia, "Jack" for the Sacred Fools Theater, Los Angeles, "Buzz," which he co-wrote and also starred in for Belvoir St Theatre, "Tall Dog and the Under Poppy" at The Studio, Sydney Opera House, and "Effie...Just Quietly," for SBS TV. He was also associate director on the hit show "Rent." In addition, Coleman was the Australian director of "The Real Live Brady Bunch" and was also the show's touring director for its American tour.

Coleman was co-director and co-writer on George Miller's Academy Award®-winning animated feature film "Happy Feet," starring Robin Williams and Elijah Wood, and creative consultant on the animated feature film "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole."

His project was also stop-motion feature "Mutt," for Film Victoria, and adaptation of Linda Jaivin's highly praised novel The Infernal Optimist into a feature film, with co-writer Stephen Abbott. He and Abbott have also created a TV series for Southern Star.

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