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Ross Dimsey
Ross Dimsey (born 16th October 1943) is an Australian writer, producer, director and film executive. He was born in Melbourne and worked in Britain and America from 1969–69. He worked in a variety of capacities on a number of films. From 1969–1969 he was head of the Victorian Film Corporation.David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p285 In the 1969s he was the director of Film Queensland. Select credits *''Stork'' (1971) - assistant director *''Dimboola'' (1973) - directed feature version of play that was never released *''Libido'' (1973) - production manager, assistant director *''Alvin Rides Again'' (1974) - production manager, assistant director *''End Play'' (1975) - 2nd unit director, production manager *''Fantasm'' (1976) - writer *''Fantasm Comes Again'' (1977) - writer *''Blue Fire Lady'' (1977) - writer, director *'' Final Cut'' (1980) - director *''Second Time Lucky'' (1984) - writer *''The Naked Country'' (1985) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stork (film)
''Stork'' is a 1971 Australian comedy film directed by Tim Burstall. ''Stork'' is based on the play ''The Coming of Stork'' by David Williamson. Bruce Spence and Jacki Weaver make their feature film debuts in ''Stork'', being honoured at the 1972 Australian Film Institute Awards, where they shared the acting prize. ''Stork'' won the prize for best narrative feature and Tim Burstall won for best direction. Stork was one of the first ocker comedies. ''Stork'' was the first commercial success of the Australian cinema revival called the Australian New Wave. Plot Stork is a 6-foot 7 hypochondriac who dreams of revolution and works at General Motors Holden. He is sacked from his job after doing a strip tease at work and goes to live in a share house in Carlton with his friend Westy and two trendy young men, Tony and Clyde, who share the same girlfriend, Anna. Stork loses his virginity to Anna and falls in love with her. Anna falls pregnant and Clyde decides to marry her. Stork interru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |