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Donald Crombie
Donald Charles Crombie (born 5 July 1942) is an Australian film and television director and screenwriter. Born in Brisbane, Crombie was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. Crombie started work at the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1963. He has directed feature films, telemovies, mini-series, drama series, documentaries and commercials, and has also written film and television scripts. Crombie has been a board member of the AWG, ASDACS and ASDA and the president of ASDA for over 5 years. He is the father of costume and production designer Fiona Crombie. Filmography Feature films directed * ''The Choice'' (1971) * ''Caddie'' (1976) * ''The Irishman'' (1978) (also writer) * ''Cathy's Child'' (1979) * ''The Killing of Angel Street'' (1981) * ''Kitty and the Bagman'' (1983) * ''Playing Beatie Bow'' (1986) * '' Rough Diamonds'' (1994) (also writer) * ''Selkie'' (2000) Television * ''Do I Have to Kill My Child?'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South East Queensland metropolitan region, which encompasses a population of around 3.8 million. The Brisbane central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay, a bay of the Coral Sea. Brisbane is located in the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor Range, Taylor and D'Aguilar Range, D'Aguilar mountain ranges. It sprawls across several local government in Australia, local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane, Australia's most populous local government area. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Traditional Owners of the Brisbane a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do I Have To Kill My Child?
''Do I Have to Kill My Child?'' is a 1976 Australian film Plot A young mother, Diane, questions in hindsight her choice to have another child. Out of emotional distress and frustration she begins to physically abuse her baby. Cast * Jacki Weaver as Dianne * Brendan Lunney as Ross * Betty Lucas as Florence * Michelle Jarman as Tracey * Jeremy Letts as Jamie * Cecily Polson as Susan * Ray Meagher as Des * Willie Fennell as Rob * Melissa Jaffer as Mrs Hammond * John Orcsik as Fang * Henri Szeps as Doctor Production Donald Crombie and Anne Deveson had worked together on ''Who Killed Jenny Langby? ''Who Killed Jenny Langby?'' is a 1974 Australian television documentary directed by Donald Crombie and starring Peter Cummins Peter Cummins (born 2 June 1931 in Melbourne) is an Australian retired character actor of stage and screen and cho ...''. Crombie says Deveson came up with the idea "because she had a personal interest in child abuse, baby-bashing we should call it, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Film Directors
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1942 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbery Under Arms (1985 Film)
''Robbery Under Arms'' is a 1985 Australian action adventure film starring Sam Neill as bushranger Captain Starlight. Joined by bush larrikin, Ben Marston (Ed Devereaux), and Ben's two adventure-hungry sons ( Steven Vidler and Christopher Cummins), Starlight leads his gang of wild colonial boys in search of riches, romance – and other men's cattle. There were two versions shot simultaneously – a feature film and a TV mini series. They were based on the 1888 novel of the same name by Rolf Boldrewood. Cast * Sam Neill as Captain Starlight * Steven Vidler as Dick Marston * Christopher Cummins as Jim Marston * Liz Newman as Gracey * Jane Menelaus as Aileen * Andy Anderson as George * Deborah Coulls as Kate * Susie Lindeman as Jeannie * Elaine Cusick as Mum * Ed Devereaux as Ben * Tommy Lewis as Warrigal * Robert Grubb as Sir Frederick Morringer * David Bradshaw as Goring * John Dick as Trooper Fall * Michael Duffield as Mr. Falkland * Keith Smith as Trooper Spring * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLeod's Daughters
''McLeod's Daughters'' is an Australian drama television series created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton for the Nine Network, which aired from 8 August 2001, to 31 January 2009, lasting eight seasons. It stars Lisa Chappell and Bridie Carter in the leading roles as two sisters reunited after twenty years of separation, thrust into a working relationship when they inherit their family's cattle station in South Australia. The series is produced by Millennium Television, in association with Nine Films and Television and Southern Star. Graeme-Evans, Kris Noble and Susan Bower served as the original executive producers. The series was originally conceived as a then-intended television film pilot, which broadcast on Nine Network in 1996. Despite its success, and becoming the highest-rated telemovie in Australian television history, a series was not picked up by the network until several years later. The majority of filming took place on location in Kingsford, a localit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flipper (1995 TV Series)
