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Liz Watts
Liz Watts is an Australian film producer best known for '' Animal Kingdom'' (2010). In 1997, with Vincent Sheehan and Anita Sheehan, and she formed Porchlight Films. around 2008. The company ceased operations on 20 June 2020. In 2021 she struck an overall deal with Matchbox Pictures. Selected filmography *'' Martha's New Coat'' (2003) *''Jewboy'' (2005) *'' Little Fish'' (2005) *''The Home Song Stories'' (2007) *'' Animal Kingdom'' (2010) *'' Laid'' (2011–12) (TV series) *''Lore'' (2012) *''Dead Europe'' (2012) *'' The Rover'' (2014) *''Jasper Jones'' (2017) *''Mary Magdalene'' (2018) * ''True History of the Kelly Gang ''True History of the Kelly Gang'' is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey, based loosely on the history of the Kelly Gang. It was first published in Brisbane by the University of Queensland Press in 2000. It won the 2001 Booker Prize and ...'' (2019) References External links * * 1965 births Living people Australian film producers {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA AWARDS (6699500731)
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 cinema of Australia, film and television in Australia, television industry, both locally and internationally, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the Cinema of Australia, Australian film and Television in Australia, television industry. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the Academy Awards for the United States and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA Awards for the United Kingdom. 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 Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Kingdom (film)
''Animal Kingdom'' is a 2010 Australian neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by David Michôd and starring Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, James Frecheville, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, and Sullivan Stapleton. Michôd's script was inspired by events that involved the Pettingill criminal family of Melbourne, Victoria. In 1991, two brothers Trevor Pettingill and Victor Peirce (along with two other men: Anthony Leigh Farrell and Peter David McEvoy) were acquitted in the 1988 shooting murder of two Victorian police officers. The film was critically acclaimed and Jacki Weaver received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Plot After his mother overdoses, 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody asks his estranged grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, for help, and she invites him to move in with her. Smurf is the affectionate matriarch of a Melbourne crime family that uses her home as a base. Her home is also being watched by cops who are looking for he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Sheehan (filmmaker) (1899–1975), American journalist and novelist
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Vincent Sheehan or Vince Sheehan may refer to: * Vince Sheehan (rugby league, South Sydney) (died 1926), an Australian rugby league footballer * Vince Sheehan (born 1916) (1916–1973), an Australian rugby league footballer * Vincent Sheehan (filmmaker), an Australian filmmaker, producer and co-creator of 2016 TV series ''The Kettering Incident'' See also *Vincent Sheean James Vincent Sheean (December 5, 1899, Pana, Illinois – March 16, 1975, Arolo, Frz. of Leggiuno, Italy) was an American journalist and novelist. Career Sheean's most famous work was ''Personal History'' (New York: Doubleday, 1935). It wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewboy
''Jewboy'' is a 2005 Australian film directed by Tony Krawitz. The film stars Ewen Leslie, Chris Haywood, Saskia Burmeister, and Nicholas Eadie. It won the 2005 Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Short Fiction Film, Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay in a Short. Plot The film tells of a young Orthodox Jewish man's struggle after the death of his father. The young man returns from Israel to find that he would prefer to leave Orthodoxy, and departs from his remaining family to become a taxi driver. He gradually assimilates into secular life, soon finding himself tempted to fornicate. The film appears to mimic the Parable of the Prodigal Son, with the main character appearing to reconsider Orthodox life at the end of the film by reuniting with his family. Release The film showed in the Un Certain Regard at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, as well as in official selection in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. After the presentation, Tony Krawitz, the Jewish director, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Fish (2005 Film)
''Little Fish'' is a 2005 Australian film directed by Rowan Woods and written by Jacquelin Perske. It was filmed in and around Sydney, in Cabramatta and in Fairfield. The film was developed and produced by Vincent Sheehan and Liz Watts of Porchlight Films, with Cate Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton's production company Dirty Films receiving an Associate Producer credit. ''Little Fish'' was released on 8 September 2005 in Australia. It received positive reviews from critics. Plot ''Little Fish'' is about Tracy Heart (Cate Blanchett), a former heroin addict who is desperately trying to escape her past and achieve her goals and dreams. Tracy lives with her mother (Noni Hazlehurst) and brother Ray in the suburb of Cabramatta, Sydney, where heroin is readily available. She is in need of money to become a partner in the video store that she works in, but her loan applications are repeatedly rejected by finance providers, as a result of her past criminal record, poor repayments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Home Song Stories
