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Michael Domeyko
Rowland – Writer, Producer, Director,
and appearing in the film as himself
Michael is a successful
film maker, writer, and researcher, with over 20 years experience in
the film and television industry. His film credits include the highly
accredited and recently re-released Wake in Fright . Michael is best
known, however, as Australia's most successful self-development author
and presenter. His best-selling book Absolute Happiness has been a national
phenomenon, and his regular seminars have attracted over a quarter of
a million people.
Daniel Whyte
– Jason Masterman
Daniel is a
relatively new face to cinema audiences, though his strong screen presence
has already been felt through appearances on the television programs
Kath and Kim, Neighbours , and McLeod's Daughters . Internationally,
Daniel's interest in martial arts (he is a skilled Kung Fu expert) has
repeatedly taken him to Hong Kong where he has appeared in the Jackie
Chan film Connected , and Chris Chow's Strawberry Clift, Four of A Kind,
Ultra Violet and The Twins Effect .
Amber
L'Strange -
Beautiful Waitress
From her appearances in film and television (such as All Saints, Packed
to the Rafters and over fifteen television commercials), Amber has enchanted
viewers with a screen presence that comes along very rarely. She is
one of the most versatile and beautiful young actresses on the scene
and is tipped to be 'the next big thing' having caught the attention
of numerous producers and directors both locally and in LA. Leaving
audiences captivated by her humorous performance in television pilot
series 'Snobs', this passionate and professional up and comer is
on her way to big things.
Alan Flower -
Restaurant Owner
A highly experienced actor with a great flair for comedy, Alan
as been part of many Australian Films including A Wreck a Tangle, When
Good Ghouls Go Bad, Danny Deckchair, Fat Pizza, Jewboy, Gabriel and
Strangers Lovers Killers. His Television credits include Scorched,
The Silence, The Alice, Home and Away, All Saints (Morris the
Florist), Bad Cop Bad Cop, Love Is A Four Letter Word, Farscape, Backberner,
Flipper and Above the Law, as well as Water Rats, G.P, A Country
Practise, Big Sky, Roar, and Family and Friends. He has also been a
presenter/comedian on the Fox Music Country channel. His Theatre
credits include shows for Company B, Sydney Theatre Company, Ensemble
Theatre, B Sharpe, Tamarama Rock Surfers, Stables, Darlinghurst Theatre,
Burning House Theatre Co, New Theatre, Shorter n Sweeter, and Cross
Roads Theatre.
Alan Flower,
Michael Domeyko Rowland, Amber L'Estrange, Daniel Whyte
George Liddle
– Production Designer
AFI Award-winner
George Liddle is an internationally respected and accomplished Costume
and Production Designer. His work has been nominated for awards on numerous
occasions both in Australia and abroad. His film career spans several
decades and he has worked on such titles as Dark City, Evil Angels,
Darkness Falls , and Playing Beattie Bow (in which he won an AFI Award
for Best Achievement in Production Design). John Scott
– Editor
John Scott
is one of the most experienced film editors in Australia. He has been
awarded and nominated for a number of AFI Awards as Best Editor, including
Phillip Noyce's Newsfront, Heatwave , Vincent Ward's The Navigator ,
Paul Cox's Island , a shared AFI with Alexandre de Franceshi for Rowan
Woods' Little Fish, shared IF Award (and AFI nomination) with Veronika
Genet for Rabbit-Proof Fence and an Honoree Award from the American
Film Institute for The Quiet American . He edited Kyhentse Norbu's
first feature film The Cup and collaborated again with Norbu on Travellers
and Magicians and his extensive list of credits include Map of the Human
Heart, The Coca Cola Kid, Wrong Side of the Road, The Adventures of
Barry McKenzie and Sexy Beast . Martin McGrath
– Director of Photography
Martin's career
took off when he shot Jocelyn Moorhouse's Proof and the hugely successful
Muriel's Wedding two years later. He was nominated for Best Achievement
in Cinematography AFI for his work on both Children of the Revolution
and Blackrock and won an AFI for Passion starring Judy Davis and Richard
Roxburgh.
His other film credits include: The Sound of One Hand Clapping; A Little
Bit of Soul; Swimming Upstream (ACS award); Footy Legends with Claudia
Karvan; and Irresistible starring Susan Sarandon and Emily Blunt. Martin
shot Second Unit on a number of US productions filmed in Australia including:
Peter Pan; Son of Mask and Star Wars III Revenge of the Sith.
Production
Story
Film veteran and best-selling
author Michael Domeyko Rowland made the decision, aged just twenty-one,
to commit his life to raising the level of consciousness within society.
Michael is passionate about promoting the idea that life should be lived
consciously, with awareness and direction, and not in the dream-like
state so common to modern society, where life just “happens” to you.
Thirty years later, his film Being in Heaven is a continuation of that
goal.
Being in Heaven is a film that has developed from Michael's study of
the ancient, fundamental ways of thinking about life. In his globally
successful, best-selling book Absolute Happiness Michael revealed that
achieving personal fulfilment is not a “secret” hidden away from us
– a life of enjoyment, success and wellbeing is available to anyone
who is willing to awaken the true self and live consciously.
Being in Heaven , which was written, produced and directed by Michael
Rowland, takes the concepts introduced in his book, and illuminates
them in a real-life setting through the character of Jason Masterman.
In Jason we witness a familiar story. A man, whose identity is wrapped
up in material wealth and professional triumph, suddenly has to reassess
what his life is about once the trappings of success are stripped away.
 Success, defined
in the modern era as the acquisition of material wealth and career achievement,
is frequently accompanied by an impoverished internal life – as is the
case with Jason. The recent and ongoing global financial crisis has
seen this modern model of “success” severely punctured, and millions
more people like Jason are now awakening from their own dream, and searching
for the true meaning of happiness.
Being in Heaven was made to share Michael's powerful, ancient truths
about life with a broad, mainstream cinema audience. Through Martin
McGrath's ( Muriel's Wedding, Proof ) beautiful cinematography, George
Liddle's ( Dark City, Evil Angels ) beguiling set designs, and Michael's
own powerful narrative, the film is a captivating look at the influence
our beliefs and experiences have on our lives, and how the path to personal
happiness can only be found when we live life consciously.
Being in Heaven was filmed in 2009 at Fox Studios, Sydney, Australia.
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