What is Adam Elliot?
[[File:Adam Elliot, AACTA.jpg|thumb|Adam Elliot]] '''Adam Elliot''' (born January 2, 1972) is an [[Australia]]n [[Animation|animator]]. He is from [[Melbourne]], Australia. His short [[movie]] called ''[[Harvey Krumpet]]'' won the 2003 [[Academy Award]] for Best Animated Short Film. He uses [[claymation]] and has won five [[Australian Film Institute]] Awards because of his work.<ref name=abc>{{Cite web |url= http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/stories/s1428057.htm |title=Harvie Krumpet creator Adam Elliot :: ABC Queensland |work=abc.net.au |access-date=8 April 2010 }}</ref> ==Early life== Elliot was brought up on a [[prawn]] farm run by his father who had once been a [[circus]] [[clown]], and his mother who had been a hairdresser.<ref name=abc/> The family later moved to Melbourne, where Elliot made money selling hand painted T-shirts at local markets. After finishing school he went to the [[Victorian College of the Arts]] to study animation.<ref name=abc/> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.adamelliot.com.au/Entry.html Adam Elliot's website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325171551/http://www.adamelliot.com.au/Entry.html |date=2010-03-25 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliot, Adam}} [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian animators]] [[Category:Australian filmmakers]] [[Category:Academy Award winning directors]] [[Category:Writers from Melbourne]] [[Category:Academy Award winning cinematographers]] [[Category:Academy Award winning writers]]