Natalie van den Dungen
Director

Natalie was born in Melbourne and raised in various states around Australia. After moving to Sydney in 2002, Natalie volunteered at The Australian Film, Television and Radio School for two years and was later employed as the in-house camera operator for MTV (2003/04). In 2004, Natalie returned to Melbourne working as a camera assistant on several large-scale drama productions until 2007. Coupling her love of music and film Natalie has since become a full-time freelance director of music videos, live DVD’s and music related documentaries.

Natalie’s first foray into music video making won her ‘Best Music Video’ award at The Heart of Gold Film Festival in 2007 for long time collaborator Darren Hanlon’s ‘Elbows’. Her music video for Dan Deacon’s ‘Paddling Ghost’ was invited into festivals around the globe including Pictoplasma Animation Festival 2009 in Berlin and was included in Pitchfork’s Top 40 videos of 2009. Natalie’s videos have frequently been selected as ‘Indie Clip of the Week’ on ABC TV’s RAGE.

In 2010 Natalie released her first DVD Unfamiliar Stars for the Australian band The Lucksmiths, which features the band’s farewell concert as well as a 22-minute documentary following the band’s final days. Natalie has also filmed extensive band tours across the USA and Europe for Darren Hanlon and Ned Collette. In 2011 Natalie directed and edited a series of music videos for Australian super group Seeker Lover Keeper (Sarah Blasko, Holly Throsby, Sally Seltmann) starring three of Australia’s most renowned actors – Aden Young, John Waters and Barry Otto. Natalie’s second live DVD for Australian band The Drones ‘ A Thousand Mistakes’ (Shock) was recently released. It features an intimate set of rarely played songs included in the 4 1/2 hour double disc set.

Natalie’s first TV length documentary Persecution Blues: The Battle for The Tote was completed in 2011 after 7 years of filming. Persecution Blues premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival where it sold out in 24 hours. Persecution Blues also had a 3 week exclusive theatrical release at Cinema Nova in Melbourne. The documentary was commissioned by ABC TV with post production funding through Screen Australia and will be broadcast in early 2012 followed by a DVD release through Madman.

Natalie now resides in Sydney.

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