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AACTA Award For Best Direction
The AACTA Award for Best Direction 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 at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. From 1969 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 Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Direction. Bruce Beresford, Rolf de Heer, Ray Lawrence, Baz Luhrmann, George Miller, Fred Schepisi, Peter Weir and Jennifer Kent have received the award the most times with two each. Paul Cox has been nominated seven ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the film and television industry, both locally and internationally, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the Australian film and television industry. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the Academy Awards for the U.S. and the BAFTA Awards for the U.K. The awards, previously called Australian Film Institute Awards or AFI Awards, began in 1958, and involved 30 nominations across six categories. They expanded in 1986 to cover television as well as film. The AACTA Awards were instituted in 2011. The AACTA International Awards, inaugurated on 27 January 2012, are presented every January in Los Angeles. History 1958–2010: AFI Awards The awards were presented ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homesdale
''Homesdale'' is a 1971 Australian film directed by Peter Weir. ''Homesdale'' is a black comedy about visitors at a guest-house acting out their violent private fantasies and games under the control of the house staff. Plot Several people gather at the Homesdale Hunting Lodge including butcher/rock singer Mr. Kevin, war veteran Mr. Vaughan, an octogenarian Mr. Levy. All are tormented by Homesdale's staff and forced to participate in a series of games about death and murder in which the true character of the guests starts to emerge. Cast * Geoff Malone as Mr.Malfry *Grahame Bond as Mr. Kevin *Kate Fitzpatrick as Miss Greenoak *Barry Donnelly as Mr. Vaughan *Doreen Warburton as Mrs. Sharpe *James Lear as Mr.Levy *James Dellit as Manager *Kosta Akon as Chief Robert *Richard Brennan as Robert 1 *Peter Weir as Robert 2 *Shirley Donald as Matron *Phillip Noyce as Neville Production The movie was influenced by horror films such as '' The Cat and the Canary''.Richard Brennan, "Peter Wei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oz (1976 Film)
''Oz'' (a.k.a. ''Oz – A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie'' also released as ''20th Century Oz'' in United States) is a 1976 Australian film written, directed and co-produced by Chris Löfvén. It stars Joy Dunstan, Graham Matters, Bruce Spence, Gary Waddell, and Robin Ramsay; and received four nominations at the 1977 AFI Awards. The musical score is by Ross Wilson (frontman for Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock). The plot is a re-imagining of the 1939 '' The Wizard of Oz'' film transferred to 1970s Australia and aimed at an older teen / young adult audience. It was released on DVD in 2004 as ''Oz - A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie : Collector's Edition'' with additional material. The poster and album sleeve for the American release was done by rock artist Jim Evans. Plot summary Dorothy (Joy Dunstan) is a sixteen-year-old groupie riding with a rock band, Wally (Graham Matters) and the Falcons. Suddenly, the van is in a road accident, and she hits her head. She wakes up in a fantasy world as gri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don's Party
''Don's Party'' is a 1971 play by David Williamson set during the 1969 Australian federal election. The play opened on 11 August 1971 at The Pram Factory theatre in Carlton. Plot Don Henderson is a schoolteacher living with his wife Kath and baby son in the Melbourne suburb of Lower Plenty. On the night of the 1969 federal election Don invites a small group of friends to celebrate a predicted Australian Labor Party (ALP) election victory, much to the dismay of his wife. To the party come Mal, Don's university mentor, and his bitter wife Jenny, sex-obsessed Cooley and his latest girlfriend, nineteen-year-old Susan, Evan, a dentist, and his beautiful artist wife Kerry. Somehow, two Liberal supporters, Simon and Jody also come. As the party wears on it becomes clear that the Labor party, which is supported by Don and most of the guests, is not winning. As a result, alcohol consumption increases, and the sniping between Don and his male friends about their failed aspirations gets u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picnic At Hanging Rock (film)
''Picnic at Hanging Rock'' is a 1975 Australian mystery film produced by Hal and Jim McElroy, directed by Peter Weir, and starring Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray and Jacki Weaver. It was adapted by Cliff Green from the 1967 novel of the same name by Joan Lindsay. The plot involves the disappearance of several schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic at Hanging Rock, Victoria on Valentine's Day in 1900, and the subsequent effect on the local community. ''Picnic at Hanging Rock'' was a commercial and critical success, and helped draw international attention to the then-emerging Australian New Wave of cinema. Plot At Appleyard College, a girls' private school near the town of Woodend in Victoria, Australia, students are getting ready on the morning of Valentine's Day, 1900. One student, an orphan named Sara, has a deep connection with her elder roommate Miranda. The school's austere headmistress, Mrs Appleyard, has arranged a picnic to a local geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure Shit
''Pure Shit'' (censored as ''Pure S'') is a 1975 Australian drama film directed by Bert Deling.Beryl Donaldson & John Langer, "Bert Deling", ''Cinema Papers'', April 1977 p 316-319, 377 When the film premiered at Melbourne’s Playbox in May 1976, the Vice Squad raided the theatre. It was initially banned, then given an R certificate, and the title was changed from ''Pure Shit'' to ''Pure S''. The low-budget film provoked a hostile reaction from the mainstream media on its initial release. It is now considered an "underground" classic. Plot summary A young woman dies of a heroin overdose. Four junkies who knew her commandeer her car and spend 24 hours searching the streets of Melbourne for good quality heroin, and excitement. Cast *Gary Waddell as Lou *Ann Hetherington as Sandy *Carol Porter as Gerry *John Laurie as John *Max Gillies as Dr Wolf *Tim Robertson as TV interviewer * Helen Garner as Jo *Phil Motherwell *Russell Kirby as Shoplifter / TV Interviewee * Greig Pickha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Deling
