Kim Buddee designed the film, LANTANA (2000) for which he received an Australian Film Institute nomination for Best Production Design. The critically-acclaimed film starred Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia and Barbara Hershey.
In television, his designs include AUSTRALIAN NINJA WARRIOR, BIG BROTHER, DANCING WITH THE STARS, THE WEAKEST LINK, 1% CLUB, LITTLE BIG SHOTS, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, AUSTRALIA'S GOT TALENT, FRANKLY, HI-FIVE, CELEBRITY APPRENTICE, THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF MELBOURNE & SYDNEY, ROOM 101, TEN BREAKFAST, THE BLOCK ALL-STARS and the ARIA AWARDS, AACTA Awards, Australia Day LIVE Awards, ACR Awards and APDG Awards.
In features, he designed the romantic comedy DANNY DECKCHAIR (2002) with Rhys Ifans and Miranda Otto and thriller IRRESISTIBLE (2005) with Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill and Emily Blunt. INGENIOUS (2007), was a US feature film with Jeremy Renner, Ayalet Zurer and Dallas Roberts which he designed and also art directed in Tucson, Arizona. He designed the AFI Award-winning mini-series FALSE WITNESS (2008) aka THE DIPLOMAT with Dougray Scott , Richard Roxburgh and Claire Forlani for Screentime / UKTV. He designed all seven of the BLACKJACK (2002-06) tele-movies starring Colin Friels and the ABC’s SECRET BRIDESMAIDS BUSINESS (2001).
Kim was an architect in Perth, London and Sydney before developing his film craft thru the design, art direction and direction of over 400 national and international television commercials winning CLIO’s, NY and London and Australian Awards for ads like the NACAIDS Grim Reaper and the Yellow Pages Goggomobile.
Since 1997, he has lectured in screen design and drawing at several film schools, including the AFTRS where he initiated the course in Computer Aided Design.
Kim has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing and in 2009 he wrote the novel FUGITIVE IDENTITY and in 2013, ONCE WAS BURMA - new images from the streets of Rangoon. CUBA'S EVOLUTION Columbus to Castro was released in 2017 by Schiffer Publishing as was CARS IN CUBA you should see before they die by publisher New Holland. THE ESSENCE OF THAILAND was published in August 2020. WONDERGROUND The art of the Paris Métro published October 2022.
KIm Buddee is based in Sydney but has worked all over Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Thailand, Taipei, Jakarta, USA, London, France and Germany.
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EMAIL: kimbuddee@mac.com