About Gilda
Gilda Jones is a filmmaker who resides and works on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. She specialises in creating movement-oriented experimental dance films, with a particular emphasis on exploring the dynamic relationship between the body and space. Her film BOXedOUT (2024) won Gold for cinematography at the Australian Cinematography Society awards and was exhibited as part of the MPavilion Collaborator Program 2024. Her film My Bubble Wrapped Exorcism (2022) also garnered acclaim as the winner of the Best Short Film Award at the Inspired Dance Film Festival and received a nomination for Best Music for a Short Film at the Australian Screen Music Awards.
Exhibitions/Screenings
2024 | BOXedOUT | MPavilion 10 | Film Installation |
2023 | Animations for Connecting the Dots by Garry Emergy | Permanent collection | Museum of Avant Gard, Russia |
2023 | THINKING OF YOU: MGS ARCHITECTS | EXHIBITION Dulux Gallery, Melbourne School of Design, Melbourne University
2022 | WINNER | Inspired Dance Film Festival
2019 | PORTMANTEAU (Video installation) | MUDFEST |
2019 | STUDIO XLXS | Sculptural Installation
Prizes
2024 | GOLD | ART, INNOVATION & SPECIALISED CINEMATOGRAPHY | AUSTRALIAN CINAMATOGRAPHY SOCIETY | BOXEDOUT
2024 | MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL| ANNUAL ARTS GRANT RECIPIENT | BOXEDOUT
2022 | WINNER | INSPIRED DANCE FILM FESTIVAL | MY BUBBLE WRAPPED EXORCISM
2020 | LIONEL GELL FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP | THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Work
2023 - PRESENT | MOVING IMAGE DESIGNER | NGV (NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA)
2020 - PRESENT | GRAPHIC DESIGN ASSISTANT/ANIMATOR | GARRY EMERY (EMERY STUDIO)
2024 | DIRECTOR/EDITOR | CAMPAIGN | SPACE FURNITURE
2024 | EDITOR/2nd CAMERA | CAMPAIGN | THE WEEKEND TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT | LIVE NATION
2023 | BTS PHOTOGRAPHY | SHEPPARD | DAYLIGHT (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
2023 | ANIMATOR | THE CAT EMPIRE | ALBUM RELEASE ‘WHERE THE ANGELS FALL’ PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
2023 | EDITOR | THINKING OF YOU: MGS ARCHITECTS | EXHIBITION Melbourne School of Design, Dulux Gallery, The University of Melbourne
2023 | COLOURIST | OTTO AND ASTRID| ‘I WANNA BE YOUR KITTEN’ MUSIC VIDEO
2023 | EDITOR/DIRECTOR | THE CAT EMPIRE | ‘ROCK N’ ROLL’ MUSIC VIDEO & PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
2023 | COLOURIST | CHEER SQUAD | FIGURE HEAD ARTWORK
2023 | PHOTOSHOOT ASSISTANT | TONES AND I (ARTIST HEADSHOTS)
2023 | SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS | AUSTRALIAN IDOL | SOCIAL MEDIA BANNERS
2022 - 2023 | EDITOR AND COLOURIST | NEVER TOO SMALL
2022 | STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER | SHEPPARD ‘DAYLIGHT’ MUSIC VIDEO
2022 | SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT EDITOR/STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER | DRAX PROJECT ‘ATMOSPHERE’
2021 - 2022 | POST PRODUCER/EDITOR | MASTERCHEF | ENDEMOLSHINE
2021 | DIRECTOR/WRITER | MY BUBBLE WRAPPED EXORCISM | WINNER INSPIRED DANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2021 | CO-DIRECTOR | MIA WRAY ‘NEEDS’ MUSIC VIDEO
2021 | EDITOR | DOVER CONSULTING | CORPORATE ADVERTISEMENT
2021 | PRODUCTION ASSISTANT | TONES AND I (PHOTOSHOOT)
2021 | DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY| WHEN I GO | VCA GRADUATING PRODUCTION
2021 | PRODUCTION /COSTUME DESIGNER | DRAINRATS | VCA GRADUATING PRODUCTION
2021 | DIRECTOR/WRITER | TWO ROOMS | GRADUATING PRODUCTION
2020 | EDITOR + COLOURIST | YORKE ‘GRAVITY’ (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
2020 | ASSISTANT CAMERA | SIMONA CASTRICUM (MUSIC VIDEO)
2019 | CINEMATOGRAPHER/DIRECTOR | MIRKA MORA: SEASIDE ANGEL (ST KILDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
2020 | PRODUCTION ASSISTANT | JENNIFER LOVELESS (MUSIC VIDEO)
2019 | PRODUCTION ASSISTANT | TWININGS| PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN
2019 | PRODUCTION ASSISTANT | OSCAR WYLEE | PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
2019 | ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT | MGS ARCHITECTS | MARKETING COLLATERAL
2018 | BEST PERSON | RECYCLE BOUTIQUE | PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
2018 | EDITOR | AMALI GOLDEN ‘BROKEN WING’ (MUSIC VIDEO)
2018 | GAFFER ASSIST | ‘SATURN RETURNS’ SHORT FILM
2018 | AC/GAFFER ASSIST | GERTRUDE SILK | PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
2018 | GAFFER ASSIST | HUNTLY ‘WIGGLE’ MUSIC VIDEO
2018 | GAFFER ASSIST/2nd CAMERA ASSIST | RUBENS ‘GOD FORGIVE’ MUSIC VIDEO
2018 | EDITOR| GORDIE | PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
2018 | PRODUCTION ASSISTANT | BUSHY | PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
2018 | PRODUCTION ASSISTANT | SANNIA ‘GO AND GET OVER’ MUSIC VIDEO
2018 | PRODUCTION ASSISTANT | APPROACHABLE MEMBERS OF YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY ‘VELCRO’ (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO )
2017 | EDITOR | VOLLYSPOT | PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
2017 | 2ND CAMERA | SASKWATCH MUSIC VIDEO 2017 | 2ND CAMERA | RUDELY INTERRUPTED MUSIC VIDEO
2016 | CINEMATOGRAPHER AND EDITOR | MUSIC VIDEO FOR GIULIA MCGAURAN
2015 | WORK EXPERIENCE | THE DIRECTORS GROUP
2014 | 2ND CAMERA | TULALAH (MUSIC VIDEO)