Antony I. Ginnane is an Australian film producer best known for his work in the exploitation field. He was head of the
Screen Producers Association of Australia from 2008 to 2011.
A CD of themes from fourteen of his films was produced in 2008 by
Philip Powers
Philip Powers (born 1963) is a record producer - and author - specialising in film scores and classical music. His recordings have been nominated for five ARIA Awards. He has produced 34 CDs for the 1M1 Records label including ''The Lighthorse ...
and released by
1M1 Records
Philip Powers (born 1963) is a record producer - and author - specialising in film scores and classical music. His recordings have been nominated for five ARIA Awards. He has produced 34 CDs for the 1M1 Records label including ''The Lighthorse ...
.
Biography
Early career
Ginnane studied law at
Melbourne University
The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...
where he was involved in the Film Society, and published a film magazine, ''Film Chronicle''. He wrote, produced and directed a low-budget feature, ''
Sympathy in Summer'' (1971).
In 1970 he established a small distribution company, Studio Films, in Melbourne which imported several art house and exploitation films, and began attending
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
regularly. Among the films he distributed in Australia were ''
Wind from the East
''Wind from the East'' (french: Le Vent d'est) is a 1970 film by the Dziga Vertov Group, a radical filmmaking cooperative that, at its core, included Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin. As with most films from this period in Godard's career, ...
'' and ''
The Vampire Happening
''The Vampire Happening'' (german: Gebissen wird nur nachts, ''They only bite at night'') is a 1971 West Germany, West German comedy film, comedy and horror film directed by Freddie Francis.
Plot
An American actress inherits a castle in Transy ...
''.
Producing - Australian International Film Corp
In the mid 1970s Ginnane decided to enter the production field. He attempted to set up a
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...
type "nurses" film which he would produce and direct, and then a crime drama set against the background of the massage parlour business called ''Sexy Little Me'' , but was unable to find the money. However he could raise $50,000 for a sex film. For director he hired
Richard Franklin, with whom Ginnane had worked with on the overseas marketing for ''
The True Story of Eskimo Nell
''The True Story of Eskimo Nell'' (retitled ''Dick Down Under'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1975 Australian western comedy film produced, directed, and written by Richard Franklin, and starring Max Gillies as Deadeye Dick and Serge Lazareff as M ...
'';
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 ...
wrote the script. The result, ''
Fantasm
''Fantasm'' is a 1976 Australian softcore pornographic film, directed by Richard Franklin under a pseudonym. It was followed by a sequel, '' Fantasm Comes Again'', the following year, directed by a pseudonymous Colin Eggleston.
Plot
German ps ...
'' (1976) was shot mostly in the US with a number of American actors with experience in pornographic films.
[Beilby, Peter; Murray, Scott (January/February 1979). "Antony I. Ginnane". ]Cinema Papers
''Cinema Papers'' was an Australian bi-monthly film magazine which ran from 1974 to 2001. It absorbed ''Filmviews'' in 1989.
History and profile
''Cinema Papers'' was first published as a nationally distributed magazine in January 1974. The name ...
: 175.
''Fantasm'' was very profitable, and led to a sequel, ''
Fantasm Comes Again
''Fantasm Comes Again'' is a 1977 Australian softcore pornographic film. It is the sequel to ''Fantasm'' (1976) and was the first feature directed by Colin Eggleston.
Plot
Journalist Libbie is taking over the "Dear Collette" sex advice column at ...
'' (1977), directed by
Colin Eggleston
__NOTOC__
Colin Richard Francis Eggleston (; 23 September 1941, Melbourne – 10 August 2002, Geneva) was an Australian writer and director of TV and films. He began his career making police dramas for Crawford Productions.
Select credits
*''A ...
; it did less well at the box office. Ginnane also moved into family films with ''
Blue Fire Lady
''Blue Fire Lady'' is a 1977 Australian film directed by Ross Dimsey and starring Cathryn Harrison and Mark Holden. It was a rare children's film from producer Antony I. Ginnane who was better known for his horror and sex films.David Stratton, ...
'' (1977), directed by
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 ...
and starring
Cathryn Harrison.
Ginnane went into thrillers with ''
Patrick Patrick may refer to:
* Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
* Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
* Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...
'' (1978), directed by Franklin from a script by
Everett De Roche
Everett De Roche (July 12, 1946 - April 2, 2014) was an American-Australian screenwriter who worked extensively in the Australian film and TV industry. He was best known for his work in the thriller and horror genre, with such credits as ''Long ...
, starring an imported
Susan Penhaligon
Susan Penhaligon (born 3 July 1949) is a British actress and writer known for her role in the drama series ''Bouquet of Barbed Wire'' (1976), and for playing Helen Barker in the sitcom '' A Fine Romance'' (1981–1984).
She appeared in the so ...
. It was not that popular at the Australian box office but sold extremely well internationally.
Ginnane stayed in the thriller genre with ''
Snapshot
Snapshot, snapshots or snap shot may refer to:
* Snapshot (photography), a photograph taken without preparation
Computing
* Snapshot (computer storage), the state of a system at a particular point in time
* Snapshot (file format) or SNP, a file ...
'' (1979), written by de Roche, the first feature directed by
Simon Wincer
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
and first leading role for
Sigrid Thornton
Sigrid Madeline Thornton (born 12 February 1959) is an Australian film and television actress. Her television work includes '' Prisoner'' (1979–80), '' All the Rivers Run'' (1983), '' SeaChange'' (1998–2019) and '' Wentworth'' (2016–2018 ...
