FILM

Jay has 20 plus years of experience film both in production roles and on-screen appearance work. Successful work includes:

Ostia La Notte Finale (Cannes Film Festival

have won awards at prestigious festivals such as Berlin, Venice and Sundance Film Festival, as well as the Academy Awards and the Guinness World Records. Jay has also worked with renowned directors such as Baz Luhrmann, John Woo, Steven Spielberg, and Bruce Gowers (music video director of Queen's iconic smash hit Bohemian Rhapsody).

A seasoned professional in the event filming industry, with over a decade of experience and involvement in more than 500 film projects. Jay's portfolio includes a diverse range of events, from cultural festivals to global media concerts, such as the Live Earth 07.07.07 Concerts for Climate Change. This event featured over 150 celebrity profiles, including Madonna, Snoop Dogg, Shakira, Garth Brooks and Cat Stevens, and hosted by Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Campbell, Chris Rock and Will Ferrell.

Live Earth was a collaboration of many countries in all 7 continents and watched by 2 billion people worldwide within 24 hours.

Children's Acting Coach

Jay's experience in preparing child actors for Michael McLennan's short film, Go Quickly, was crucial to the success the project. Inspired by events following the 2005 London Tube Bombings and the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, the film laid out as a thriller with political overtones. Despite the dark nature of the film, Jay created a safe environment for the children and kept the production on schedule. With Michael being a first-time director of child actors, Jay provided valuable guidance and approaches to help him during filming.

Go Quickly premiered in Sydney, and has been screened at various international film festivals including the Calgary Festival in Canada, the San Luis Cine International Film Festival in Argentina, and the Kawasaki-Shinyuri Film Festival in Japan. The film was highly acclaimed and won the Highly Commended Dendy Film Award at the 2006 Sydney Film Festival.

Production Manager

Broken Beat is a powerful short film by Gracie Otto, which tells the story of a young gay man who struggles to balance his work and his relationship with his boyfriend. Shot on black and white 16mm film negative, the project presented unique challenges in terms of budget, design, lighting, testing, and editing. As the production manager, Jay worked closely with Gracie and Luke Blair, the producer, to bring together a talented and skilled production crew that was able to deliver results that matched the classic cinematic style of the film.

Broken Beat starred Ed Cooper Clarke (Downton Abbey, The Crown) and newcomer, Jamie Coombes. The film was skilfully edited by Kate Hickey, who has worked on notable films such as Whip It and The English Teacher, and Its success was evident when it won the award for Best Production at the Sydney Film School Festival, judged by Academy Award winners, film producer Emile Sherman and director George Miller.

Unit Manager

Ostia: La Notte Finale (The Last Night) is a dark short film written and directed by Craig Boreham. Inspired by the biography of filmmaker, Pier Paolo Passolini, mystery surrounds his death. On November 2nd, 1975, the filmmaker's body was found beaten and run over in a deserted area near the port town of Ostia, boarding the coastline of Rome.

For Craig, Jay worked as unit manager, and worked closely with producer, Annmaree Bell, to ensure logistics ran smoothly whilst filming. Trying to wind back the clock of Sydney to the 1970s and transport the world into the definitive landscape of Ostia in Italy was a challenge, and was doubled when a red storm hit Sydney during shooting in 2009. In the lead roles were Tony Poli (known for Australian series Carla Cametti PD and Underbelly) and Miles Szanto (series The Elephant Princess and Love My Way). Ostia: La Notte Finale won a number of accolades including best film for the Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival, and was officially selected for the Cinema des Antipodes at the Cannes Film Festival.

Casting Assistant

Jay's journey into the world of casting began during his time as an actor and extra. He attended workshops led by casting directors Maura Fay, Carolyn McCleod, Tom McSweeney and co-founder of the Casting of Americ, Mike Fenton. Jay's fascination with the work of a casting director led him to further his education in the field, and he studying with Julia Verdin (film producer of I Witness starring Jeff Daniels and James Spader, and The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino).

His passion for casting led Jay to volunteer in casting student films at Sydney Film School and various universities. In 2000, he got his first experience with casting for a feature film when Jay helped Baz Luhrmann find performing talent for Moulin Rouge! Later helped search for background extras on Baz's hit film, The Great Gatsby.

For DeLisi Creative, Jay worked on National Geographic's What Would Teddy Do?, George Clooney's Suburbicon, and Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One.

Over the years, Jay has worked with a variety of prestigious clients in the entertainment industry. From TV series to music videos and film, some of the notable profiles include music artists One Direction, Coldplay and The Whitlams and companies Warner Bros., Paramount and 20th Century Fox.

Tooheys Light Dir. Jim Hosking

Idris Elba's music video Confidential

MTV's Happymart

Super Bowl's 2014 commercial Doritos Finger Cleaner

Gregory Porter's music video The 'In' Crowd

On Screen

In front of the camera, Jay has appeared as an extra and actor in commercials, music videos, short films, television series and movies.

The Super Bowl's Doritos Finger Cleaner commercial is one of the most recognizable and notorious ads in recent history. Despite sparking controversy and debate among major media outlets in America, was picked by Spike Lee to play at the semi-finals and aired on the big screens during half-time to thousands of Americans. The commercial played online to millions of viewers around the world and remains a memorable commercial in the Super Bowl advertising cannon, with references in movies, sitcoms, and even a Wall Street Journal documentary.

Jay has had the privilege of working on several music videos throughout his career. In 2005, he worked on Heath Ledger's directorial debut, a music video called Seduction for Australian music artist, N'Fa. He has also worked on other music videos, including Gregory Porter's The 'In' Crowd, Omid Djalili's UK World Cup anthem England's Going Out featuring Ray Winstone and Sir John Hurt, and Britney Spears' Criminal.

Jay's first experience in the movie industry was at the age 15, when he appeared in Robert Carter's independent Australian movie, The Sugar Factory. The film featured a talented cast, including Matt Day, Rhondda Findleton, Anthony Hayes, and John Waters, and was shot by Andrew Lesnie, the Academy Award-winning cinematographer of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings. The Sugar Factory was a critically acclaimed film, winning awards for best feature film and screenplay at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards.

Other films, Jay worked on as an extra include independent movie Irresistible starring Susan Sarandon and Emily Blunt,

My Old Lady starring Kevin Kline, Kristen-Scott Thomas and Maggie Smith and major movies Elf, Superman Returns, Mission: Impossible II and Something's Gotta Give filmed by Michael Ballhaus, starring Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves and Frances McDormand.

Jay's acting work has been diverse. He has lent his voice to animation films such as Hell's Host and Muddlefud & Muddlefoo, and has also acted in the comedy-action web series Irritation Busters. Additionally, Jay was in the short film Jingju-on-Sea, which premiered at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Behind The Scenes

Jay has worked in various production roles for film. Below are three sample role-experiences.