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The Riders
''The Riders'' (1994) is a novel by Australian author Tim Winton published in 1994. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1995. Winton has won several literary awards. Plot summary ''The Riders'' tells the story of an Australian man, Fred Scully, and his 7-year-old daughter Billie. Scully, as he is known, and his wife, Jennifer, have planned to move from Australia to a cottage they have purchased in Ireland. His wife and daughter are due to arrive in Ireland, but at the airport only Billie arrives, traumatised and unable to tell her father what has happened or why her mother put her on the plane alone. The story follows Scully and Billie as they travel around Europe retracing the steps of their previous travel, trying to find Jennifer and work out why she left them. Themes Iain Grandage, who wrote the music for adaptation of ''The Riders'' as an opera, described the novel as follows: "At its heart, The Riders is about the nature of love. It deals with questions of how wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Winton
Timothy John Winton (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian writer. He has written novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories. In 1997, he was named a Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia, and has won the Miles Franklin Award four times. Life and career Timothy John Winton was born on 4 August 1960 in Subiaco, an inner western suburb of Perth, Western Australia. He grew up in the northern Perth suburb of Karrinyup, before he moved with his family to the regional city of Albany at the age of 12.Steger, Jason (2008) "It's a risky business", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 25–27 April 2008, Books: p. 29 Whilst at the Western Australian Institute of Technology, Winton wrote his first novel, '' An Open Swimmer'', which won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1981, launching his writing career. He has stated that he wrote "the best part of three books while at university".Steger, Jason (2008) "Its a risky business" in ''The Sydney Morning He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Hemsworth
Luke Hemsworth (born 5 November 1980) is an Australian actor who is known for his roles as Nathan Tyson in the TV series '' Neighbours'' and as Ashley Stubbs in the HBO sci-fi series ''Westworld''. He is the older brother of actors Chris Hemsworth and Liam Hemsworth. Early life Hemsworth was born in Melbourne, the eldest son of Leonie (' van Os), an English teacher and Craig Hemsworth, a social services counselor. His younger brothers are actors Chris and Liam Hemsworth. His maternal grandfather is a Dutch immigrant and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Scottish and German. Career Hemsworth trained in acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. In 2001, he started his career on the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'' as Nathan Tyson. Mainly a television actor, Hemsworth has appeared in TV series such as ''The Saddle Club'', ''Blue Heelers'', '' Last Man Standing'', '' All Saints'', '' Satisfaction'' and ''Westworld ''Westworld'' is an American science fictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Australian Novels
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Mandela casts his vote in the 1994 South African general election, in which he was elected South Africa's first president, and which effectively brought Apartheid to an end; NAFTA, which was signed in 1992, comes into effect in Canada, the United States, and Mexico; The first passenger rail service to utilize the newly-opened Channel tunnel; The 1994 FIFA World Cup is held in the United States; Skulls from the Rwandan genocide, in which over half a million Tutsi people were massacred by Hutus., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1994 Winter Olympics rect 200 0 400 200 Northridge earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Sinking of the MS Estonia rect 0 200 300 400 Rwandan genocide rect 300 200 600 400 Nelson Mandela rect 0 400 200 600 1994 FIFA Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Writers Prize
Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best First Book prize was awarded from 1989 to 2011. In addition the Commonwealth Short Story Competition was awarded from 1996 to 2011. Beginning in 2012, Commonwealth Foundation discontinued its previous awards and created a new cultural initiative called Commonwealth Writers, which offered two new awards: the Commonwealth Book Prize for the best first book, in which regional winners received £2,500 and the overall winner received £10,000; and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the best short stories, in which regional winners received £1,000 and the overall winner received £5,000. After two years, the Book Prize was discontinued. The Short Story Prize remains the sole award from Commonwealth Writers. Commonwealth Short Story Prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Free Productions
