Downwind.Media is Australia's most successful viral video powerhouse. It is a full service production and creative house bringing the best ideas to only the bravest of clients who truly want to reach their audience and entertain them at the same time.
That's what we do. We strive to entertain, and create original compelling on-line, film, or broadcast content concepts that audiences want to share with their friends and watch over and over again. Content that lasts longer than the 30second spot that ruins your viewing of Grey's Anatomy. If it tickles a funny bone or jerks a tear or swells a heart, we've done our job.
25th June 08
Check out the Fuel Watch spoof that Dan Ilic wrote and cast Himself in... It's casuing quite the stir in the media. Tony Jones even played it on Q&A (about 6m30s in). Check out the very funny spot on YouTube. It stars Grant Davies and Amanda Buckley. GetUp! have now raised enough money to run it on 60 Minutes and the SBS World News. Directed by Motion PIcture Company's Michael O'Niel and Michael Pontin
15th May 08
Over the last few months Dan Ilic has been directing The Mansion on The Comedy Channel, it's a satirical news show hosted by Michael Chamberlin and Charlie Pickering.
12th April 08
Comicide has been going splendidly at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. We've had around 100 people each and every night and the reviews have been awesome. "Brilliant, damn funny sketch comedy ***1/2" The Age, "F#$king Hilarious" The Groggy Squirrel, "Awesomly funny ********" The Funny Tonne.
5th March 08
Dan Ilic has made the move to Melbourne to direct The Mansion on The Comedy Channel, and also getting ready for Comicide which opens at the Melbourne Comedy Festival on Friday 21st of Marchi
Jan 15th 2008:
Dan Ilic attends the National Board of Review awards in New York City.
Jan 13th 2008:
Brad Blanks and Dan Ilic hit Las Vegas for the Adult Video Network Awards to little fanfare. See their report filed on the SMH and The Age websites.
Dec 5th 2007
Downwind Media receives a Gettie Award in honour of our services to GetUp! Australia including the Climate Clever-er Campaign which raised over $400k from GetUp! Members and the general public to run the "Climate Cleverer" TVC during the AFL Grand
Nov 19th 2007
The Axis Of Awesome's "Howard Vs Rudd Rap", and their follow up love song "It's Time To Go For growth" that were commissioned by Fairfax Digital have recieved airplay on Triple J, ABC Local Radio in Sydney and Melbourne, ABC's J-TV, Seven's Sunrise, Nine's Today, and it was even played to Kevin Rudd live in studio on the Kyle and Jackie O show in the Austereo Network. The Rap is so popular that even fans of the Axis of Awesome have made their own versions on YouTube.