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List Of Australian Films Of 2020
This is a list of Australian films that have been released in 2020. Films See also * 2020 in Australia * 2020 in Australian television * List of 2020 box office number-one films in Australia References {{2020 films 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ... Australian Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalpost Pictures
Goalpost Pictures is an Australian film production company founded and run by Rosemary Blight, Ben Grant, Kylie du Fresne, and Cass O’Connor. History The 2007 suburban comedy '' Clubland'', directed by Cherie Nowlan, debuted at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and was picked up for US distribution by Warner Bros. under the title ''Introducing The Dwights''. In 2009, Goalpost produced ''The Eternity Man'', a film opera depicting the true story of World War I veteran Arthur Stace, who roamed the backstreets of Sydney chalking the single word "Eternity" across the pavements. The film, which was released in conjunction with ABC TV and Channel 4 UK, earned the Rose d'Or award for outstanding performing arts program. Other credits include ''Lockie Leonard'' Series One and Two, which were screened on Channel 9 and based on Tim Winton's book series. ''Lockie Leonard'' won 'Best Children's Series' at the 2009 TV Week Logie Awards as well as the 2007 AFI for 'Best Children's Drama S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wishmas Tree
''The Wishmas Tree'' is a 2019 Australian 3D computer-animated adventure film written and directed by Ricard Cussó from a story by Peter Ivan. Financed by Screen Queensland and Screen Australia, it is the first film in Like a Photon Creative's '' The Tales from Sanctuary City'' franchise. The film stars Miranda Tapsell and Ross Noble.Maclab, Geoffrey (17 May 2019'The Wishmas Tree' grows international roots for Odin's Eye (exclusive). '' Screen International''. Retrieved 21 April 2021. It had its world premiere at the Brisbane International Film Festival on 5 October 2019,The Wishmas Tree Brisbane International Film Festival – biff.com.au. Retrieved 21 April 2021. Archived fro the orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Johnstone-Burt
Hugo Kingsley Johnstone-Burt (born 1988) is a Scottish-Australian actor. He grew up in Sydney and decided to become an actor after attending his first drama class. Johnstone-Burt graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2009. He appeared in small roles in Australian dramas '' Rake'', ''Sea Patrol'' and '' Underbelly: The Golden Mile'', before he was cast as Fish Lamb in ''Cloudstreet''. The role earned him two ASTRA Award nominations. Johnstone-Burt went on to star in ''Carelesss Love'' and he took on the role of Constable Hugh Collins in ABC1's ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries''. In 2012, Johnstone-Burt appeared in '' Tricky Business'' and filmed a guest role in ''Home and Away''. He has also appeared in the musical drama film ''Goddess'' (2013) and the disaster film '' San Andreas'' (2015). Early life Johnstone-Burt was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to Australia with his family when he was two years old, and grew up in Sydney. His parents were both in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashleigh Cummings
Ashleigh Cummings is an Australian actress. She became known for her role as Robyn Mathers in ''Tomorrow, When the War Began''. The film, based on the book of the same name, earned Cummings a nomination for Best Young Actor at the 2010 Australian Film Institute Awards. Cummings is also known for her roles as Dorothy Williams in ABC1's ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'', as Debbie Vickers in ''Puberty Blues'', and Vic McQueen in ''NOS4A2''. Early life Cummings was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where her Australian parents lived and worked. She moved to Australia with her family when she was 12 years old. From the age of two, Cummings trained as a ballet dancer. When she was 14 she joined the Brent Street School of Performing Arts, where she learned dance and acting. Cummings then attended Wenona School in North Sydney, where she graduated in 2010. She also attended the film and television school Screenwise. Cummings studied philosophy at university between acting roles. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Page
Nathan Page (born 25 August 1971) is an Australian actor, best known for his commercial voice-over work and his role as Detective Inspector Jack Robinson in '' Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries''. Early life Page grew up in an Air Force family and moved around Australia frequently as a child. A former cyclist, Page attended the Australian Institute of Sport with Stuart O'Grady and competed in Europe with Lance Armstrong. He retired from professional cycling at the age of 19 due to various injuries and because he could not remain competitive in Europe without performance-enhancing drugs. He recalled "It was an era that was plagued by drugs and it was very hard to see your way through to a long career... because I stayed clean, you could beat them some of the time, but not all of the time." Describing his decision to take up acting after ending his cycling career, Page has said "I went into a wilderness for a while and had nothing to fall back on, then I decided to do something ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deb Cox
