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10 Terrorists
10 Terrorists is a 2012 Australian black comedy film, directed by Dee McLachlan. Dee is best known for her direction in the award-winning 2007 film '' The Jammed''. Plot Originally titled ''Who Wants To Be a Terrorist'', the film follows 10 wannabe terrorists that compete in a series of challenges to win $1 million. Cast *Jackie Diamond ... Judge Rosalinda Olivera Sanchez * Sachin Joab ... Judge Miki Miraj * Richard Cawthorne ... Judge MI6 *Kendal Rae ... Simone Price, Host *Matt Hetherington ... Sam Brown, Canadian Contestant *Leah de Niese ... Sri Lankan Activist - Cat *Veronica Sywak ... Eco-Terrorist - Terra *Jasper Bagg ... WWTBAT Producer * Osamah Sami ... Persian Activist - Azim * Julie Eckersley ... Show's Psychologist *Samir Malik ... Somali Pirate - Yah Yah *Adam Pierzchalski ... Polish Thug - Kret *Louise Crawford ... Reporter at Bomb Site *Ratidzo Mambo ... Fame Contestant - Cleopatra *Masa Yamaguchi Masa Yamaguchi (born 1974) is a professional actor who appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dee McLachlan
Dee McLachlan (born Duncan McLachlan; 4 March 1951) is a film director, producer and writer from Middle Park, Victoria. Under her assigned name, McLachlan directed such films as ''Scavengers'', ''The Double 0 Kid'', '' Running Wild'', '' Deadly Chase'' and '' The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo''. In 1999 McLachlan moved to Australia, where she publicly transitioned gender and changed her name to Dee. Her credits include ''The Jammed'', a film for which she won IF Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Script She also received nominations for Best Editing at the IF Awards, Best Film, Best Direction and Best Original Screenplay at the AFI Awards, and for Best Director, Best Film and Best Screenplay at the FCCA awards She followed up ''The Jammed'' with 2012's ''10 Terrorists''. Filmography * 2019 - ''The Wheel'' * 2017 - ''Out of the Shadows'' * 2014 - ''Wentworth (TV series)'' * 2012 - ''10 Terrorists'' * 2011 - ''Everest the Promise'' * 2007 - ''The Jammed'' * 1997 - '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cawthorne
Richard Seymour Cawthorne (born 3 December 1976) is an Australian actor of theatre, film and television. Career Cawthorne has appeared in many film and television productions. His credits include ''Catching Milat'', ''Fat Tony & Co'', '' Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms'', ''The Straits'', ''East West 101'', '' Rush'', ''Noise'', ''Neighbours'', '' Underbelly: Squizzy'', '' Wolf Creek'' and '' Killing Time'', for which he won the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ( AACTA).Biography/ref> was a Marketing Executive for the Hong Kong-based film company, Golden Harvest Studios. Cawthorne is a first cousin of Australian Labor Minister Martin Pakula Martin Philip Pakula (born 7 January 1969) is a former Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006: in the Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2010, and then in .... Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osamah Sami
Osamah Sami (born 10 March 1983 in Qom, Iran) is an Australian stage and screen actor, writer, spoken-word artist, and stand-up comedian of Iraqi origin. His critically acclaimed book ''Good Muslim Boy'', was the winner of the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Award. It was also Highly Commended at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards that same year. Sami also co wrote and starred in ''Ali's Wedding'', which earned him an Australian Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as a nomination for Best Lead Actor. This was mirrored at the 2018 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards in 2018, where he won for Best Script, and was nominated for Best Male Lead. His script also received an Australian Writers Guild Award in the Best Original Film category. The film won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the 2017 Sydney Film Festival, and was the winner of The Age Critics Prize at Melbourne International Film Festival. Osamah has also been nominated for a Green Room A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Sywak
Veronica Sywak is an Australian actress. She was born in Sydney, Australia. Biography Sywak's film career began to gain momentum in 2007 when she landed the lead role in the Australian film ''The Jammed'', for which she received an IF Award nomination (Best Actress) and an AFI Award nomination (Best Lead Actress). In 2008, Sywak facilitated a screening of ''The Jammed'' at the United Nations in New York on behalf of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. It marked the first Australian film to be screened at the United Nations. Sywak has a Bachelor of Media and Communications degree from the University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive .... References External links * Veronica Sywakat infilm.com.au Veronica Sywakat australianscreen.com. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Falk
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the long-running television series ''Columbo'' (1968–1978, 1989–2003), for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards (1972, 1975, 1976, 1990) and a Golden Globe Award (1973). He first starred as Columbo in two 2-hour "World Premiere" TV pilots; the first with Gene Barry in 1968 and the second with Lee Grant in 1971. The show then aired as part of ''The NBC Mystery Movie'' series from 1971 to 1978, and again on ABC from 1989 to 2003. Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for ''Murder, Inc.'' (1960) and ''Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961), and won his first Emmy Award in 1962 for ''The Dick Powell Theatre''. He was the first actor to be nominated for an Academy Award and an Emmy Award in the same year, achieving the feat twice (1961 and 1962). He went on to appear in such films as ''It's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jammed
