Jimmy The Exploder

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Jimmy The Exploder
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Daniel James Houghton

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OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from textFilmmaker, Writer
Years active2001-present
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Notable workThe Black Balloon
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Websitejimmytheexploder.com

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Daniel James Houghton (born 1978), known professionally as "Jimmy The Exploder" or "The Exploder", is an Australian filmmaker and writer[1] best known for the 2008 film The Black Balloon.[2]

Early life

The Exploder[3] was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He grew up in Perth, Western Australia and was educated at the University of Western Australia.[4]

Short films

The Exploder (credited at the time as Jimmy Jack) began his career acting-in, writing and producing short films in Perth, Western Australia. Under the banner of Placebo Pictures he and director Elissa Down collaborated on the award-winning shorts HMAS Unicorn, Pink Pajamas, The Bathers and The Cherry Orchard.[5] The Exploder also produced a Screenwest-funded short Phaid with director Christopher Frey which won Best Film at the Dubrovnik Film Festival and the Jury Award at the Winnipeg International Film Festival.[6]

The Black Balloon

The Exploder wrote and co-produced the Australian feature film The Black Balloon directed and co-written by Elissa Down. The duo recruited Strictly Ballroom producer Tristram Miall as head producer. The narrative is semi-autobiographical, mostly drawn from Down's childhood experiences, but she asked The Exploder to join her in writing the screenplay.[7][8]

The Exploder and Down won Best Original Screenplay for the script at the 2008 Australian Film Institute Awards.[9] The Exploder caused a minor controversy when, accepting his award, he read out a negative review of the film and uttered an expletive to the critic, for which he received a standing ovation.[2][10] The film picked up a total of six awards including Best Film.[11]

The Exploder also shared with Down the 2007 Western Australian Premier's Book Award[12] and the 2008 Australian Writer's Guild AWGIE Award[13] for the screenplay.

Other film work

In 2009 it was reported that model Gemma Ward (who acted in The Black Balloon) would be starring in The Exploder's next feature film Sex, Brains & Rock 'n' Roll.[14] He described it as a 'zombie rockumentary' and told reporters that he was looking at Macaulay Culkin to play the other lead role.[14] The film is yet to be made.

According to IMDB, The Exploder directed and produced a yet-to-be-released Smashing Pumpkins documentary titled The Arising and is developing a feature film called Luka Magic.[15]

Writing

The Exploder has contributed to publications including The Guardian. His more notable publications have been social commentary on his hometown of Perth,[16] and an obituary for his friend artist Matt Doust.[17]

Exhibition work and distribution company

In 2010 The Exploder curated the John Hughes Retrospective at the Northbridge Piazza, funded by the City of Perth.[18]

In 2013 The Exploder founded the film sales and distribution company Video Archives. The company was named after the video store Quentin Tarantino worked at in Los Angeles before his career took off.[19]

The Exploder was one of the founders of the Perth Underground Film Festival (PUFF) which was part of the Perth Fringe Festival in 2015.[20]

Henry Saw and the Museum of Perth

In 2015 The Exploder worked together with a group of prominent Western Australians to found the Museum of Perth. The Exploder owned Henry Saw cafe which was neighbours with the museum and named after the grocer who first roasted coffee beans in Perth.[21]

Controversy

In December 2018 The Exploder (under his birth name Daniel Houghton) appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on various charges related to a domestic incident with his then 21-year-old girlfriend, for which The Exploder was later convicted.[22][23] He was also convicted in a district court on another count related to the same incident. In March 2019, Judge Ronald Birmingham issued a fully suspended custodial sentence to The Exploder. However, he was issued with a lifetime restraining order and fined a total of $5000.[24] The particulars of the event were that The Exploder refused to let the woman leave for 20 minutes and during that time grabbed her by the arms and threw her bag against a wall.[25]

The Exploder was allegedly spoofed by Australian filmmakers Henry and Aaron in Henry & Aaron's 7 Steps to Superstardom[26], The Ballad of Danny Danielson[27] and Henry & Aaron’s ABC2 Xmas Quickie. Their main character Danny "The Dynamite" Danielson was based on The Exploder, and their experiences working with him. Perth actor James Helm plays Danny Danielson.[28]

References

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  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maddox, Emily Dunn and Garry (8 December 2008). "I'd just like to spank my critics". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Elissa Down". IMDB.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Screenwest Annual Report 2004-05" (PDF). Screenwest.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."INTERVIEW: JIMMY JACK". Film and Television Institute. 11 May 2008. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lynden, Barber (26 January 2008). "Mirth and melancholy". The Australian. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Past Awards". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jimmy The Exploder banned AFI speech, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 17 March 2020
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  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Leake, George, (1856–24 June 1902), Premier and Attorney-General of Western Australia", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u188069
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."In the Underbelly of the AWGIEs". IF Magazine. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  14. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pepper, Daile (12 May 2009). "Gemma Ward set to star in Jack's zombie movie". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Exploder, Jimmy The (4 March 2014). "Mate, Perth is not a hipster city | Jimmy The Exploder". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Exploder, Jimmy The (4 September 2013). "Matt Doust: a tribute". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."JOHN HUGHES RETROSPECTIVE // SCIENCE UNDER THE STARS // CUT & PASTE DVD". Retrieved 31 March 2020.[dead link]
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  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Perth film buffs get a timely dose of PUFF". WAtoday. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Perth filmmaker Jimmy the Exploder facing jail time". The West Australian. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Menagh, Joanna (1 February 2019). "A decade after his award-winning film The Black Balloon, Jimmy Jack faces jail for abusing girlfriend". ABC News. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Perth filmmaker 'Jimmy the Exploder' facing jail time over 'disgraceful' rampage". www.news.com.au. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  25. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WA filmmaker 'Jimmy The Exploder' avoids jail". 7 News. 29 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Henry & Aaron's 7 Steps - Episode 1 - Adopt Foreign Orphans, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 18 March 2020
  27. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The Ballad of Danny Danielson - PART 1, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 18 March 2020
  28. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WA comic duo Henry and Aaron celebrate Xmas Quickie". The West Australian. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

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