''The Home Song Stories'' is a 2007 Australian drama film written and directed by Tony Ayres, loosely based on aspects of his life. It stars Joan Chen, Joel Lok, Qi Yuwu, Irene Chen, Steven Vidler and Kerry Walker. The film premiered at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival on 9 February 2007, and was released in Australia on 23 August 2007, by Dendy Films. It was announced as the Australian entry for the Foreign Language Film category of the Oscars, and received a total of nine nominations at the 2007 Inside Film Awards, winning five. Plot The film is an autobiographical account of Tony Ayres' life at age eight, however the names have been changed. The story is narrated by Darren Yap as an adult Tom typing the story on a computer and reflecting on the story "which defines them, which shapes who they are." His mother Rose Hong was a nightclub singer in Hong Kong in 1964, where she met Bill, an Australian sailor, and married him to seek a better life in Australia, taking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laid (TV Series)
''Laid'' is an Australian television comedy series that first aired on 9 February 2011 on ABC1. The 12-episode comedy series was written by Marieke Hardy and Kirsty Fisher, and produced by Liz Watts. ''Laid'' was renewed for a second series, which aired from 2 May to 6 June 2012. Overview Roo McVie is a market researcher who faces an unenviable situation when her former lovers start dying in strange and unexpected circumstances. With EJ, her best friend and flatmate, Roo embarks on a quest to find a pattern and stop the trail of deaths. Cast Regular * Alison Bell as Roo McVie *Celia Pacquola as EJ Griggs *Toby Truslove as Zach *Abe Forsythe as Charlie * Graeme Blundell as Graham McVie *Damon Herriman as Marcus Dwyer (series 2) Recurring *Tracy Mann as Marion McVie *Huw McKinnon as Brendan * Celia Ireland as Brendan's Mum *Peter Callan as Brendan's Dad * Ryan Johnson as Davey *Septimus Caton as Andrew * Shaun Micallef as G-Bomb * Craig Anderson as Russ *Marcus Graham as Tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lore (film)
''Lore'' is a 2012 German-language historical drama film directed by Cate Shortland. It is based on the 2001 novel '' The Dark Room'' by Rachel Seiffert. In south-west Germany, during the aftermath of World War II, five destitute siblings must travel to their grandmother's home by the Bay of Husum near Hamburg after their high-level Nazi parents disappear in danger of arrest by Allied occupation authorities. Along the way, they encounter a variety of other Germans, some of whom are helpful while others are antagonistic. Eventually they meet up with a young man presenting himself as Thomas, a young Jewish concentration camp survivor, who joins their group and becomes their unofficial guardian. Plot The return of a Nazi officer father towards the end of World War II upsets a family household in Southern Germany. They pack in a rush, kill the family dog and flee their stately home to hide-out in a secluded cabin in a clearing in the woods in the Black Forest. Lore's mother careful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Europe
''Dead Europe'' is a 2012 Australian drama film directed by Tony Krawitz. It is an adaptation of the 2005 novel by Christos Tsiolkas with the same name. Peter Galvin from SBS gave the film three stars out of five, noting that the film is "dark, and emotionally claustrophobic" and is "tough to sit through". He also observes that ''Dead Europe'' "is a puzzle film, a movie where one is asked to work hard at deciphering its strangeness." Cast * Ewen Leslie as Isaac * Marton Csokas as Nico * Kodi Smit-McPhee as Josef * Jean-François Balmer as Gerry * Yigal Naor as Syd * William Zappa as Vassily * Françoise Lebrun as Leah * Thanos Samaras as Andreas * Danae Skiadi as Giulia * Giannis Antetokounmpo as Neighbour's Son Reception ''Dead Europe'' received mixed to positive reviews, earning a 63% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Julie Rigg of ''ABC Online'' gave a positive review and called it "one of the most disturbing, and intelligent, Australian films for a long time." Tim Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rover (2014 Film)
''The Rover'' is a 2014 Australian dystopian Western drama film written and directed by David Michôd and based on a story by Michôd and Joel Edgerton. It is a contemporary western taking place in the Australian outback, ten years after a global economic collapse. The film stars Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson, and features Scoot McNairy, David Field, Anthony Hayes, Gillian Jones, and Susan Prior. It premiered out of competition in the ''Midnight Screenings'' section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2014. The film screened at the 2014 Sydney Film Festival on 7 June 2014, followed by the theatrical release of film in Australia on 12 June 2014. It had a limited release on 13 June 2014 in New York City and Los Angeles before expanding wide on 20 June 2014 in the United States. The film earned seven nominations at the 4th AACTA Awards: Best Direction, Best Lead Actor for Guy Pearce, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Pattinson, Best Production Design, Best Origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasper Jones (film)
''Jasper Jones'' is an Australian mystery drama film directed by Rachel Perkins. The film was released in 2017 and is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Craig Silvey. Plot Charlie Bucktin is a 14-year-old boy living in the fictitious rural town of Corrigan, based on the real rural town Corrigin in Western Australia. Charlie spends his days with his best friend Jeffrey Lu, a Vietnamese boy who shares Charlie's love of intellectual banter, and deals stoically with the constant race-hate inflicted on him and his family. Eliza Wishart, a local girl, and daughter of the mayor of the town becomes more and more endeared towards Charlie. On Christmas evening Charlie is unexpectedly visited by Jasper Jones, an outcast in Corrigan due to his Aboriginal heritage and rebellious lifestyle. Jasper begs for Charlie's help, and leads him to his private glade in the bush. Here Charlie is horrified to find the dead body of a young girl, Jasper's girlfriend Laura Wishart, battered and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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