Bringing Ambition to Life

Trevor Smith

BFTV (Bond)

2001 Awarded 3rd place in BUFTA’s Documentary category for Drugs: An Ugly World?
2002 Awarded 2nd place in BUFTA’s Narrative category for The Power of Fate.
2003 Commenced Bachelor of Film & Television at Bond.
2004 Produced a television commercial which received two Highly Commended Awards in the 2004 Kodak TVC Competition.
  Produced Bond University’s first clay-animated film, Glam to Sham, which was named Best Tertiary Film in the Open category of the 2005 Warner Roadshow Queensland New Filmmakers Awards.
  Appointed Director of Academic Affairs for Bond University's Film & Television Student Society.
2005 Produced a short film with fellow Bond students, How My Next Door Neighbour Discovered Life On Mars which won awards at Queensland Cinema Society, Newcastle Film Festival and Spirit on Screen Awards (NZ).
  Due to Bond’s fast-tracked degree, graduated at 19 in an industry where ‘youth’ is very important.
  Was the youngest student ever invited to join a class of only 19 for a three-month professional producing program at the University of California (LA) and undertook internship with Larry Gordon, producer of such films as Hellboy, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Die Hard and Predator.
2004 Through contacts made during Bond internship, is now working for producers Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin.
  How My Next Door Neighbour Discovered Life on Mars named top 10 finalist for Best Short Film at the Boston Motion Picture Awards (USA) and screened as official festival opener at Canadian National Youth Film Festival.