Bec Kingma

Biography

Bec Kingma graduated from the Victoria College of the Arts (VCA) where she completed the Bachelor in Film and Television in 2011. Her graduating film Silent Night won Bec the Showcast Award for Best Director, the Orloff Family Trust Script Award and the Margaret Lawrence Social Justice Award.

During her time at VCA Bec developed her own style of film making, her haunting and honest portrayals of the darker parts of life resonate strongly with audiences. Bec tells the stories we all know but have pushed to backs of our minds.

CURRENT ONGOING PROJECT
Throughout 2012 Bec had been directing a documentary depicting the struggles of individual musicians around Melbourne as they wash dishes, pour beers, teach children and do whatever they have to to make ends meet.

“It’s not so much a music doco as it is a study on people and how and why they are drawn to a particular creative passion. I could very well have decided to document the struggles of painters or film makers etc. but I chose to study musicians. I have a keen interest in the local Melbourne music scene as a lot of friends are a part of it.”

This ongoing project has seen Kingma and her sound + film team collecting endless hours of rehearsal/backstage/festival/tour footage from local musicians like Jen Cloher, Courtney Barnett, Immigrant Union, Merri Creek Pickers and Batpiss. Excerpt previews will be released shortly, so watch this space for more info. 

MUSIC CLIPS
2012 Writer/Director/Production Design MOUNT BEAUTY Jen Cloher
2012 Writer/Director/Production Design HISTORY ERASER Courtney Barnett

SHORT FILMS
2011 Writer/Director/Production Design SILENT NIGHT VCA Bec Kingma
Cockatoo Island International Film Festival 2012, Silent Night – Official selection
Busan International Short Film Festival 2012, Silent Night – Official selection
San Francisco International Short Film Festival 2012, Silent Night – Official selection
Honolulu International Film Awards 2012, Silent Night – Winner Gold Kahuna Award
Mexico International Film Awards 2012, Silent Night – Winner Silver Palm Award
Showcast Award for Best Achievement in Directing 2011, Silent Night – Victoria College of the Arts Awards Night
Best Undergraduate production (Nominated) 2011, Silent Night – Victoria College of the Arts Awards Night
Orloff Family Charitable Trust Script Award – Outstanding Script 2012, Silent Night – Victoria College of the Arts
Margaret Lawrence Social Justice Award 2011, Silent Night – Victoria College of the Arts

2010 Writer/Director/Editor STILL BY NUMBERS VCA Bec Kingma
Honolulu Film Awards 2012 Awarded Best in Category Still By Numbers – Victoria College of the Arts
Upstart Film Award 2010 Still By Numbers – Victoria College of the Arts

2010 Writer/Director/Editor PUNCH VCA Bec Kingma
2009 Writer/Director/Editor FLY BY NIGHTER VCA Bec Kingma
2009 Writer/Director/Editor BRANCHES VCA Bec Kingma
2008 Writer/Director/Editor JIMMY THE KID VCA Foundations Bec Kingma

SHORT FILM CREDITS
2012 Production Design STRANGE TOURIST VCA Joshua Aylett
2012 Production Design NO GOOD DEED VCA John Tummino
2011 1st Assistant Director NIGHT’S END VCA Evan Dowling
2011 Art Department LOADED VCA Tim Bathurst
2011 Continuity ARIA VCA John Tummino
2010 Art Department QUICKFIX VCA Kelly Hucker
2010 DOP WITH BAD BLOOD VCA John Tummino
2009 Continuity and Gaffer Assist TIRAMISU Carl Stella
2009 1st Camera Assist EBB VCA Florence Mathilde Holmes
2009 Art Director and Props WITHIN REACH VCA John Tummino
2009 Production Design BLOW OUT VCA Florence Holmes
2009 Cinematographer INDECISION VCA Natalie James
2009 1st Assistant Director STARE VCA Ellenor Argyroupoulos
2009 Set Design and Production FANTASY VCA Gladys Ng
2009 Camera Assist and Gaffer VENGEANCE VCA John Malloney
2008 Production Design OXYGEN VCA Davis Norris

contact Bec Kingma
info@beckingma.com

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