Harvie Krumpet

Harvie Krumpet is an Australian claymation, made in Melbourne by Adam Elliot (Melodrama Pictures). This short (23 min) film won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 2003, in addition to numerous festival awards and the 2004 Australian Film Institute Best Short Animation award. The story revolves around the life of Harvek Milos Krumpetzki, born in Poland in 1922. At the outbreak of World War II he comes to Spotswood in Australia as a refug... more

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  • 2003

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  • 23 min

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Adam Elliot

Adam Elliot (born 2 January 1972) is an Australian animator, best known for his Academy-Award winning claymation Harvie Krumpet. Adam grew up on a prawn farm in the Australian Outback with his father, a retired acrobatic clown. When the farm went bankrupt, his father moved the entire family back to...

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