James Menelaus Rush





  FILMOGRAPHY


RELEASED




    


IN DEVELOPMENT

- THE THORN IN THE FLESH

- GUMSUCKER

- YACKANDANDAH
 



All of us know, whether or not we are able to admit it,that mirrors can only lie, that death by drowning is all that awaits one there. It is for this reason that love is so despertely sought and so cunningly avoided. Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot leave without and know we cannot live within.

(James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time)




About Me



I was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne.

I love performers for their capacity to grasp moments

how they share in the unexpected.

I cherish images for how loud they can be in silence. 

I am fascinated how the two work in unison, or in argument, for the amplification of character psychology and narrative rhythm.
































Awards

2022 Australian Director’s Guild Awards
Nominee Best Direction In A Student Film, Tadpoles

Festivals

2025 Revelations Perth International Film Festival, Creatures

2024 Reel Good Film Festival, Tadpoles

2024 Ariano International Film Festival, Lacerate  

2024 20minmax Kurzfilmtage, Lacerate

2024 L’Europe autour de l’Europe, Lacerate

2023 Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Lacerate

2023 Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Tadpoles

2022 Winterthur Kurzfilmtage (Sparks Junior Program), Tadpoles

2021  Rhode Island International Film Festival, Tadpoles

2021 Flickerfest International Short Film Festical, Tadpoles








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Development

IFA Bologna w/ Andrey Zvyagintsev

PlayLab Mexico w/ Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Locarno Film Festival BaseCamp Participant

MA In Filmmaking (Distinction Honours) - London Film School

Bachelor of Arts (Majoring in Screen and Cultural Studies) - University of Melbourne
SciencesPo University Paris: Certificate in Social Sciences and Humanities (Exchange Program)























Filmography


2025
Thanks For Considering Me
(Editor)
20’
2025
Creatures
(Writer / Director / Producer / Editor)
12’
2023
Il Giardino Di Klingsor
(Editor)
13’
2023
Lacerate
(Writer / Director / Producer / Editor)
20’
2021
Tadpoles
(Writer / Director / Producer / Editor)
12’
2021
Slant
(2nd Assistant Director)  
113’
2019
Snowball
(1st Assistant Director)
12’
2019
COCOLOCODOCO
(Writer / Director/ Co-Editor)
11’ 
2017
Orange Is The New Brown
(3rd Assistant Director)
T.V. Series
2016
Storm Boy
(Production Assistant)
99’
























Video

2021
Yackandandah
2020
Sunset: A Song Of Two Crickets



































Physical Theatre + Clown
(Taught By)


Fabio Motta
Budi Miller
Kimberly Twiner
Piotr Szczęsny Sikora