Filmmaker
Helen O'Loan
Helen O'Loan APDG is an Australian Production Designer with a background in Art Direction & Set Design. Most recently she designed the Nike / FIFA Brasil TVC campaign, ‘a playful romp set at a hotel that's been taken over by members of the Brazilian National Women's National team’.
Earlier in 2023 she designed ‘Mother of the Bride’ , filmed South East Asia and set in an exotic ultra-lux resort featuring an ensemble cast including Brooke Shields. Other recent credits include the internationally distributed TV series ‘Black Snow’ a crime fiction series set in a small rural town in Far North Queensland for which she has earned an AACTA nomination for 'Best Production Design in Television', and the suburban black comedy feature film ‘Audrey’ which will premiere at 2024 SXSW.
Her expertise and approach developed in the Art Departments of Oscar, BAFTA, AACTA and ADG winning Art Departments (The Great Gatsby, Unbroken, Pirates of the Caribbean, Chronicles of Narnia, Peter Rabbit). She also has extensive experience in the field of advertising and has designed countless commercials and both permanent & temporary installations. She is adept at articulating and delivering both character and narrative driven nuanced spaces and also stunningly bold visuals that underpin key themes in the story.
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