JAMES MENELAUS RUSH
TEOINATREE@GMAIL.COM


I was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne. I love performers for their capacity to grasp moments. How they reveal and share the unexpected. I cherish images for how loud they can be in silence. I’m fascinated how the two work in unison, or in argument, for the amplification of character psychology and narrative rhythm.





    2021 - TADPOLES (12’)


2025 - CREATURES (11’)


    2023 - LACERATE (19’)










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
Development

2024 IFA Bologna w/ Andrey Zvyagintsev

2023 PlayLab Mexico w/ Apichatpong Weerasethakul

2022 Locarno Film Festival BaseCamp Participant

2018-2021 MA In Filmmaking (Distinction Honours)
London Film School

2013 - 2017 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’