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Born and raised in Wollongong Pieter J. van Es (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4293167/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2) caught the acting bug early in life and joined the 'Arcadians Theatre Group' in 1986 and stayed with the group until he moved to Sydney in 1990. During that time he appeared in several Arcadians' productions including:- Fiddler on the Roof, Sinbad the Sailor and Oklahoma. Since leaving the Arcadians Pieter has maintained an interest in acting appearing in minor roles in short films such as The Valise - directed by Trevor Hawkins formerly of Photon (New Zealand) and his own production Waste of Space. Pieter can also be spotted displaying his 'air guitar' skills in the video for the single 'Chunky Chunky Air Guitar' by The Whitlams.

Pieter began his career in the television industry in the late 1980's, working as a part-time camera assistant for 3 regional television studios following deregulation.

In July 1989 he joined a leading Sydney based production company Zap Productions, founded by Zoran Janjic (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417691/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) as a postproduction assistant. Over the following 10 years he progressed from postproduction operator (trained on one of Sydney's first Quantel Harry / Paintbox) through to Post Supervisor then Technical Director, ending up as live action and effects Director. Most of his work to date has been in television commercials and corporate videos though he has worked in TV series and feature film production as well.

From Jan 2001 he started working at Energee Entertainment, best known for producing the animated feature The Magic Pudding (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163080/), compositing 2D animation for the children's television series 'Wicked' then moved on to the RTV co-production of 'Fix & Foxi' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fix_and_Foxi). In 2002 he headed up the post production department at Energee on a co-production with Fil Cartoons titled Nora and the Magic Tree (U.K.)

In October 2003 he joined Matson FX as Production Manager where he also exercised his skills as an editor/compositor. In 2004 Pieter began to develop several film projects including the short film Waste of Space (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1961654/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2a).

During 2005 - 2006 he worked with Filmotion Productions (http://www.filmotion.com.au) as a camera operator / editor and production manager. Filmotion are best known for the David Ireland wild life adventure documentaties screened on Channel 9.

In April 2007 Pieter joined Anvil Media as a producer / director and has produced, edited and directed many award winning corporate videos and TVCs.

In 2012 Pieter co-wrote and directed 'The Queen of Hearts', a short film made for the Open Road Film Festival - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2517572/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1