Glenn Triggs
Australian director and screenwriter

Glenn Triggs

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Australian director and screenwriter
Gender:
Male
Places:
Australia
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ScreenwriterFilm editorFilm director
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
1 April 1983
Star sign:
Aries
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Glenn Triggs (born 1 April 1983) is an Australian screenwriter, director, producer, editor and music composer. He has directed films such as The Comet Kids (2017), 41 (2012), Apocalyptic (2014) and Cinemaphobia (2009). Triggs grew up in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. In his final year of high school, Triggs's first attempt at a feature film, No One, was selected for the Top Arts awards. Triggs studied film and television at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2003 at the age of 19 and went on to write, produce and direct over 40 short films and six features independently, including Cinnamon Rain (2001), The Babyslitter (2003) and Lunar (2005).

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No-One

  • Top Arts (Australia) Finalist (2001)

Lunar

  • Los Angeles Short Film Festival (USA) Finalist (2005)

Cinemaphobia

  • Melbourne Underground Film Festival (Australia) Official Selection (2010)

41

  • Las Vegas Film Festival (USA) Golden Ace Award (2012)
  • Made in Melbourne Film Festival (Australia)
  • Maverick Movie Awards (New York, USA)
    • Winner: Best Original Score
    • Nominated: Best Actor
    • Nominated: Best Supporting Actress
    • Nominated: Best Director
    • Nominated: Best Screenplay
  • Rhode Island Film Festival (USA)
    • Winner: Best Film

Apocalyptic

  • MonsterFest (Australia) Official Selection (2013)
  • Mauvis Genre (France) Official Selection (2013)
  • British Horror Film Festival (UK) Official Selection (2014)
  • Winner: Best Film
  • Melbourne Underground Film Festival (Australia) Official Selection (2014)
  • British Horror Film Festival (UK) Winner - Best Feature (2014)
  • BUT Film Festival (NL) - Official Selection (2014)

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