Luke Jurevicius
Luke Jurevicius is a director, producer, composer and voice actor from Adelaide, Australia, who is best known for his TV series, the award-winning The Adventures of Figaro Pho.
Jurevicius' first major breakthrough into independent animated filmmaking was the ABC cross-platform initiative, DUST ECHOES. He was the Creative Director and composer for 13 X 5 minute animated films based on the indigenous stories of the Beswick community in the Northern Territory, Australia. Luke was awarded the Prestigious AGSC/APRA award for Best Music for Children's Television.
As a content creator/director/producer Jurevicius has successfully brought to life numerous projects including two seasons of the animated interstitial series Horace in Slow Motion and the music video for Australian band The Audreys’ song Sometimes the Stars.
Luke’s major breakthrough as a content creator was the worldwide hit series FIGARO PHO (26 X 90second interstitial series). The animated series garnered numerous awards including twoAFI and threeKidscreen Awards in NYC.
The success of Figaro Pho attracted producers Chocolate Liberation Front, giving birth to the long form animated series THE ADVENTURES OF FIGARO PHO[10] (39 X 8 min) and is currently aired in over 100 countries. The series collected multiple awards including the AFI/AACTA Award for Best Children’s Television Animation, two Kidscreen Awards for Best Animation and Best Design, two Asian Television Awards and the AEAF Award for Best Children’s TV series.
Following the success of series one, Luke directed & co-produced THE NEW ADVENTURES OF FIGARO PHO with Oscar nominated VFX giants LUMA Pictures under their newly created Luma Toons banner. Luke received the APRA/AGSC Music award the second time for his music composition.
Luke has a long-standing collaboration with fellow artist and brother, Nathan Jurevicius (Scarygirl) and together, they co-created, directed and produced PELEDA – a spectacular multi-platform journey into a pseudo-Baltic wonderland. It wowed the Kidscreen Judges, winning two Kidscreen Awards in NYC. It also won the AACTA Award for Best Production Design and the Golden Panda Award in China for the Most Innovative Mature Audience Web-based Animation Award.
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