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John L. Simpson
John L. Simpson (born 2 September 1963) is an Australian film and theatre producer and distributor. Early life Simpson was born on September 2, 1963 in Sydney, Australia. He majored in acting at the University of Western Sydney, and also achieved a Master of Screen Arts and Business from Australian Film Television and Radio School. Career Simpson first began his career as an actor and performed in various stage productions such as '' Les Misérables'' and '' Phantom of the Opera''. He later began working as a theater producer in 1991 with the play ''My Black Heart''. Simpson then moved into producing films such as ''Men's Group'', his first independent film. He has become a regular speaker on low budget filmmaking models in Australia and is a current advisor to several film labs across the country, including the SA FilmLAB and Screen ACT’s Low Budget Feature Film Initiative. Simpson was also a board member of Screen Canberra from 2013 to 2017. Titan View In July 2007 Simpson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epping Boys High School
Epping Boys High School is a government high school located at Marsfield, New South Wales, Australia, which was established in 1957. The current principal is Jessica Schadel. Achievements As well as high achievements in the creative and performing arts, the school has a strong sporting and academic record. The school has been placed on the Centre of Excellence program. On 15 April 2010 the school hosted a Community Cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd. In the 2016/17 cricket season, Epping Boys High School won both the Challenge Cup and Allan Davidson Shield, defeating Figtree High and Endeavour Sports High respectively. School style The school traditionally uses green and gold in its logo and student uniforms. The main uniform include dark grey trousers/shorts, a variety of green jackets, grey socks, black leather shoes and a shirt with the school logo (grey shirt for juniors ears 7–9and white shirts for seniors ears 10–12. The schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Cinque's Consolation (film)
''Joe Cinque's Consolation'' is a 2016 Australian drama film directed by Sotiris Dounoukos based on the book of the same name by Helen Garner. It concerns the increasingly fraught relationship between an engineer, Joe, and his narcissistic law student girlfriend Anu in Canberra in the mid 1990s. As Anu's mental state deteriorates, she conjures up a macabre plan to put an end to her suffering. The film was given a national cinema release in October 2016 and has received a generally positive response from critics. ''Joe Cinque's Consolation'' was recognised at the 2016 AACTA Awards when Maggie Naouri was nominated in the category of Best Actress. Plot Anu Singh, an Australian National University student, drugged her boyfriend Joe Cinque's coffee with Rohypnol and injected him with heroin in 1997. The other guests of the dinner party in which this incident took place were aware of the murder plot and yet nobody warned him. Cast * Maggie Naouri as Anu Singh * Jerome Meyer as Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Blind Mice (2008 Film)
''Three Blind Mice'' is a 2008 feature film written, directed by and starring Matthew Newton, alongside Ewen Leslie and Toby Schmitz. It premiered at Sydney Film Festival in 2008. To date it has screened at over fourteen international and Australian festivals. Plot Three young Australian naval officers hit the streets of Sydney for one last night before being shipped out to Iraq. The dynamic between the three friends is uneasy; Sam ( Ewen Leslie) has been mistreated at sea and is going AWOL, Dean ( Toby Schmitz) has a fiancé and the future in-laws to meet, and Harry (Matthew Newton) just loves playing cards. Throughout the night, the boy's struggle with what a night in Sydney can offer, as details of their last six months at sea emerge. Cast The film features many distinguished and critically acclaimed Australian actors. The full cast list is as below: (This is also Charles "Bud" Tingwell's final film before his death). Themes ''Three Blind Mice'' has been noted as the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Company
''Blind Company'' is a 2009 feature film directed by Melbourne auteur Alkinos Tsilimidos and starring Colin Friels. It premiered at the 2009 Melbourne International Film Festival. Development ''Blind Company'' is adapted from Austin Pendleton's stage production ''Uncle Bob''. Nick Barkla who plays Josh in Blind Company met Austin Pendleton while studying acting at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, an ensemble-based film company of actors, writers and directors. Barkla won the 2007 AFI fellowship of $20,000 to observe their collaborative method of working – an approach that led directly to the making of this film. When Barkla returned to Australia he produced the play and acted in it for Red Stitch Theatre Company. Director Alkinos Tsilimidos saw the production in Melbourne and became interested in writing the adaptation. Tsilimidos had worked with both Nick Barkla and Colin Friels on previous films, such as '' Tom White'' and ''Em4Jay''. Tsilimidos states his interest in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother Fish
''Mother Fish'', also known as ''Missing Water'', is a feature film written, produced and directed by Khoa Do. The film draws largely from Khoa Do's own experiences as a Vietnamese refugee, and reflects on the perceived fear in the general population generated by 'boat people' which is prevalent in Australian politics and discourse. Plot ''Mother Fish'' follows the story of a middle-aged Vietnamese woman (Hyen Nguyen) working in a suburban sweatshop. In the evening when the workers have left, she is transported back to the night she and her sister (Sheena Pham) fled her homeland, led by an uncle promising to reunite them with their father. Through the setting of the sweatshop, the woman remembers the journey. The boat is unprepared for the ocean crossing, as are they. Food and water supplies are low, their engine breaks, and the threat of rape and death at the hands of South-sea pirates is real. Through the woman's memory the audience relives the experience of crossing the ocean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
