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Firebite
''Firebite'' is an Australian streaming television drama series created by Warwick Thornton and Brendan Fletcher which premiered on AMC+ on 16 December 2021 and ran for 8 episodes until 3 February 2022. Premise Set in a remote mining town in the middle of the South Australian desert, the series centers around two Indigenous Australian hunters, Tyson and Shanika, who protect their home Opal City from vampires. Their lives are turned upside down when a former hunter from Tyson’s past shows up informing them the last vampire king has arrived with plans that will shift the balance in their war against the vampires. Cast * Rob Collins (actor), Rob Collins as Tyson Walker. A former Blood Hunter, and Shanika’s guardian. He uses Kangaroo Hunting as cover to hide hunting vampires. He acts immature when raising Shanika but is protective of her and keeps his community safe. He is skilled in using the Indigenous hooked boomerang in hunting vampires. His favorite song is 'Black Boy' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Tait
Greg Tait is an Indigenous Australian actor, and musician. He is also a former policeman who sits on some Indigenous committees. His acting credits include the role of Texas in the award winning 2011 film, ''Mad Bastards'', ''Satellite Boy'' and a recurring role in the series '' Firebite''. Background Originally from Halls Creek in the East Kimberley, Western Australia, he is an established singer on the Kimberley Country Music scene. His debut album was ''Silver Stallion''. Up until his acting debut, he had a long career as a policeman. He had no real acting experience, but '' Mad Bastards''' director Brendan Fletcher who was looking for a larger than life character came across him and selected him for the role. Tait took time off his law enforcement job to work with Fletcher. Leaving school at the age of 12, he spent time in and out of jail and ended up with a criminal record. Fathering a child at 18, he ended up joining the Army Reserves which put him in a different direction. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shantae Barnes-Cowan
Shantae Barnes-Cowan (c. 2004) is an Australian actress. She is a Adnyamathanha woman who starred in '' Wyrmwood: Apocalypse'', '' Sweet As'' and the TV series ''Firebite''. Other roles include '' Total Control'' and ''Operation Buffalo''. Career In 2021, while studying Year 12 in high school, 18 year old Shantae Barnes-Cowan worked on film sets across Australia. She credited her foster family for helping her juggle her career and education. She completed filming ''Wyrmwood Apocalypse'' and miniseries ''Sweet As'', and began filming the TV miniseries Firebite, all in 2021. She was recognised for her work in 2020 when she received the Whyalla Australia Day Young Citizen of the Year award, and was nominated for the Channel 7 Young Achiever Award in the Aboriginal Achievement category. She previously was awarded the 2018 Whyalla NAIDOC Week award for Female Sportsperson of the Year. In 2022 she was nominated as one of Adelaide's 26 most inspiring women. Filmography ;Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
See-Saw Films
See-Saw Films is a British-Australian film and television production company founded in 2008 by Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, with offices in London and Sydney. Their productions include ''The King's Speech'', ''Top Of The Lake'', ''Lion'', '' The Power of the Dog, Slow Horses'' and the British teen series '' Heartstopper''. History Producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman co-founded See-Saw Films in 2008. In 2011, See-Saw won the Academy Award for Best Picture for their film ''The King's Speech'' directed by Tom Hooper. The film stars Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. See-Saw's first television series was ''Top Of The Lake'', directed by Jane Campion and starring Elisabeth Moss and Holly Hunter. The first series released in 2013 and was nominated for eight Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. The second series, '' Top Of The Lake: China Girl'', also directed by Campion, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2017. Elisabeth Moss reprises her role as D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngaire Pigram
Ngaire Pigram is an Australian actress. For her performance in the second series of '' Mystery Road'' she was nominated for the 2020 AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama. Other screen performances include '' Sweet As'', '' Firebite'' and ''Mad Bastards''. Stage performances include multiple runs of ''Sapphires'', ''Bran Nue Dae'' and '' Cut the Sky''. Pigram is a Yawuru The Yawuru, also spelt Jawuru, are an Indigenous Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Language A Japanese linguist, Hosokawa Kōmei (細川弘明), compiled the first basic dictionary of the Yawuru language in 1988, a ... woman and is the daughter of Stephen Pigram. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pigram, Ngaire Living people Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Australian stage actresses Indigenous Australian actresses Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile Sherman
Emile Sherman is an Australian film and television producer best known for producing the film ''The King's Speech'' (2010), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA award for Best Film and Best British Film, and for executive producing television series ''Top of the Lake,'' which was nominated for an Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe award. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won one; nominated for five BAFTAs and won three, and nominated for two Emmy Awards and won one. Emile co-founded See-Saw Films with producing partner Iain Canning in 2008. Their offices are based in Sydney, Australia and London, UK. Early life and education Emile Sherman graduated from the University of New South Wales with degrees in arts and law, as well as a masters in arts. He is Jewish. Career Sherman was co-executive producer on ''Rabbit-Proof Fence (film), Rabbit-Proof Fence'' (2002), starring Kenneth Branagh and directed by Phillip Noyce. Feature films film p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Canning
