About this episode
In this episode, Peter Skinner discusses his debut feature film, Two Ugly People, and his journey as a filmmaker.
In this episode, I’m joined by the great Peter Skinner to discuss his debut feature film, Two Ugly People. There’s not much point in me gushing here about how much I love this film, because I do enough of that throughout this interview. But I will say that it’s only August, and Two Ugly People is already not only one of my favourite Australian films this year, but one of my favourite films of the year in general. Two Ugly People follows two strangers (Michael Sheasby and Cato Ayyar IR) who meet by chance in a highway-side motel, but as their stay goes on, we begin to wonder if their meeting was by chance at all. What follows is truly hypnotic filmmaking from Skinner. Peter Skinner is an Academy Award-qualifying, St Kilda Best Film-winning, and Australian Directors Guild-nominated filmmaker. Beginning as a sculptor with a Bachelor of Visual Arts (First Class Honours), he later earned a Master of Film Studies from the University of Sydney and a Master’s in Directing from AFTRS. His work blends visual arts with narrative storytelling, earning critical acclaim. As co-founder of Seymour Pictures, he wrote, directed, produced, and edited his debut feature Two Ugly People, shortlisted…
People in this episode
Host: Cinema Australia
Guest: Peter Skinner
Topics covered
- film
- interview
- Australian cinema
- filmmaking
- identity
- narrative storytelling
Keywords
- Peter Skinner
- Two Ugly People
- Australian film
- filmmaking
- narrative storytelling
- Academy Award
- Seymour Pictures
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Seymour Pictures
Books & works: Two Ugly People
Places: Sydney
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