Scott Free Productions is an independent film and television production company founded in 1970 by filmmakers and brothers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. They formed the feature film development company Percy Main Productions in 1980, naming the company after the English village Percy Main, where their father grew up. The company was renamed Scott Free Productions in 1995. Scott Free has produced films ranging from the 2000 Hollywood blockbuster ''Gladiator'' (2000) to "smaller pictures" like '' Cracks'' (2009). Between the productions of '' White Squall'' (1996) and '' G.I. Jane'' (1997), Ridley Scott reorganised the company. Scott Free Productions has offices in London and Los Angeles. It works with Ridley Scott's larger company RSA Films by assisting directors in film and television. History On July 1, 1992, Percy Main Productions signed a production deal with Paramount Pictures to produce its feature films. On December 6, 1993, two separate production companies Tony Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades throughout his career, including the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2018. In 2003, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the British film industry. He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. An alumnus of the Royal College of Art in London, Scott began his career in television as a designer and director before moving into advertising, where he honed his filmmaking skills by making mini-films for television commercials. He made his debut as a film director with ''The Duellists'' (1977) and gained wider recognition with his next film, ''Alien'' (1979). Three years later he would dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kajganich
David Kajganich (born November 15, 1969) is an American screenwriter and producer. He has written several works in the horror genre, including the film ''Blood Creek'' (2009), and the network series ''The Terror'' (2018). He has also collaborated on three films with the Italian director Luca Guadagnino, '' A Bigger Splash'' (2015) and the horror films '' Suspiria'' (2018) and ''Bones and All'' (2022). Early life A native of Ohio, Kajganich graduated from a writer's workshop at the University of Iowa, and began teaching English at the university. Career While still living in Ohio, Kajganich was hired to adapt Heinrich Boll's ''The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum'' for the screen, but the project fell through. He was subsequently hired to write the screenplay for '' The Invasion'' (2007), a reimagining of ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''. His following screenplay, initially titled ''Town Creek'', was filmed in 2009 and released under the title ''Blood Creek'', directed by Joel Schu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umedia
Umedia (formerly stylized uMedia) is an international film group based in Brussels, with offices in London, Paris, Los Angeles, and Vancouver. History Nadia Khamlichi, Adrian Politowski and Jeremy Burdek created the Motion Investment Group in 2004 in Brussels. They set up the offices in the basement rooms of one of their friends' grandmothers. Their plan was to set up a fund using Belgium's tax shelter provisions for visiting productions. In 2010, the group rebranded as uMedia, with business divisions of "uFund (fundraising), uFilm (production and investment), uDream (distribution) and uFX (visual effects)." In 2011, its website reported it had staffed 75 employees, co-produced and financed 120 films, raised and invested 156 million euros. One of the film group's most notable financing at that time was for the 2011 film '' The Artist''. In 2013, Umedia expanded its operations to Los Angeles. In 2014, Burdek resigned. In 2016, Umedia set up an office in Vancouver. In 2019, Khaml ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard E
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixie Davies
Pixie Love Davies (born 9 December 2006) is an English actress. Born and raised in England, she began her career in 2012, starring in the BBC's ''The Secret of Crickley Hall''. After making her film debut in '' Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger'' (2012), she appeared in several other features, including '' Out of the Dark'' (2014) and ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'' (2016). In 2018, she had her breakout role as Annabel Banks in Disney's ''Mary Poppins Returns''. Davies also voiced Adel in Netflix's '' The Magician's Elephant''. Life and career Pixie Love Davies was born and raised in England. Davies played her first role in 2012 as Cally Caleigh, the youngest daughter, in the BBC's television drama ''The Secret of Crickley Hall''. Her performance was well received by critics; for example, ''GamesRadar+'' called her great, favourably stating that while she was humorous, she "never seem dprecocious". In the same year, Davies made her film debut in comedy film '' Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam McIntyre
Liam James McIntyre (born 8 February 1982) is an Australian actor, best known for playing the lead role on the Starz television series '' Spartacus: Vengeance'' and '' War of the Damned'' and as Mark Mardon / Weather Wizard on ''The Flash''. He has also voiced JD Fenix in the ''Gears of War'' series, Captain Boomerang in the DC Animated Movie Universe, Commander Pyre on ''Star Wars Resistance'' and Taron Malicos in '' Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order''. In 2016, he collaborated with Smosh Games to promote his card game ''Monster Lab''. In 2020, he partnered with ''Spartacus'' co-star Todd Lasance to create the gaming series ''Get Good'' for the ''CouchSoup'' YouTube channel following a charity livestream benefiting Black Summer. Career McIntyre began his career appearing mainly in short films, before performing guest roles in Australian television series ''Rush'' and ''Neighbours''. He made his American television debut on the HBO miniseries ''The Pacific (miniseries), The Pacific' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