Iain Canning is an English film and television producer best known for producing the film ''The King's Speech'' (2010), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA award for Best Film and Best British Film, and for executive producing television series ''Top of the Lake,'' which was nominated for an Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe award. He has been nominated for 3 Academy Awards and won 1, nominated for 5 BAFTAs and won 3, and nominated for 2 Emmy Awards and won 1. Iain co-founded See-Saw Films with producing partner Emile Sherman in 2008. Their offices are based in London, UK and Sydney, Australia. Career Iain Canning co-founded See-Saw Films with Emile Sherman in 2008 and has produced several major films including '' Lion'', winner of two BAFTA Awards, starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara, and '' The Power of the Dog,'' starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons. Canning produced Jane Campion's Emmy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callan Mulvey
Callan Mulvey (born 23 February 1975) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Mark Moran on the Australian drama ''Underbelly'', Sergeant Brendan 'Josh' Joshua in '' Rush'', and as Bogdan 'Draz' Drazic in ''Heartbreak High''. His American roles include Scyllias in '' 300: Rise of an Empire'', Jack Rollins in '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'' (2014) and '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), and Anatoli Knyazev in '' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' (2016). Early life Of Scottish, Irish and Māori descent, Mulvey was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and moved to Australia when he was seven years old, growing up in the northern beaches of Sydney. Career Mulvey's personal interest in skateboarding and rollerblading led him to work as a stunt double about two years prior to winning the role of Drazic in ''Heartbreak High''. His first role was of a victim of a robbery in a police training video. In 2004, he re-entered the spotlight for the release of '' Thunder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Collins (actor)
Robert Collins is an Australian actor and singer. His best known roles include Waruu West in ''Cleverman'', Jack Winters in ''The Wrong Girl'', and Charlie Irving in '' Total Control''. Early life and education Robert Collins was born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory from a Tiwi Islands background. He worked with the National Indigenous Music Awards, and was the national Indigenous representative for the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) for three years. He then looked for acting opportunities, and landed the roles of Theseus and Oberon in a local production of ''A Midsummer Night’s Dream'', before being cast in more national and local productions. He auditioned and won a place at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2013. Professional acting career He made his professional stage debut in 2013 as Mufasa in the Australian production of ''The Lion King''. Collins is best known for his major roles in the Australian television series '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Koutrae
Jai Koutrae is an Australian actor who gained fame for his role as Nathan Chapel in ''Death's Requiem'', which garnered him an Australian Screen Actors Guild Award. Koutrae has starred in many other successful Short films, short and feature films, including ''Mortal Fools''. He has also appeared in many television series such as ''McLeod's Daughters'', ''All Saints (TV series), All Saints'', and ''Home and Away''. Retrieved 20 December 2007. Biography Early career Koutrae's acting career began in 1999, when he was cast in the small role of Rowan Stables on the television show ''Home and Away''. He enjoyed working on the show for a few episodes and decided to audition for the medical show ''All Saints (TV series), All Saints''.Filmography Ref ...
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South Australian Film Corporation
South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972 to engage in film production and promote the film industry, located in Adelaide, South Australia. The Adelaide Studios are managed by the South Australian Film Corporation for the use of the South Australian film industry. History 1972–2000 The South Australian Film Corporation was founded as a production company in 1972, established under the ''South Australian Film Corporation Act'' by the Dunstan government. It was intended “to stimulate and encourage the formation and continued development of the South Australian film and television industry”. At the time of the Corporation's establishment, the Australian film industry was stagnating, and the Corporation played a significant role in the revival of Australian film making. Premier Don Dunstan played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Corporation and its early film production activities.David St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antakirinja People
The Antakirinja, otherwise spelt Antakarinya, and alternatively spoken of as the Ngonde, are an indigenous Australian people of South Australia. Name Their tribal ethnonym generally signifies "westerners", from ''andakara'' / ''antakiri'', apparently meaning 'west,' with the suffix -''nja'' denoting 'name'. Language Antakirinya is a Western Desert language belonging to the Wati language family of the Pama-Nyungan languages. Country Norman Tindale estimated the total range of lands to extend over roughly . They lived around the headwaters of four rivers, the Hamilton, Alberga, Wintinna, and Lora, and northwards over the modern border as far as Kulgera in the Northern Territory. Their southern frontiers, just before the start of the gibber desert terrain, ran down to Mount Willoughby, Arckaringa, and the Stuart Range, close to the Kokata territory at Coober Pedy. The line separating them from the Matuntara tribe roughly coincides with the northern reaches of the bluebush ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Fletcher
Brendan Fletcher (born December 15, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He first gained recognition as a child actor, winning a Leo Award and being nominated for a Gemini Award his acting debut in the made-for-television film ''Little Criminals''. He subsequently won the Genie Award for Best Leading Actor for John Greyson’s ''The Law of Enclosures'', and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for '' Turning Paige''. Fletcher is known for playing troubled, eccentric, or unhinged characters, and is considered a character actor. He has appeared in high-profile films like '' Tideland, Freddy vs. Jason,'' '' Citizen Gangster'', and '' The Revenant''. He had the leading role in Uwe Boll’s '' Rampage'' trilogy, playing mass murderer Bill Williamson. He has also appeared in television series such as ''Smallville'', ''Supernatural'', ''The Pacific (miniseries), The Pacific'', ''Rogue (TV series), Rogue'', ''Hell on Wheels (TV series), Hell on Wheels'', ''Siren (TV series), Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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