Meet Josko PetkovicDirector, NASS Research Centre Dr Josko Petkovic is Director of the National Academy of Screen and Sound. He has been an active filmmaker for over twenty five years. During this time he has written, directed and produced a series of innovative films including Subjective/ Objective, A Look at Trails, Journey of Anticipation, Frame on Dreaming, Animal Locomotion: Muybridge, Letter to Eros, The Resurrection of the Barque Stefano. These films have been exhibited at numerous national and international festivals and conferences. Letter to Eros was a finalist for the 1995 Grand Prize at the prestigious Yamagata International Documentary Festival. In 1995 Letter to Eros was also nominated for an AFI Award and an ATOM Award. In addition to his personal academic work, Dr Petkovic takes an active role in teaching and curriculum initiatives and supervises many of the Academy’s postgraduate and Honours students. + Visit National Academy of Screen and Sound website + Visit NASS eJournal |
Awards and published articles
Creative Works
- Petkovic, J. (2001) (Writer, Producer, Director,) The Resurrection of the Barque Stefano: Part 1 Shipwrecked After Sunset, (Murdoch Screen Academy, video triptych, 60 min).
- Petkovic, J. (1995) (Writer, Producer, Director), Letter to Eros (JP Films,16 mm colour, 56 min), 1995 AFI Award Nomination, 1995 ATOM Award Nomination, 1995 Yamagata Finalist.
- Petkovic, J. (1989) (Writer, Producer, Director) Muybridge: Animal Locomotion, (multiple medium, 60 min). JP Films/Murdoch University, 1990 MIMA-Experimenta International Art Festival, Melbourne.
- Petkovic, J., 1984. (Writer, Producer, Director), Frame on Dreaming (16mm, 30 min), official entry 1994 Melbourne International Film Festival, 1985 Perth International Film Festival
Executive Producer (EP) / Supervisor of significant exhibited works
- Just The Three of Us (feature 82 min, video, 2008) dir. Francis Wiggers
- Super DeTox Me (40 min, video, NASS, 2007) dir. Josh Lee,
- A Dollar for the Good Ones (40 min, video, 2005 ) dir. Josh Lee,
- Tokyo Rose (short, video, 2008) dir. Peta Walker
- An Other Voice From Aceh (short, video, 2007) dir. Owen Beck
- Princess (short, video, 2007) dir. Michael Hockey
- Ableman’s Last Account (short, video, 2006) dir. Chris Trappe,
- Egil, (short, video, 2006) dir. Noah Norton,
- Baby, I don’t Care ( short, video, 2004) dir. Vincenzo Perello,
- New Post Town (short, video, 2004) dir. Tim Holland,
- Violent Blue Light Ghost (short, video, 2004), dir. Richard Eames,
- Aimer Lily ( 10 min, video, 2003), dir. Helena Tay,
- Resonance, (13 min, video, 2002), dir. Andrew Ewing,
- Malefactor, ( 15 min, video, 2002),dir. Tim Holland
- soon ( 6 min, video, 2002), Dir. Jen Jamieson
- Worship (15 min, video, 2002), dir. Aaron Tan
- Petkovic, J. & Beck, O. (2008) “Aceh Mon Amour: Supervising O”, e-journal IM :4, 2008,
wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/nass/nass_current_issue.htm - Petkovic, J. (2007e) (ed), The Wreck of the Austro-Hungarian Barque Stefano On the North West Coast of Australian in 1875, 12 chapters, 276 pages, e-journal IM: 3, 2007,
wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/nass/docs/STEFANO_CHAPTER_1.pdf - Petkovic, J. (2007c) “Who Is The Author Of The 1876 Stefano Manuscript?”, e-journal IM: 3, 2007, wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/nass/nass_previous_issue_no3.htm
- Petkovic, J. (2005) (aka Jay J. Peters) “Image Thesis: Art or Multi-dimensional Logic” IM: 1, 2005 wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/nass/nass_previous_issue_no3.htm
- Petkovic, J. (1999)"Waiting for Karila: Bending Time, Theory and Gender in Java and Bali" (Part I&II) (e-journal) Intersections: Gender, History & Culture in the Asian Context, intersections.anu.edu.au/issue2/Josko.html
- Jacka, T., & Petkovic, J., "Ethnography and Video: Researching Women in China's Floating Population", Intersections 1998: 1
- Petkovic, J., (1997a) "Cross Cultural Continuity" Rendezvous, Winter, 1997 (Idaho State University), pp. 9-23.
Education
- PhD (Murdoch 1997) “The Rhizome and the Image”
- BA Communication Studies with 1st Class Honours, (Murdoch 1985)
- PostGrad Diploma in Applied Film and Television (Swinburne 1977)
- BA Philosophy (ANU 1976)
- BSc Maths (UWA 1969)