33 Postcards
33 may refer to: *33 (number) * 33 BC * AD 33 * 1933 * 2033 Music * ''33'' (Luis Miguel album) (2003) * ''33'' (Southpacific album) (1998) * ''33'' (Wanessa album) (2016) *"33 'GOD'", a 2016 song by Bon Iver * "Thirty-Three" (song), a 1995 song by the Smashing Pumpkins *"Thirty Three", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Almost Heathen'', 2001 *"33", a 2002 song by Coheed and Cambria *"33" a 2020 song by Polo G Television *El 33, a Catalan television channel * "33" (''Battlestar Galactica''), an episode of ''Battlestar Galactica'' Other uses *Los 33, the miners involved in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident **''The 33'', a 2015 film based on the Copiapó mining accident * ''Thirty Three'' (film), a 1965 Soviet comedy film by Georgi Daneliya * +33, the international calling code for France *33, a label printed on Rolling Rock beer bottles See also * (other) * Alfa Romeo 33, an Italian automobile * Club 33, a set of private clubs in Disney Parks * List of highways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is Roller Derby
''This Is Roller Derby'' is a 2011 Australian documentary film by Daniel Hayward on four Australian roller derby teams over the course of a season. The film features members from roller derby associations from Australia and the United States, primarily the Ballarat Roller Derby League. The DVD for the film released on 20 February 2013. Synopsis The film follows four Australian roller derby leagues, Ballarat Roller Derby League, Adelaide Roller Derby, Canberra Roller Derby League and Geelong Roller Derby League, over the course of twelve months, and documents the start of roller derby in Australia and overseas. Cast and crew The film was directed by Daniel Hayward and features members from the Ballarat Roller Derby League and members from US leagues, particularly Texas Rollergirls and TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls Texas Roller Derby (TXRD), formerly known as Texas Lonestar Rollergirls, is a banked-track roller derby league based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2001, TXRD is o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isolate (film)
''Isolate'', styled as ''iSOLATE'', is a 2012 Australian horror film written and directed by indie filmmaker Martyn Park, starring Jacinta John and Terry Serio. The film premiered at the inaugural Los Angeles Fear and Fantasy Film Festival in 2012, where its lead actress Jacinta John won the best actress award for her portrayal of Scout Taylor., Synopsis ''Isolate'' is the story of Scout Taylor, a young woman who returns to the family’s remote cattle station after the sudden death of her mother. As an only child and with Brian her father suffering from a progressive and debilitating illness, she commits to leaving behind her coffee shop in the city and staying on at the farm to look after him and the property. On the day of her mother’s funeral, when all the mourners have left and she and her father are alone, Brian confesses he and her mother had made a pact. He tells Scout that her mother had promised to assist him in taking his own life before his illness would rende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Australia
Screen Australia is the Australian Federal Government's key funding body for the Australian screen production industry, created under the ''Screen Australia Act 2008''. From 1 July 2008 Screen Australia took over the functions of its predecessor agencies the Australian Film Commission (AFC), the Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) and Film Australia Limited. Screen Australia supports the development, production, promotion and distribution of Australian narrative and documentary screen content. History The Commonwealth ''Screen Australia Act 2008'' provides detailed information about the specific functions and powers of Screen Australia. Under this act, from 1 July 2008 the Australian Film Commission, the Film Finance Corporation Australia and Film Australia Limited were merged into one body, to be known as Screen Australia. New Zealand television and film executive Ruth Harley was appointed the inaugural chief executive officer, handing over to Graeme Mason at the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Western Sydney
Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, Australia. The university in its current form was founded in 1989 as a federated network university with an amalgamation between the Nepean College of Advanced Education and the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. The Macarthur Institute of Higher Education was incorporated in the university in 1989. In 2001, the University of Western Sydney was restructured as a single multi-campus university rather than as a federation. In 2015, the university underwent a rebranding which resulted in a change in name from the University of Western Sydney to Western Sydney University. It is a provider of undergraduate, postgraduate, and higher research degrees with campuses in Bankstown, Blacktown, Campbelltown, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Parramatta, and Penrith. In 2022, it was ranked in the top 201–250 in the world and jointly 11th in Australi ... [...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] |
Men's Group
''Men's Group'' is a 2008 Australian drama film. The film is directed by Michael Joy from a screenplay co-written with John L. Simpson. Plot The film follows the lives of six men over a period of months as they convene weekly in a self-help style group. Meeting at the home of Paul, the men include Freddy, a depressed stand-up comedian; the elderly Cecil; businessman Lucas; the bereaved Anthony; taciturn Moses; and talkative, middle-aged Alex. As trust grows between the men they gradually begin to open up and learn to listen to each other, discovering they are not alone in their fears as they had presumed. When a tragedy befalls the group, the men realize they must take responsibilities for their own lives and those of their loved ones. Cast *Grant Dodwell as Alex *Paul Gleeson as Paul *Steve Le Marquand as Lucas *Don Reid as Cecil *Steve Rodgers as Freddy *Paul Tassone as Moses *William Zappa as Anthony Production Development The concept of the film was conceived by Micha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
