Marcus Lyall

Marcus Lyall grew up in London, UK. He got involved in film-making while studying Graphic Design at Central St Martin’s College of Art. Here, he started up a company making multi-screen projection shows for music events, working extensively in the dance music scene. Leaving college, he became involved in the fledgling multi-media industry and then worked as an editor and broadcast designer, working on a mix of title sequences, music videos and TV programmes. He also continued his interest in live music, making animated film sequences for large rock tours, including Oasis, Bush, U2 and The Chemical Brothers.

He then moved into directing, making a number of music videos. Before moving to Melbourne in 2001, he made a series of animations and supervised post-production for U2’s ‘Elevation’ tour videowall. In Melbourne, he joined Great Southern Films as a commercials director. Amongst other things, he directed the trailer for the Melbourne International Film Festival and a 2 minute experimental short film ‘Car Go Culture’ for the TAC about youth, driving and risk-taking. This film has been shown in cinemas and also at large music events in Victoria.

Collaborating with lighting designer Willie Williams and Punk Films, London, he made a number of video sequences for the Rolling Stones ‘Licks’ tour. In 2003, his video installation ‘Slow Service’ was shown at Experimenta’s ‘House of Tomorrow’ exhibition at the Victorian Arts Centre. This exhibition is currently touring Australia and Singapore. ‘Slow Service’ is also being shown at ‘2004 – Australian Culture Now’ in the ACMI Screen Gallery and as part of ‘I Though I Knew But I Was Wrong’, a survey of recent Australian video art touring south-east Asia.

Marcus is currently working on a number of music-related projects and a documentary.