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1983 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 25th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 24 September 1983. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary and short film productions of 1983. Twenty feature films were entered. '' Careful, He Might Hear You'' received eight awards including Best Film. ''Phar Lap'' received three awards. Film technician Bill Gooley received the Raymond Longford Award for lifetime achievement. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Feature film Non-feature film Additional awards References External links The Australian Film Institute , Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts official website {{Australian Film Institute Awards AACTA Awards ceremonies AACTA Awards The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Entertainment Centre
Sydney Entertainment Centre (later known as Qantas Credit Union Arena) was a multi-purpose arena located in Haymarket, Sydney, Australia. It opened in May 1983, to replace Sydney Stadium, which had been demolished in 1970 to make way for the Eastern Suburbs railway line. The centre was owned by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, which administered the neighbouring Darling Harbour area, and managed under a lease. It was one of Sydney's larger concert venues, licensed to accommodate over 13,000 people as a conventional theatre or 8,000 as a theatre-in-the-round. It was the largest permanent concert venue in Sydney until 1999, when the Sydney Super Dome opened at Sydney Olympic Park. The venue averaged attendances of 1 million people each year and hosted concerts, family shows, sporting events and corporate events. It was demolished in 1 January 2016. Construction Sydney Entertainment Centre was built by John Holland Group and opened in 1983. Notable events In December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Cox (director)
Paulus Henrique Benedictus Cox (16 April 194018 June 2016), known as Paul Cox, was a Dutch-Australian filmmaker who has been recognized as "Australia's most prolific film auteur". Background Cox was born to Else (née Kuminack), a German, and father Wim Cox, on 16 April 1940, in Venlo, Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, the Netherlands," Cinema has been 'abused horrifically'" Matthew Hays and Martin Siberok, ''The Globe and Mail'', 4 September 2000 after his brother (also named Wim) and sister Elizabeth, and was the eldest of sisters Jacoba, Angeline and Christa. Father, Wim Cox A documentary film producer and son of the publisher of the Catholic newspaper ''Nieuwe Venlosche Courant'', Cox senior in 1933 launched the lavishly illustrated, but ult ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Settlement (1984 Film)
''The Settlement'' is a 1984 Australian film directed by Howard Rubie and starring Bill Kerr and John Jarratt. It is set in Queensland in the 1950s.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p110 Plot When two friendly drifters, Jack Kearney (Bill Kerr) and Tommy Martin (John Jarratt) wander into the sleepy country township of Cedar Creek, there is nothing to prepare the innocent locals for the spectacle destined to unfold. Intent to make loose ends meet and fill their empty pockets by swindling money from some of the naive locals, the two fellas settle in an abandoned shack on the outskirts of town. Befriended by former prostitute and social outcast Joycie (Lorna Lesley), the two open-minded men welcome her into their home and their hearts, setting in motion a town scandal of considerable concern. Establishing a sensational ménage à trois in an otherwise highly conservative environment, the loving threesome f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorna Lesley
Lorna Lesley (born 1959, in Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...) is an Australian actress, who has worked extensively in theatre, film and TV during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s period. at Showcast Filmography FILM TELEVISIONReferences External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lesley, Lorna 20th-century Australian actresses[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddies (1983 Film)
''Buddies'' is a 1983 Australian comedy/drama film directed by Arch Nicholson and written by John Dingwall. Dingwall won the Best Original Screenplay AFI Award for the script. The film was not a great success in 1983, as no Australian distributor wanted to release it, but Dingwall took it around the country cinemas himself, where it was well received. Plot Young miners Mike and Johnny work in the gem fields of central Queensland around Emerald. Conflict arises when their pick-and-shovel operation is threatened by a large scale bulldozer operator. Cast *Colin Friels as Mike * Harold Hopkins as Johnny *Kris McQuade as Stella *Simon Chilvers as Alfred *Norman Kaye as George * Lisa Peers as Jennifer *Bruce Spence as Ted *Andrew Sharp as Peter *Dinah Shearing as Merle Production John Dingwall wrote the script and decided to produce it himself. He raised the money with the help of Rex Pilbeam, a former mayor of Rockhampton. Most of the money was raised in Queensland, including investm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris McQuade
Kris McQuade (born 1952) is an Australian actress who has had many film, television and theatre roles. Career Her film credits include ''The Love Letters from Teralba Road'', '' Kostas'', '' Fighting Back'', '' Lonely Hearts'', ''Goodbye Paradise'', ''The Coca-Cola Kid'', '' Strictly Ballroom'', ''Billy's Holiday'', ''December Boys'' and ''Cargo''. McQuade's television credits include episodes of '' Fields of Flame'', '' Fields of Fire'', '' Scales of Justice'', ''Palace of Dreams'', '' Certain Women'', ''Skyways'', '' Punishment'', '' A Country Practice'', '' Home and Away'', ''The Flying Doctors'', ''Boys From The Bush'', ''Love Thy Neighbour in Australia'', '' The Last Resort'' (1988), '' Wildside'', ''Grass Roots'', ''Blue Heelers'', '' Stingers'', '' Supernova'', ''Wentworth'', '' The Kettering Incident'', and ''Rosehaven ''Rosehaven'' is an Australian television comedy series created and written by Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor, who also star in the lead roles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Hughes
