Adam Elliot
Film director · 2 films (2009–2024)
Adam Elliot is a director whose work here spans Mary & Max (2009) to Memoir of a Snail (2024), across animation and comedy. 2 of those films were photographed by Gerald Thompson. All 77 frames from 2 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.
Adam Elliot is an independent stop-motion animation writer and director based in Melbourne, Australia. His five films have collectively participated in over six-hundred film festivals and have received over one hundred awards, including an Oscar for Harvie Krumpet[2] and the Annecy Cristal for Mary and Max.
Born 2 January 1972 · Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Directing style
Adam Elliot’s stop-motion worlds cultivate a lonely, tense, and occasionally ominous atmosphere through intimate interior scenes staged primarily at eye level. He relies heavily on medium shots and closeups to block his characters, rendering them with a mix of shallow and deep focus under the motivated glow of practical fixtures, windows, and overhead fluorescents. The visual signature is defined by a stark, desaturated palette—dominated by high-contrast black-and-white, sepia tones, and earthy, muted grays and browns—that underscores the melancholy of his tragicomic narratives.
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film · 2004
Films directed by Adam Elliot
About Adam Elliot
When was Adam Elliot born?
Adam Elliot was born on 2 January 1972 in Berwick, Victoria, Australia.
What films has Adam Elliot directed?
FrameThrower holds stills from 2 of them: Mary & Max (2009) and Memoir of a Snail (2024).
What awards has Adam Elliot won?
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (2004).
Search every frame of Adam Elliot’s films
All 77 indexed frames from 2 films directed by Adam Elliot — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.