Deborah Cox (born 29 January 1958) is an Australian screenwriter and producer for television and film. Cox started working in the television industry as a production assistant for the Crawford Productions television series ''Skyways''. It was at Crawfords that she met her long-time writing and producing partner, Andrew Knight, and the duo would later go on to found a production company, CoxKnight Productions. Their partnership resulted in the development of the popular ABC TV series ''SeaChange'' and ''After the Deluge'', the Network Ten dramas ''CrashBurn'' and ''Worst Best Friends'', and the feature film ''Dead Letter Office''. With Roger Monk, she also wrote the two seasons of the ABC drama series ''East of Everything'' which starred Richard Roxburgh as the main character. Cox also founded Every Cloud Productions with producer Fiona Eagger which developed and produced ''The Gods of Wheat Street'', ''East of Everything'', ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries ''Miss Fisher' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Tilse
Tony Tilse is an Australian television director. He won the Australian Directors' Guild Award for best direction of a TV drama series (periodical) and TV mini-series for ''Underbelly'' in 2008. Tilse also directed ''The Postcard Bandit'', and ''Murder in the Outback'', based upon the disappearance of British tourist Peter Falconio in the Australian outback in 2001 and docu-drama ''Scorched'', which was based upon the events of the 2001 Black Christmas bushfires; as well as several episodes of sci-fi series ''Farscape ''Farscape'' is an Australian-American science fiction television series, produced originally for the Nine Network. It premiered in the US on Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday, 19 March 1999, at 8:00 pm EST as their anchor series. The series was c ...''. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian television directors {{Australia-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Fisher And The Crypt Of Tears
''Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears'' is a 2020 Australian mystery adventure film directed by Tony Tilse and starring Essie Davis as Phryne Fisher. It is based on the ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' television series and the series of Phryne Fisher novels written by Kerry Greenwood. Plot Phryne Fisher helps to rescue a young Bedouin girl called Shirin from imprisonment in 1920s Jerusalem. While doing so she is suspected of having died. Shirin is reunited with her uncle Sheikh Kahlil Abbas and they travel to Lofthouse Manor in England where a memorial is being held for Miss Fisher by her friends Lord and Lady Lofthouse. DI Jack Robinson travels to England from Australia to attend the memorial and is just about to deliver her eulogy when Miss Fisher arrives in her biplane. Shirin discusses with Miss Fisher about how she came to be in Jerusalem. As a child, a sandstorm had wiped out her village and she was the only survivor having been rescued by a mysterious stranger. This s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dorman
Michael Dorman (born 26 April 1981) is a New Zealand actor, best known for his starring roles as NASA astronaut Gordo Stevens in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series ''For All Mankind'' and as John Tavner in the comedy-drama series ''Patriot''. Other roles include Tom Wilcox in the Australian television comedy-drama ''Wonderland'', Tom Griffin in the 2020 horror film ''The Invisible Man'', and supporting work on TV shows like ''The Secret Life of Us'' and in films including ''West''. In 2021 it was announced that he would star as the title character of the Joe Pickett television series, based on the books by C.J. Box. The show premiered for viewing on the Spectrum Network in December, 2021 and Paramount+ Paramount (from the word ''paramount'' meaning "above all others") may refer to: Entertainment and music companies * Paramount Global, also known simply as Paramount, an American mass media company formerly known as ViacomCBS. The following busin ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Dyer
Harriet Dyer (born 17 October 1988) is an Australian actress. She is best known for starring in the television series '' Love Child'' (2014–2017) and ''No Activity'' (2015–2018). She has also appeared in films, most notably ''The Invisible Man'' (2020). Early life and education Dyer was born in Townsville, Queensland. She was educated at Townsville Grammar School before attending the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. She completed the full-time acting course at the Actor's Centre Australia, graduating in 2011. Career Dyer appeared in the television comedy mockumentary series '' Micro Nation'' in 2012. This was followed by guest roles on ''A Moody Christmas'' in 2012 and ''Packed to the Rafters'' in 2013. In 2014, Dyer appeared in the first season of drama series '' Janet King'' as Maya Blakely. In the same year, she starred in the drama series '' Love Child'' as Patricia Saunders. She was a regular for three seasons and appeared as a guest in the first episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm Reid
Storm Reid is an American actress. After playing a small role in the television film ''A Cross to Bear'' (2012), Reid made her acting debut with an appearance in the period drama film '' 12 Years a Slave'' (2013). She earned recognition for a starring role in the superhero film ''Sleight'' (2016), and subsequently had her breakthrough with the fantasy film ''A Wrinkle in Time'' (2018), for which she received nominations for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Fantasy Movie Actress and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Role in a Motion Picture. Reid has appeared in the thriller film ''Don't Let Go'' (2019), the critically-acclaimed Netflix miniseries ''When They See Us'' (2019) and horror film ''The Invisible Man'' (2020). She currently stars in the HBO drama series ''Euphoria'' (2019–present) and played a minor role in the superhero film ''The Suicide Squad'' (2021). In 2020, Reid received a nomination for the BET YoungStars Award. She has since starred the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