Bert Deling is an Australian writer, script editor and director of film and TV best known for the cult classic ''Pure Shit'' (1975). Select Credits *'' Dalmas'' (1973) *''Pure Shit ''Pure Shit'' (censored as ''Pure S'') is a 1975 Australian drama film directed by Bert Deling.Beryl Donaldson & John Langer, "Bert Deling", ''Cinema Papers'', April 1977 p 316-319, 377 When the film premiered at Melbourne’s Playbox in May 19 ...'' (1975) *'' Dead Easy'' (1982) *'' Keiron: The First Voyager'' (1985) References External links *Bert Delingat AustLit Australian film directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
End Play
''End Play'' is a 1976 Australian thriller film directed by Tim Burstall and starring George Mallaby, John Waters and Ken Goodlet. It was an adaptation of the 1972 novel ''End Play'' by Russell Braddon. It was made by Hexagon Productions.Moran & Veith p. 78 Plot Hitchhiker Janine Talbort is picked up and murdered by an unseen assailant. Mark Gifford, a merchant sailor on leave, then disposes of the body, attracting the suspicion of his wheelchair-using brother Robert. The police become suspicious of both brothers, who are rivals over their half-cousin, Margaret. Cast * George Mallaby - Robert Gifford * John Waters - Mark Gifford * Ken Goodlet - Superintendent Cheadle * Delvene Delaney - Janine Talbort * Charles Tingwell - Doctor Fairburn * Belinda Giblin - Margaret Gifford * Robert Hewett - Sergeant Robinson * Kevin Miles - Charlie Bricknall * Walter Pym - Stanley Lipton * Sheila Florance - Mavis Lipton * Reg Gorman - TV Reporter * Adrian Wright - Andrew Gifford * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Playground (1976 Film)
''The Devil's Playground'' is a 1976 Australian drama film written, produced and directed by Fred Schepisi. It is a semi-autobiographical film which tells the story of a boy growing up and going to school in a Catholic juniorate administered by De La Salle Brothers. Its focus is on the trials of the flesh and the tensions that arise, for both Brothers and students, from the religious injunction to control one's sexuality. Premise In August 1953, the 13-year-old Tom Allen attends a Catholic juniorate in Melbourne, Australia. Students and Brothers face individual challenges of faith and self-restraint. Cast * Arthur Dignam as Brother Francine * Nick Tate as Brother Victor * Simon Burke as Tom Allen * Charles McCallum as Brother Sebastian * John Frawley as Brother Celian * Jonathan Hardy as Brother Arnold * Gerry Duggan as Father Hanrahan * Peter Cox as Brother James * Thomas Keneally as Father Marshall * Sheila Florance as Mrs Sullivan * John Diedrich as Fitz * Alan Cinis as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy And Percy
''Billy and Percy'' is a 1974 Australian docudrama based on the relationship between Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his private secretary Percy Deane during World War I. It was based primarily on Deane's diaries.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p14 Reception John Power won an AFI award for best director. Awards * 1974–75 AFI Awards: **Best Actor in a Leading Role: Won (Martin Vaughan) ** Best Direction: Won ( John Power) * 1975 Logie Awards: ** Best Dramatised Documentary Series: Won References External links *''Billy and Percy''at Australian Screen Online The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ... Australian drama television films 1974 television films 1974 films 1970s English-language films Films direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Power (director)
John Beresford Power (20 November 1930 – February 2016) was an Australian film and television director, who began his career as a journalist. Early life and journalism career Power was born in Maitland, New South Wales. His older brother was Dave Power, a long-distance runner who won medals at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. After leaving school, he joined the ''Maitland Mercury'' as a cadet journalist, later moving to Sydney to work for ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Daily Mirror''. He was a political journalist in Canberra at the time of the Australian Labor Party split of 1955, events which he would later cover in the documentary film ''Like a Summer Storm''. Awards Power won the AFI Award for Best Direction for the 1974 TV docudrama '' Billy and Percy''. Select Filmography *''The Other Side of Innocence '' (1972) (documentary) - director *'' Like a Summer Storm'' (1972) (TV movie) - director, writer, producer *''What did you do at school today?'' (1974) (documen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Polo Junior Versus The Red Dragon
''Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon'' (also known as ''Marco Polo Junior'' or ''The Red Red Dragon'' in the United States) is a 1972 Australian-American animated musical adventure film directed by Eric Porter, written by Sheldon Moldoff, and was the country's first animated feature film. The two sequence directors were Porter's animation director Cam Ford (who had previously worked on the Beatles' '' Yellow Submarine'') and Peter Gardiner. The film was later re-edited and combined with new sequences to become ''Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu'' in 2001. Plot Young Marco, a descendant of Marco Polo, and his companion Sandy the Seagull set off on a journey to the mythical kingdom of Xanadu, to help Princess Shining Moon defeat the evil magician the Red Dragon. 1972 voice cast * Bobby Rydell as Marco Polo Junior *Arnold Stang as the Delicate Dinosaur *Corie Sims as Princess Shining Moon *Kevin Golsby as the Red Dragon *Larry Best as the Guru *Gordon Hammet *Lionel G. Wilson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
