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The Kettering Incident (TV Series)
''The Kettering Incident'' is an Australian television drama program, first broadcast on Foxtel's Showcase channel on 4 July 2016. The series was created by Victoria Madden and Vincent Sheehan, and was written by Victoria Madden, Louise Fox, Cate Shortland and Andrew Knight. A sneak preview of the series launched at the 2015 ''Dark MoFo'' festival, with two episodes shown to select audiences at nine locations around Tasmania. The series was filmed in and around the town of Kettering and Bruny Island in Tasmania, as announced in February 2014 by the then Premier of Tasmania, Lara Giddings, during a press conference in Kettering. The series was funded by Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania, Foxtel and BBC Worldwide, and was developed with the assistance of British broadcaster Channel 4. The series was budgeted at fifteen million dollars, and was promoted as the first adult drama filmed in Tasmania. The series was directed by Rowan Woods and Tony Krawitz. The executive producer i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller Film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. Tension is created by delaying what the audience sees as inevitable, and is built through situations that are menacing or where escape seems impossible. The cover-up of important information from the viewer, and fight and chase scenes are common methods. Life is typically threatened in a thriller film, such as when the protagonist does not realize that they are entering a dangerous situation. Thriller films' characters conflict with each other or with an outside force, which can sometimes be abstract. The protagonist is usually set against a problem, such as an escape, a mission, or a mystery. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identifies thriller films as one of eleven super-genres in his screenwriters' taxonomy, claiming that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Knight (writer)
Andrew John Knight (born 29 September 1953) is an Australian TV writer and producer of film and television, known for his work on '' ''Rake'''', ''Jack Irish'', ''Hacksaw Ridge'', ''Ali's Wedding'' and ''The Water Diviner''. In 1989, he co founded, with Steve Vizard, the production company Artist Services, and in 2000, he formed Cornerstore Films, which has produced three major television series including the award-winning ''After The Deluge'', which Andrew wrote and produced. At the 2015 AACTA Awards, Knight received the Longford Lyell Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement. Other awards include the 2015 ''Australian Writers' Guild'' Award for An Original Feature Film Script, ''The Water Diviner'' (co-written with Andrew Anastasios), the 2016 AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, ''Hacksaw Ridge'' (co-written with Robert Schenkkan), the 2016 Australian Writers' Guild Award for An Original Feature Film Script ''Ali's Wedding'' (co-written with ''Osamah Sami''), and the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddison Brown
Maddison Amy Brown (born 23 April 1997) is an Australian actress and model. She is known for her role as Kirby Anders in the CW prime time soap opera ''Dynasty''. Life and career Brown has two older sisters and her sister Allyson played basketball for Australia. At the age of 5, Brown began acting and then started modeling at age 12. When Brown was 16 she left high school and Australia to pursue a modeling career in New York City. Her parents came with her for the first few trips, but then she was on her own. At the age of six, Brown made her acting debut in the 2004 television movie ''Go Big'' starring Justine Clarke. Speaking to Wonderland Magazine in 2015, Brown stated that acting as a child helped her deal with rejection which made her first few years as a model easier. Soon after moving to New York, Brown was cast opposite Nicole Kidman in the 2015 drama film '' Strangerland'' and described the experience as "wonderful" and "career-altering". In 2016, Brown co-starred in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Oxenbould
Ben Oxenbould is an Australian actor and comedian. His brother Jamie Oxenbould is also an actor, as is Jamie's son, Ed Oxenbould. Early career He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School. In 1980, Oxenbould was cast as "Hubert 'Fatty' Finn" in the film ''Fatty Finn''.Movie Minutiae: Fatty Finn , ''Articulate'' (), 1 June 2007. He then appeared in several films and television programs, including '' E Street'', '' |
Neil Pigot
Neil Pigot (born 28 December 1961) is an Australian actor who is perhaps best known in Australia for his role as Inspector Falcon Price in the highly successful television series ''Blue Heelers''. Pigot has appeared in over 100 episodes of television, a number of feature films and has presented several documentaries on his pet subject Australian military history. A highly regarded and award-winning stage actor, he is also the author of several works of non-fiction. Early life Pigot began life in Melbourne, the eldest son of a butcher turned commercial pilot and his wife who would become one of Australia's pioneering female car sales people. At age 8, his family moved to Darwin and then South East Asia. He completed his schooling in Sydney. Pigot has claimed he was always interested in the Arts but for the first two years after finishing high school he drifted between jobs as a sales clerk, freight clerk, sales canvasser and finally as the manager of a flying school before "fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilda Cobham-Hervey