''Flipper'' (also known as ''Flipper – The New Adventures'') is an American revival television series of the original 1964 ''Flipper'' television series. The first two seasons aired in first-run syndication; Seasons 3 and 4 aired on the PAX network. The series was set in a town named Bal Harbor that was supposed to be in the Florida Keys region. (There is an actual town in Florida with a similar name, Bal Harbour, Florida just north of the City of Miami Beach.) However, it was largely filmed in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The show’s first three episodes were filmed in Pigeon Key, Florida and at the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Florida, but aired in different time slots during the first season. The series is unrelated to the 1996 film of the same title which was also a remake of the 1960s TV series and films. Plot Season 1 opens with the adult Dr. Keith "Bud" Ricks (Brian Wimmer) from the original 1964 '' Flipper'' series leading dolphin research at the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Celluloid Heroes
''The Celluloid Heroes'' is a four-part Australian documentary series about the history of the cinema of Australia. The music score was composed by one of Australian composer Nigel Westlake. The original soundtrack recording was performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and produced for CD by Philip Powers for 1M1 Records Philip Powers (born 1963) is a record producer - and author - specialising in film scores and classical music. His recordings have been nominated for five ARIA Awards. He has produced 34 CDs for the 1M1 Records label including ''The Lighthorse ....1M1CD1025 Album cover and back slick References {{DEFAULTSORT:Celluloid Heroes 1990s Australian documentary television series 1995 in Australian television Documentary films about the cinema of Australia Films directed by Donald Crombie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Trax
''Time Trax'' is a science fiction television series that first aired in 1993. A police officer, sent two centuries into the past to a parallel Universe, must apprehend and return convicted criminals who have escaped prison in the future. This was the last new production from Lorimar Television. Production ''Time Trax'' was created by veteran Hollywood producers Harve Bennett, Jeffrey M. Hayes and Grant Rosenberg. Rosenberg came up with the original idea, which Bennett and Hayes helped craft into the final premise. It was one of the first three original programming of the Prime Time Entertainment Network, alongside '' Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'' and ''Babylon 5'', and it ran between January 20, 1993, and December 3, 1994. Despite being well received by viewers, the network cancelled the series because they wanted to go in a different direction to increase their viewer base. Despite its Washington, D.C., setting, the series was shot in Queensland, Australia, near the Warn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return
The Return may refer to: Print media * ''Nostoi'' or ''Returns'', a lost poem in ancient Greek, thought to have been completed in the sixth or seventh century BC *The Return, a 1987 children book by Sonia Levitin * ''The Return'' (de la Mare novel), a 1910 novel by Walter de la Mare * "The Return" (short story), a 1954/1960 short story by H. Beam Piper * ''The Return'' (Paulsen novel), a 1991 novel by Gary Paulsen, also known as ''The River'' * ''The Return'' (short story collection), a short story collection by Roberto Bolaño * ''The Return'' (Shatner novel), a 1997 ''Star Trek'' novel by William Shatner * ''The Return'' (Animorphs), the forty-eighth book in the ''Animorphs'' series by K.A. Applegate * ''The Return'' (Aldrin and Barnes novel), a 2000 novel by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes * ''The Return'' (Nesser novel), a 1995 novel by Håkan Nesser * ''The Return'' (memoir), by Hisham Matar * "The Return" (play), an Australian play by Reg Cribb Films * ''The Return' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The River Kings
''The River Kings'' is a 1991 Australian mini series based on the novels ''The River Kings'' (1966) and ''Conquest of the River'' (1970) by Max Fatchen. It had a budget of $3.5 million.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996 p228 The paddle vessel PV ''Amphibious'' starred in the series as the ''Lazy Jane''. Plot During the 1921 Mallee drought, sixteen-year-old Shawn Hoffner leaves behind farm life to find work to support his family. He finds work on a River Murray steamboat. Home media The series has been published in Australia by Beyond Home Entertainment on DVD: format 4:3; total running time 191 minutes. References External links''The River Kings''at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... Television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
