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Michael Carson (television Director)
Michael Carson (14 June 1947 – 14 May 2005) was an Australian television director who was responsible for some of Australia's most significant series in the last decades of the twentieth century. His work as a director, producer and script editor was recognised with AFI Awards, Logie Awards, Penguin Awards and AWGIE Awards. Life and career Carson was born in Sydney and attended North Sydney Boys High School. He commenced work in the television industry as a studio hand and did all his training on the job.Buzo (2005) He started work with the Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC, in the early 1970s.Frawley (2005) His first directing jobs included the rock 'n roll music programme ''GTK'' which combined live performances and interviews with cutting edge bands and performers. He married television producer and director Sandra Levy in the 1970s, and in 1980 they had a son, Simon. They later divorced but maintained close ties. He was Course Director for screen acting at Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loss Of Innocence
''Loss of Innocence'' is a 1978 mini-series about the life of a man from the Great Depression to the 1970s.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p211 Cast * John Fitzgerald * Carol Burns * Edward Howell (actor), Edward Howell References External links * Australian television films 1978 television films 1978 films Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming 1970s Australian television miniseries 1978 Australian television series debuts 1978 Australian television series endings {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bite (miniseries)
''The Bite'' is a 1996 miniseries about an Australian adventurer who moves to Asia with his new wife. Ellie and Jack Shannon start a jewellery business in Burma, which is renowned for its rubies but is also one of the corners of the infamous heroin ‘Golden Triangle’. Things turn sinister when one of their biggest customers, Samira Nazib, reveals that drug-trafficking is the true nature of their business. The Shannons spy on her and her partner for the Australian Federal Police. Production This Australian-British co-production was shot 21 September to 30 November 1995 in Australia and Thailand.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p177 It was written by Terry Johnson and directed by Michael Carson. The producers were Lavinia Warner and David Elfick, with Executive Producers Sue Masters and Michael Wearing. Cast * Hugo Weaving * Lesley Manville * Keith Allen * Pamela Rabe * Frank Gallagher as Larry Schofield * Rebekah Jaye R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackaroo (miniseries)
''Jackaroo'' is a 1990 Australian mini series about a half-caste who goes to work on a West Australian property and falls in love with a girl.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p207 David McCubbin was not Aboriginal. Producer Bill Hughes said they could not find an Aboriginal actor of the right age. Cast * Annie Jones - Clare Mallory * David McCubbin - Jack Simmons * Tina Bursill - Martha Logan * Warren Mitchell - Ambrose Barbitron References External linksTrailerat YouTube''Jackaroo''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, ... English-language television shows 1990s Australian television miniseries 1990 Australian television series debuts 1990 Australian television series endings 1990 television films 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touch The Sun (Australian TV Series)
''Touch the Sun'' is a series of television films commissioned by Patricia Edgar for the Australian Children's Television Foundation. It was to be the ACTF's project for the Australian Bicentenary celebrations in 1988. The Australian Bicentennial Authority named Touch the Sun as the Bicentenary official children's series for 1988. Edgar's plan was to locate stories in every state in Australia showing the diversity of the Australian landscape. It was directed, written and produced by some of the top film and tv personnel in Australia. Patricia Edgar was Executive Producer of the show and it was backed by the ABC, Australian Film Commission, the New South Wales Film Corporation, the South Australian Film and Television Financing Fund, the South Australian Film Corporation, Film Victoria and the French distribution company Revcom International.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1986). Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1985-1986. A.C.T.F. Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter And Pompey
''Touch the Sun'' is a series of television films commissioned by Patricia Edgar for the Australian Children's Television Foundation. It was to be the ACTF's project for the Australian Bicentenary celebrations in 1988. The Australian Bicentennial Authority named Touch the Sun as the Bicentenary official children's series for 1988. Edgar's plan was to locate stories in every state in Australia showing the diversity of the Australian landscape. It was directed, written and produced by some of the top film and tv personnel in Australia. Patricia Edgar was Executive Producer of the show and it was backed by the ABC, Australian Film Commission, the New South Wales Film Corporation, the South Australian Film and Television Financing Fund, the South Australian Film Corporation, Film Victoria and the French distribution company Revcom International.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1986). Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1985-1986. A.C.T.F. Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Petrov Affair (miniseries)
''The Petrov Affair'' is a 1987 mini series based on the defection of Vladimir Petrov.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p222 Cast * Alex Menglet as Vladimir Petrov * Eva Sitta as Evdokia Petrov * Simon Chilvers as H. V. Evatt * Swawomir Wabik as Michael Bialoguski Michael Bialoguski (19 March 191729 July 1984) was a Polish-Australian medical practitioner, musician and intelligence agent, who played a significant part in the 1954 Petrov Affair. Biography Michael Bialoguski was born to Polish Jewish parent ... References External links * Australian television films 1987 television films 1987 films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Man's Legend
''White Man's Legend'' is a 1984 Australian television film directed by Geoffrey Nottage and starring Bill Kerr, Patti Crocker Patricia Anne Crocker (1929 – 15 March 1992) professionally known as Patti Crocker (no relation to entertainer, Barry Crocker), was an Australian actress associated with the "golden days of radio in Australia", who also appeared in theatre and ... and Deryck Barnes. The screenplay concerns an old seaman who buys a boat.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p162 References 1984 television films 1984 films Australian television films 1980s English-language films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural Causes (1985 Film)
''Natural Causes'' is a 1985 Australian television film about ex-hippie A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to different countries around ...s having a reunion.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p110 References External links''Natural Causes''at Peter Malone website Australian television films 1985 films Films scored by Chris Neal (songwriter) 1980s English-language films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Of Letters (film)
''Man of Letters'' is a 1984 television film about a womanising academic.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p104 References External links''Man of Letters''at TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of Atl ... * Australian television films 1984 films Films directed by Chris Thomson (director) 1980s English-language films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scales Of Justice (TV Miniseries)
''Scales of Justice'' is an Australian crime drama miniseries directed by Michael Jenkins.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p232 It first screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1983. It was one of the most controversial Australian mini-series ever produced, examining corruption in all levels of law enforcement. ''Scales of Justice'' is composed of three self-contained, character-linked dramas. Focusing on the world of Australian law enforcement, vice, drugs, politics and widespread corruption, from street level to the corridors of power, the programme was acclaimed for its a near-documentary level of realism. Robert Caswell, the writer of the series, expressed surprise at the criticism it received from police and press. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Timeless Land
''The Timeless Land'' (1941) is a work of historical fiction by Eleanor Dark (1901–1985). The novel ''The Timeless Land'' is the first of ''The Timeless Land'' trilogy of novels about European settlement and exploration of Australia. Story and characters The narrative is told from European and Aboriginal points of view. The novel begins with two Aboriginal men watching the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Harbour on 26 January 1788. The novel describes the first years of the colony and the diplomacy of captain Arthur Phillip, famine and the effects of outside diseases on the previously unexposed Aboriginal population. The novel ends in a dramatic climax when troops encounter an escaped convict. Dark conducted her historical research at the Mitchell Library in Sydney. Watkin Tench, author of ''The Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson'', is a key character in ''The Timeless Land''. The book has been reprinted in 2002 and novel was on the curriculum for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