Wendy Hughes (29 July 19528 March 2014) was an Australian actress known for her work in theatre, film and television. Her career spanned more than forty years and established her reputation as one of Australia's finest and most prolific actors. In her later career she acted in '' Happy New Year'' along with stars Peter Falk and Charles Durning. In 1993 she played Dr. Carol Blythe, M. E. in '' Homicide: Life on the Street.'' In the late 1990s, she starred in '' State Coroner'' and '' Paradise Road.'' Career Born in Melbourne, Australia to English-born parents, Hughes originally studied to become a ballerina but during her teenage years she turned her focus to acting and later graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and, after honing her skills with the Melbourne Theatre Company, had her first film role in ''Petersen'' (1974). During the early 1970s she also had her first television parts, including appearing in ''Power Without Glory'', a television series fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor, film director, and producer. He is best known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apocalyptic action series ''Mad Max'' and as Martin Riggs in the buddy cop action-comedy film series ''Lethal Weapon''. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, when he was 12 years old. He studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where he starred opposite Judy Davis in a production of ''Romeo and Juliet''. During the 1980s, he founded Icon Entertainment, a production company, which independent film director Atom Egoyan has called "an alternative to the studio system". Director Peter Weir cast him as one of the leads in the World War I drama ''Gallipoli'' (1981), which earned Gibson a Best Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute,The Australian Film InstitutPast Winners as well as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Vaughan
Martin Kevin Vaughan (5 June 1931 – October 2022) was an Australian stage, television and film actor and musician. He is best known for appearing in the film Phar Lap as trainer Harry Telford and the lead role in the award-winning 26-part 1976 television miniseries ''Power Without Glory''. Career Vaughan was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to a vaudeville comedian father in 1931. Moving to Sydney, New South Wales. at age 17, he was employed in a number of occupations including steam presser, tram conductor, postman, customs clerk and bassoon player. After taking theatre production classes, he landed his first stage role in 1963 when he was aged 32, and has never been out of work.''North Shore Times'', 24 July 2011 He moved into television in 1967. In 1975 he won the Hoyt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Gledhill
Nicholas Martin Gledhill (born 7 March 1975) is an Australian film, stage actor, voice artist, writer and choreographer Biography Gledhill was born in Sydney to parents Bobbie Gledhill and actor Arthur Dignam. He grew up in Glebe, New South Wales and went to school at St Andrew's Cathedral School. At the age of 19 he moved to England, to try out for drama school and attended Birmingham School of Speech and Drama from which he graduated in 1998. He is possibly best known for one of his early roles, that of PS in '' Careful, He Might Hear You'' (1983), the story of a young boy in the middle of a custody battle between his two aunts and based on the novel by Sumner Locke Elliott. Gledhill was nominated for a Best Actor award by the Australian Film Institute for this role in 1984. Gledhill has worked mainly in film and television, and as a Stage Combat Master and choreographer, an acting teacher and is a prize-winning writer (ICI/STC Young Writers Competition). Some of his stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Kaye
Norman James Kaye (17 January 1927 – 28 May 2007) was an Australian actor and musician. He was best known for his roles in the films of director Paul Cox. Early life and education Kaye was born in Melbourne and won a scholarship to study at Geelong Grammar School. His parents were distant, and both died early, his mother in a psychiatric hospital. Musician Kaye's musical abilities were noticed by A. E. Floyd, the organist of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, who gave him free tuition in recognition of his potential as an organist. Kaye travelled to France to study the organ with Pierre Cochereau at Notre Dame de Paris and he won a Premier Prix for conducting at the Nice Conservatoire. Caulfield Grammar School He was the choirmaster and the music teacher at Caulfield Grammar School from 1958 to 1977, during which time he "aidthe foundation for he school's… high reputation on the world of music nd it was hisenthusiasm and constructive knowledge hatmade choral singing and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA Award For Best Actress In A Leading Role
The AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television". The award is presented annually at the AACTA Awards, which hands out accolades for achievements in feature films, television, Documentary film, documentaries, and short films. From 1971 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards). When the AFI launched the AACTA in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. From 1971 to 1975, it was presented as a special award, and was accompanied with a cash prize, before it became a competitive award from 1976 onward. Judy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
