LUCAS SCHEFFEL
FILMMAKER I PHOTOGRAPHER I EDITOR
Lucas Scheffel is a Filmmaker, Photographer and Editor from Loxton, South Australia. His love of moving images has allowed him to travel the globe shooting documentaries, corporate projects, music videos, and short and feature films.
Lucas graduated from the Flinders University of South Australia in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honours majoring in Screen Studies and American History.
His body of work, most notably short films and a micro-budget feature film have been released and screened internationally to a wide variety of audiences.
In 2009 he won a Bronze award at the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards. In 2012 Lucas won Best Short Film for Captured at the Australian Screen Industry Network Awards (ASIN). 2014 saw Lucas take out the award for Best Foreign Director at the Action on Film International Film Festival for Dead Therapy.
In 2016 Lucas signed a 3-year distribution deal for Dead Therapy through Gonella Productions.
Lucas is currently travelling Australia in a vintage caravan with his beautiful family while writing and exploring a new venture of creating graphic novels and comics books.
FILMOGRAPHY
Solitude – 2 mins – Short – Lucas Scheffel – Cinematographer/Editor – 2016
Scams Incorporated – 11 mins – Short – Bioscope Films – Sound – 2016
Post Mortem & The Butcher – 3 mins – Short – Knapton FX – Cinematographer/Editor – 2015
Dead Therapy – 15 mins – Short – Scheffilm – Director/Producer/Editor – 2015
The Dead Guy in the Trunk – 10 mins – Short – Scheffilm – Director/Cinematographer/Editor – 2015
Victim – 15 mins – Short – Scheffilm – Director/Cinematographer/Editor – 2015
Don't Talk Dirty – 3 mins – Music Video – Scarlet – Cinematographer/Editor/VFX – 2014
Here Kitty Kitty – 3 mins – Music Video – Danny Woodman – Cinematographer/Editor – 2014
Learning How to Breathe – 3 mins – Music Video – Vanessa Turner – Cinematographer – 2014
ETO 1953 – 9 mins – Short – Bioscope Films – 1st AC – 2014
Fighting Chance – 10 mins – Short – Bioscope Films – 2nd AC / B Camera – 2014
Love – 15 mins – Short – LoBosco Film Productions – Camera Operator/Editor – 2013
Mad 2 the Max – 7 mins – Short – Scheffilm – Director/Cinematographer/Writer/Editor – 2013
Captured – 7 mins – Short – Scheffilm – Director/Cinematographer/Writer/Editor – 2011
Drop Bear – 30 mins – Short – Cracked Lens Films – Cinematographer – 2011
Save Myself – 3 mins – Music Video – Verusive – Cinematographer/Editor – 2011
My Baby – 3 mins – Music Video – T.D.B. – Director/Cinematographer/Editor – 2010
Rise – 3 mins – Music Video – T.D.B. – Director/Cinematographer/Editor – 2009
Coil – 15 mins – Short – Deor Productions – Director/Editor – 2009
PostAGE – 7 mins – Short – Scheffilm – Director/Cinematographer/Editor – 2009
The Line of Friendship – 40mins – Short – Cracked Lens Films – Stills Photographer – 2009
The Summit – 18 mins – Short – Scheffilm – Director/Cinematographer/Editor – 2009
The Counterpart – 75mins – Feature – Scheffilm – Director/Writer/Producer – 2009
Big Shots – 3 mins – Music Video – T.D.B. – Director/Cinematographer/Editor – 2008
Youthworks: The High Price of a Low Wage – 25mins – Documentary – Alex-Solomon-Bridge – Editor – 2006
2:37 – 91 mins – Feature – M2 Entertainement – Camera Assistant – 2005
The Wish – 15 mins – Short – Storyland Media – Camera Assistant – 2005
Netherworld – 15 mins – Short – Clusterfunk Productions – Electrics Assistant – 2004
Lullaby – 120 mins – Feature –Scarlet Entertainment – Cinematographer – 2003
No More Like My Father – 90 mins – Feature –Scarlet Entertainment – Cinematographer – 2002
Cosmosapiens – 30 mins – Documentary – Scarlet Entertainment – Cinematographer – 2002
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Rise - T.D.B. (Tha Deadly Boyz)
Bronze Award Music Clip Category
Australian Cinematographers Society 2009 (South Australia & Western Australia Awards)
The Counterpart
Nominated Best Feature Film
South Australian Screen Awards (SASA) 2010 (Adelaide)
* Distribution through Shock Entertainment (DVD)
* Distribution through Ozflix (VOD)
My Baby - T.D.B. (Tha Deadly Boyz)
Winner Best Music Video
Bump Awards 2010 (Sydney)
https://vimeo.com/8215380
Captured
Winner Best Short Film
Nominated for Best Producers
Australian Screen Industry Networking Awards 2012 (Brisbane)
https://youtu.be/JvrKhhEkEo0
Mad 2 the Max
Top 10 Finalist
Shepparton Shorts Film Festival 2013 (Shepparton)
https://youtu.be/zk9X5haq494
The Dead Guy in the Trunk
Nominated for Best Victorian Short
Monsterfest 2014 (Melbourne)
Dead Therapy
Winner Best Foreign Director (WAB)
Nominated for Best Artwork
Nominated for Best Short Horror
Action on Film International Film Festival 2014 (USA)
Nominated Best Short Film
Interurban Film Festival 2014 (USA)
* Distribution through Gonella Productions, Hewes Pictures and Viddsee
FESTIVALS
2015 New York City International Film Festival, Dead Therapy, USA
2015 Tri-Cities International Fantastic Film Festival, Dead Therapy, USA
2015 Macabre Faire Film Festival, The Dead Guy in the Trunk, USA
2014 Action on Film International Film Festival, Dead Therapy, USA
2014 MonsterFest, The Dead Guy in the Trunk, Australia
2014 Interurban Film Festival, Dead Therapy, USA
2013 Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Mad 2 the Max, Australia
2013 Shepparton Shorts Film Festival, Mad 2 the Max, Australia
2013 Wasteland Film Festival, Mad 2 the Max, USA
2012 Coro Helvetico al Femminile Womans International Short Film Festival, Captured, Spain