Adam Elliot

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Adam Elliot
Elliot in 2010
Born	Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Education	The Victorian College of the Arts.
Known for	Clayographies – Clay Animated Biographies
Notable work	Mary and Max, Harvie Krumpet, Ernie Biscuit, Uncle, Cousin, Brother
Awards	Academy Award, Five Australian Film Institute Awards, Young Achiever of the Year for Victoria – 1999, Australian of the Year Award

Adam Benjamin Elliot is an Australian animator and filmmaker based in Melbourne. Established as an independent auteur of minimalistic narrative-driven films in animation, all of his films have generally use of tragicomedy genre with themes of bittersweet nature and psychological development to the characters; based loosely on his family and friends, each of his films considered a Clayography – a portmanteau genre of clay animation and biography, coined by himself.