Jamie Clennett

Tasmania designer, animator, and author/illustrator, Jamie Clennett, graduated NIDA (Design) in 2002. Initially a production designer (theatre and film) Jamie moved into video design. Apart from creating award-winning short animations Jamie has worked Internationally and at home for clients as diverse as Queensland Government, SBS, CSIRO, BBC, Picasso London, Passion Pictures, the Red Cross, and Norwegian Cruise Lines, amongst others.

In 2008 Jamie created video for Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical. Jamie has also created video for several other theatrical productions such as Shoes: The Musical (Sadler’s Wells, London), Sleeping Horses Lie (Terrapin Puppet Theatre, Hobart), Little Shop Of Horrors (Tinderbox, Melbourne), Wild, Astroman, & Kiss Of The Spider Woman MTC). Jamie’s first graphic-novel, The Diemenois (2015), was shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards, won a silver Comic Arts Award, and was in competition for the Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prize in 2017.