Time Of The Assassins

Liam Clark is a Sydney filmmaker currently studying at the Academy of Film, Theatre and Television in Surry Hills (AFTT).

Prior to this he completed an undergrad in the Creative Arts, then going on to complete a Masters of Research specializing his thesis on French Literature and Post-Structualist Philosophy at Macquarie University.

These eclectic themes have trickled into his creativity and manifested into new ways of looking at cinema. Self-coining the term ‘Brutalist Romanticism’ Liam has composed challenging short films tackling uncomfortable and complex subjects.

Liam’s first experiment in film resulted in ‘Time of the Assassins’ described as "A loosely visualised interpretation and rendering of the poem ‘Morning Of Drunkeness' by French poet Arthur Rimbaud by way of Henry Miller." This was picked up by YMO Collective and screened at their Art for Art Sake Multimedia art show.

From there he shot and directed a few video clips for local Sydney bands, as well as a cinepoem that can be viewed on his Vimeo page.

Over the last year, Liam has been busy producing two student directed films ‘Love and the Demonic Psyche’ and ‘Ghost Pregnancy’ and is hoping to see them premiered at festivals later this year.

Liam is also a musician interested in the esoteric and non-western instruments and has toured East Coast Australia several times with different rock outfits.

Liam not only takes his influence from filmmakers such as Jim Jarmusch, Gaspar Noe, and Federico Fellini but also from artists Brett Whiteley, Aubrey Beardsley, and Francis Bacon.

For film updates check out Instagram page: Brutalistromanticism

Contact: liam.wb.clark@gmail.com