Tilda Cobham-Hervey (born 1994) is an Australian actress from Adelaide, South Australia, with a background in circus and physical theatre. In 2014 Cobham-Hervey made her film debut at the age of 19 in ''52 Tuesdays'', a critically acclaimed independent film directed by Sophie Hyde, and has also appeared on stage. She appeared in the 2018 film ''Hotel Mumbai'', and starred as feminist icon Helen Reddy in the 2019 biopic ''I Am Woman''. Early life Starting from the age of nine, Cobham-Hervey trained and performed in the Adelaide-based youth circus performance troupe Cirkidz for seven years, and was involved in five major productions. When Cobham-Hervey performed in the circus, her specialities were hula hoop, trapeze and acrobatic pitching, but the emphasis was theatrical, and the focus was on storytelling. Tilly also has a younger brother called Huey. She attended Marryatville High School. In 2009, Cobham-Hervey became a founding member of an Adelaide circus group called G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Whyte
Alison Whyte (born 1968 in Tasmania) is an Australian actress best known for her roles on the Australian television series '' Frontline'' and '' Satisfaction''. Acting career A former student of classical ballet, Whyte graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts before rising to prominence on Australian television for her role as the moralising producer Emma Ward on '' Frontline'', the ABC's parody of current affairs programs – a role for which she won the 1997 Silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress. From 2007 to 2010 she played Lauren, the housewife-turned-prostitute on '' Satisfaction''. She won the 2008 Silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress for this role. Her other television roles have included the legal comedy-drama ''Marshall Law'' in 2002 with Lisa McCune and William McInnes, and ''Good Guys Bad Guys''. She has also guest starred in an episode of '' City Homicide''. Whyte's film roles include the two-actor film '' Saturday Night'', with Aaron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the television licence, licence-funded BBC One and BBC Two, and a single commercial broadcasting network ITV (TV network), ITV. The network's headquarters are based in London and Leeds, with creative hubs in Glasgow and Bristol. It is publicly owned and advertising-funded; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. Until 2010, Channel 4 did not broadcast in Wales, but many of its programmes were re-broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Ltd. was the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in January 1995. The company monetises BBC brands, selling BBC and other British programming for broadcast abroad with the aim of supplementing the income received by the BBC through the licence fee. The company merged with BBC Studios on 1 April 2018, to form a new licensing, production, and distribution company under the BBC Studios name. History Origins In addition to broadcasting, the BBC has for much of its life also produced additional materials for sale, the profits of which would be returned to the corporation to aid in the financing of these services. The highest profile of these early products was the listings magazine ''Radio Times'', but the net revenue gained from this in 1928 (£93,686, 10 s, 1 d) only equated to 10% of total BBC income. Prior to 1979, several BBC departments dealt with the exploitation and sale of BBC brands ... [...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] |
Lara Giddings
Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings (born 14 November 1972) is a former Australian politician who was the 44th Premier of Tasmania from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin from 2002 to 2018, and was the party's leader during her period as premier, replaced by Bryan Green after her government's defeat at the 2014 state election. Giddings came from the Labor Left faction. As of , she remains the most recent premier of Tasmania from the Labor Party. Early years Giddings was born on 14 November 1972 in Goroka, Papua New Guinea. As an adolescent, Giddings was educated at Methodist Ladies' College (MLC) in Melbourne as a boarder. At age 18, she joined the Australian Labor Party. Giddings obtained Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Tasmania. Parliamentary career Giddings was first elected to parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier Of Tasmania
The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly is invited by the governor of Tasmania to be premier and principal adviser.Premier and Leader of the Opposition Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Since 8 April 2022, the premier of Tasmania has been , leader of the , which holds 13 of the 25 seats in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