''The Jammed'' is a 2007 film written and directed by Dee McLachlan. The film is a story about human trafficking and the sex slave trade in Melbourne, and the search for three girls trapped by a trafficking syndicate. Court transcripts and actual events were an influence in the production of the film. ''The Jammed'' was nominated for seven AFI Awards, for four FCCA awards and for six IF Awards, winning for best feature film, best script and best music. The film was favourably reviewed by David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz. Its original distribution plan of a DVD release was altered soon after filmmaker and distributor John L Simpson of Titan View used his own home mortgage to release the film. It ended up screening on 40 screens in Australia and 10 in New Zealand. Plot The film begins with an interrogation in an immigration office of an illegal immigrant working as a prostitute on the verge of being deported. Throughout the film it becomes apparent that one of the interrog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachin Joab
Sachin Joab is an Australian actor. He took an interest in acting during primary school and attended various acting schools and workshops. Since graduating from the National Theatre, Joab has appeared in several films and television, including '' City Homicide'', '' Rush'', ''My Year Without Sex'', ''10 Terrorists'', and '' Conspiracy 365''. In 2011, Joab successfully auditioned for the recurring role of Ajay Kapoor in the soap opera '' Neighbours''. He was later promoted to the main cast. Joab left the show in May 2013. The actor has since appeared in SBS miniseries '' Better Man'' and feature film '' Lion''. Early life Joab was born in Melbourne, Victoria. His parents divorced when he was five years old. Joab became interested in acting during primary school when he was around seven or eight. He told Tanu Kallivayalil from the ''Indus Age'', "My parents like a lot of Indian parents wanted me to do something credible. But I did not want to become a lawyer or doctor or somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Eckersley
Julie Eckersley is an Australian actress, comedian and writer and producer. She has appeared in comedy shows including ''Let Loose Live'', '' The Wedge'' and ''Newstopia,'' and in the drama ''City Homicide'', and the children's television series ''Dead Gorgeous''. In addition to her acting, she has written for episodes of ''The Wedge'' and ''Let Loose Live'' and produced the award-winning series ''Nowhere Boys.'' Background and career Along with Trevor Stuart, she appeared on stage in the ''Secret Death of Salvador Dali''. In March 2004, their performance at Griffin Theatre and Strut & Fret Production House, SBW Stables was reviewed by Bryce Hallett for the ''Sydney Morning Herald''. In 2008 Eckersley performed in the one woman show ''Bombshells'' for the Melbourne Theatre Company. She has performed nationally and internationally for companies including Bell Shakespeare, Riverside London, QTC, MTC, La Boite, Grin and Tonic, B Sharp the Griffin Theatre. Her television appearanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Crawford
Louise Crawford (born 1978 in Queensland, Australia) is an Australian film and television actress, who is a Councillor and former Mayor of the City of Port Phillip. Crawford has appeared in many Australian soaps and dramas, including a role as Sgt. Karen Hatzic in primetime drama series ''City Homicide''. Political career Crawford is a member of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party. Crawford is an activist for climate change action and trained with Al Gore in The Climate Reality Project. She was the unsuccessful Labor candidate for the seat of Brighton for the 2014 Victorian state election. In 2016, Crawford was elected as a Councillor of the City of Port Phillip, Canal Ward. On 29 Nov 2018 Cr Crawford was elected Deputy Mayor of that council. She also ran for the Australian Senate in the 2019 Australian federal election but was unsuccessful. Crawford was re-elected as a Councillor for Port Phillip in October 2020, and served as Mayor from 2020 to 2021. Under he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masa Yamaguchi
Masa Yamaguchi (born 1974) is a professional actor who appeared in the movie ''The Condemned''. Yamaguchi was born in London. He studied acting at Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2001. He later appeared in the film ''The Condemned'' as Saiga, a Japanese killer, who later teams up with McStarley. He has studied martial arts. He has also acted on stage, including in Katherine Thomson's ''King Tide'' for the Griffin Theatre Company. Masa has appeared in: *'' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' (2005) - Senator (uncredited) *'' Feed'' (2005) - Dog Boy *''The Great Raid'' (2005) - Lt. Hikobe *'' Dark Love Story'' (2006) - Kiyoshi *''The Jammed'' (2007) - Dyce *''The Condemned'' (2007) - Saiga *''Onshinfutsu'' (2008) - Yutaka Honjo *''Tomorrow, When the War Began'' (2010) - Sergeant (uncredited) *''10 Terrorists 10 Terrorists is a 2012 Australian black comedy film, directed by Dee McLachlan. Dee is best known for her direction in the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Bergland
Melissa Bergland is an Australian actress best known for her role as Jenny Gross in the Seven Network drama ''Winners & Losers''. Early life Bergland was born in Adelaide and she attended Pembroke School. Her father died of cancer when she was 14. Bergland then attended Flinders University, where she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama. Bergland then went to the Victorian College of the Arts and she spent six months studying acting in New York. Bergland is also a singer and possesses a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Career Bergland created and toured a cabaret show called Blue Eyed Soul at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Bergland was in the final stages of auditions for a production of ''Hairspray'' when she was asked to audition for the role of Jenny Gross in Bevan Lee's new drama ''Winners & Losers''. Bergland wore her own glasses and sported her "signature" red hair, which the producers loved and decided to keep for the character. Bergland made her television acting deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Black Comedy Films
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
