Edward Alexander White (born 9 October 1981), known as Eddie White, is
an Australian writer/director and co-founder of The People's Republic
Of Animation. White won an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for
Short Animation for The Cat Piano (2009). The film was also
shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Short Animated Film in 2010.
White was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He graduated from the
Flinders University Drama Centre where he majored in Drama
Performance. White made his directorial debut in 2003, writing and
directing his first animated music video The Bomb (Sixxx Legs) for
Triple J unearthed band The Fuzz. He followed up in 2005 writing and
co-directing his first short film, Fritz Gets Rich. He created and
directed the short series Errorism: a comedy of terrors an animation
that centred on a hopeless terrorist in a Betty Boop style landscape.
In 2006 he wrote Carnivore Reflux which he co-directed with James
Calvert.The film was a Tropfest finalist. In 2007, he made his solo
directorial debut on a short film called Sweet & Sour, a co-production
with China's Shanghai Animation Film Studio.In 2011, he left The
People's Republic Of Animation who were moving into the video game and
Short Form TV series market, to further pursue filmmaking, including
branching out into live action.
an Australian writer/director and co-founder of The People's Republic
Of Animation. White won an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for
Short Animation for The Cat Piano (2009). The film was also
shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Short Animated Film in 2010.
White was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He graduated from the
Flinders University Drama Centre where he majored in Drama
Performance. White made his directorial debut in 2003, writing and
directing his first animated music video The Bomb (Sixxx Legs) for
Triple J unearthed band The Fuzz. He followed up in 2005 writing and
co-directing his first short film, Fritz Gets Rich. He created and
directed the short series Errorism: a comedy of terrors an animation
that centred on a hopeless terrorist in a Betty Boop style landscape.
In 2006 he wrote Carnivore Reflux which he co-directed with James
Calvert.The film was a Tropfest finalist. In 2007, he made his solo
directorial debut on a short film called Sweet & Sour, a co-production
with China's Shanghai Animation Film Studio.In 2011, he left The
People's Republic Of Animation who were moving into the video game and
Short Form TV series market, to further pursue filmmaking, including
branching out into live action.
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