About the Team
JONATHAN ALLEY Director/Writer
Love in Bright Landscapes Writer/Director Jonathan Alley interviewed David McComb in 1994, about his solo album Love of Will. He’d previously been struck by McComb’s undeniable charisma and power as a live performer, a seemingly effortless visage that saw him stand head and shoulders over his peers. He wondered why McComb wasn’t globally recognised as the unique figure he so evidently cut.
When McComb died in 1999 aged 36, he wondered why the story of such a patently brilliant man had ended so tragically. But the songs remained: he dived in and is yet to emerge.
A radio broadcaster for 32 years (Triple R, Radio National) , he originally trained in drama and performance, mounted a photography exhibition, wrote about the arts as freelancer, and worked in film/DVD distribution for 11 years, before later becoming a full -time music journalist. Love in Bright Landscapes is his first film.
DANIELLE KARALUS
Producer/DOP
Danielle Karalus is a creative producer, director, DOP and editor, who has worked across TV series, live comedy, documentaries, film & DVD distribution, corporate video, online education, social media content, livestream video and multi-camera events. She is a graduate of VCA School of Film and Television and worked for Madman Entertainment for eight years as Head of their Video Production department.
In 2010, Danielle founded her film and video production company, Atticus Media, creating 1000s of hours of content for clients with 100s of clients. As an interactive film & multimedia artist, her works have been presented and exhibited in Australia and internationally at leading digital media arts festivals.
Danielle produced and directed two 10 part series of Warehouse Comedy Festival for ABC2 featuring some of the best known comedians in Australia, including Hannah Gadsby, Eddie Perfect, Fear Of a Brown Planet, Celia Pacquola and many more. She has been working with Jonathan Alley on the Love in Bright Landscapes project since 2008.
TAIT BRADY
Producer
Tait has worked in a range of roles within the Australian industry for more than 30 years – spanning creative development, production, distribution, marketing, exhibition and curation. As a producer, over the last 9 years, he has co-produced 11 projects across features, documentary and web series.
In addition to his Producing projects, Tait established the boutique distributor Label in 2014, specialising (mainly) in Australian projects.
Tait was Director of the Melbourne International Film Festival for 9 years (1988-96) and subsequently General Manager of the leading independent distributor Palace Films (1996-2004); and Feature Film Evaluation Manager at the Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) from 2004-09.
As a Producer, his films include the features Healing (2014), The 25th Reich (2013), The BBQ (2018), Brothers’ Nest (2018-EP), A Guide To Dating At The End Of The World (2020) and I Met A Girl (2020-EP); and the Feature Docs Suzi Q (2019), Tom Wills (2016-EP), Defend Conserve Protect (2019-EP) and I’m Wanita (2021)
ATTICUS MEDIA, FILM VICTORIA and THE ACME FILM COMPANY present
LOVE IN BRIGHT LANDSCAPES
Cast List
Graham Lee
Alsy MacDonald
Rob McComb
John McComb
Jill Birt
Martyn P.Casey
DBC Pierre
Mat Snow
Lenny Kaye
Sally Collins
Paul Kelly
Phil Kakulas
Rob Snarski
Richard Kingsmill
Harold & Athel McComb
Will Akers
Julian Wu
Richard Gunning
Julian Douglas-Smith
Lynden Barber
Adam Peters
Dave Faulkner
Nick Mainsbridge
Niall Lucy
Joanne Alach
Bill Dunbar
Thomas Hoareau
Stephen Street
Lena Gavelin
Carlos von Hijfte
Crew List
Archive Producer LISA SAVAGE
Music Co-Ordinator GARY SEEGER
Cinematographer DANIELLE KARALUS
Colourist/Online Editor THANASSI PANAGIOTARAS
Sound Designer EMMA BORTIGNON
Sound Supervisor PAUL SHANAHAN
Editor TONY STEVENS
Executive Producers ROBERT McCOMB, SHAUN MILLER
Writer JONATHAN ALLEY
Producers DANIELLE KARALUS, TAIT BRADY
Director JONATHAN ALLEY
