ROBERT LUKETIC (Director) makes his feature film debut with Legally Blonde, but the young director has already been at it for over a decade.
A prolific filmmaker since he was a teenager, Luketic received his first film award at age 15: He won best film at the ATOM Film Festival held at Chauvel Cinema in Paddington. In 1994 he was accepted into the Victorian College of Arts School of Film and Television, one of Australia's most prestigious film schools, whose graduates include Gillian Armstrong and Geoffrey Wright. After only one year, he was backed for two consecutive years by sponsors AVID Technology and Samuelson Film Services. In 1996 Luketic won the Queen Elizabeth II Trust Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film for the short film Titsiana Booberini.
Titsiana Booberini, written and directed by Luketic, is a musical variation on the classic ugly duckling story. The film tells of a lonely supermarket checkout girl ridiculed for her somewhat hairy lip and looks - she ultimately finds happiness and deliverance in the supermarket cosmetic aisle. Titsiana Booberini was chosen to screen at the 1997 Telluride Film Festival and the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, and was the opening night film for the Brisbane International Film Festival, the Exposure International Film Festival in Queensland, and the St. Kilda International Short Film Festival in Melbourne.
Luketic's upcoming slate includes a three-picture deal with Miramax Films. He's also currently in development on the feature film The Girl Most Likely To with Marc Platt and Gold Miller.
Movie Database
In Theaters
(279 votes)
(66 votes)
(47 votes)