Michael Gracey is an Australian filmmaker and visual effects artist best known for directing ''

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''.

Early life and career

Gracey grew up in Melbourne – in Carlton then Kew – then started working in visual effects and music videos before making his reputation in advertising, gaining a name for with his Christmas commercials in the UK and US.

Career

Gracey made his feature

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in 2017 with ''

'' starring

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as P. T. Barnum. Gracey is also slated to direct an adaptation of manga series ''

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'' and an adaptation of the novel '' Daughter of Smoke and Bone''. Gracey worked for 2 years at

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and

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studio Animal Logic from 1994 to 1996 as an animator and visual effects compositor. In 2022, Gracey directed a short film for Tourism Australia, ''G'Day'', starring Rose Byrne and

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, with cameos from Hamish Blake & Andy Lee. The commercial is the salient feature of the Come and Say G’day''' campaign. Gracey is a member of the Australian production company: FINCH.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Profile at Partizan production company Profile at Moth Projects
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