. He went into vampire films with ''
Thirst
Thirst is the craving for potable fluids, resulting in the basic instinct of animals to drink. It is an essential mechanism involved in fluid balance. It arises from a lack of fluids or an increase in the concentration of certain osmolites, suc ...
'' (1979), the directorial debut of
Rod Hardy
Rod Hardy (born in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian television and film director.
Career
His interest in film began before the age of 12, when he shot several short films on his brother's 8 mm film camera. Rod has over 350 hours of cre ...
, and featuring an imported
Henry Silva
Henry Silva (September 23, 1926 – September 14, 2022) was an American actor. A prolific character actor, Silva was a regular staple of international genre cinema, usually playing criminals or gangsters. His notable film appearances include ...
and
David Hemmings in the cast.
Ginnane was reunited with de Roche and Winder on ''
Harlequin
Harlequin (; it, Arlecchino ; lmo, Arlechin, Bergamasque pronunciation ) is the best-known of the '' zanni'' or comic servant characters from the Italian '' commedia dell'arte'', associated with the city of Bergamo. The role is traditional ...
'' (1980) a modern-day retelling of the
Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; rus, links=no, Григорий Ефимович Распутин ; – ) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, thus ga ...
story featuring
Robert Powell
Robert Powell (; born 1 June 1944) is an English actor who is known for the title roles in '' Mahler'' (1974) and ''Jesus of Nazareth'' (1977), and for his portrayal of secret agent Richard Hannay in '' The Thirty Nine Steps'' (1978) and its s ...
, Hemmings, and
Broderick Crawford. The film was seemingly designed so as to appear it was not shot in Australian, which, along with the three imported actors, led to Ginnane receiving much criticism, especially as the film was partly financed with money from the Australian tax payer. The movie was very successful internationally.
[David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p255]
Ginnane imported three foreign actors, Powell,
Jenny Agutter
Jennifer Ann Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is a British actress. She began her career as a child actress in 1964, appearing in '' East of Sudan'', ''Star!'', and two adaptations of '' The Railway Children''—the BBC's 1968 television seria ...
and
Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of '' The Philadelphia Story'' and '' Sab ...
, for ''
The Survivor'' (1981), directed by Hemmings, which was a commercial disappointment.
New Zealand
Ginnane wanted to make his next film, ''
The Race for the Yankee Zephyr'' (1981), written by De Roche, with foreign leads. Australia's
Actors Equity
The Actors' Equity Association (AEA), commonly referred to as Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American labor union representing those who work in live theatrical performance. Performers appearing in live stage productions without a boo ...
objected, so Ginnane decided to make it in New Zealand. It was directed by Hemmings and starred
George Peppard
George Peppard (; October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American actor. He is best remembered for his role as struggling writer Paul Varjak in the 1961 film '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'', and for playing commando leader Col. John "Hannibal ...
,
Ken Wahl
Ken Wahl (born October 31, 1957) is a retired American film and television actor, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, best known for the CBS television crime drama '' Wiseguy''.
Early life and career
Wahl, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, Note: ...
,
Donald Pleasence
Donald Henry Pleasence (; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. He began his career on stage in the West End before transitioning into a screen career, where he played numerous supporting and character roles including RAF ...
and
Lesley Ann Downe. The
Hemdale Film Corporation
Hemdale Film Corporation, known as Hemdale Communications after 1992, was an independent American-British film production company and distributor. The company was founded in London in 1967 as the Hemdale Company by actor David Hemmings and John D ...
helped finance.
Ginnane stayed in New Zealand to make ''
Strange Behavior'' (1982), directed by
Michael Laughlin
Michael Stoddard Laughlin (November 28, 1938 – October 20, 2021) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
Life
Laughlin was raised in Minonk, Illinois, where his father Donald M. Laughlin had extensive farms. He played basket ...
and co-written by
Bill Condon, with American leads
Michael Murphy Michael, Mick, or Mike Murphy may refer to:
Artists and entertainers
* Michael Murphy (actor) (born 1938), American actor
* Mike Murphy (musician) (1946–2006), American drummer for the Bee Gees and Chicago
* Michael Bryan Murphy, lead singer ...
and
Louise Fletcher
Estelle Louise Fletcher (July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022) was an American actress who portrayed the antagonist Nurse Ratched in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award, a ...
; Hemdale co financed this one too. He also made ''
Prisoners'' (1981) with
Tatum O'Neal
Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963) is an American actress. She is the youngest person ever to win an Academy Award, winning at age 10 for her performance as Addie Loggins in '' Paper Moon'' (1973) opposite her father, Ryan O'Neal. S ...
.
Ginnane returned to Australia to produce ''
Turkey Shoot
A turkey shoot is an opportunity for an individual or a party to take advantage of a situation with a significant degree of ease.
The term likely originates from a method of hunting wild turkeys in which the hunter, coming upon a flock, intention ...
'' (1982) directed by
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Brian Medwin Trenchard-Smith (born 1946) is an English-Australian filmmaker and author, known for his idiosyncratic and satirical low-budget genre films. His filmography covers action, science fiction, martial arts, dystopian fiction, comedy, ...
with
Steve Railsback and
Olivia Hussey
Olivia Hussey (born Olivia Osuna; 17 April 1951) is an English film, stage, and television actress. Her awards include a Golden Globe Award and a David di Donatello Award. The daughter of Argentine opera singer Andrés Osuna, Hussey was born i ...
. He went back to New Zealand to make ''
Second Time Lucky'' (1984); ''
Mesmerized'' (1985) from director Laughlin with
Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the hono ...
and
John Lithgow. In Australia he produced the mini series ''
Great Expectations: The Untold Story'' (1987).
Executive producer
In the late 1980s Ginnane worked mostly as an executive produce, being more involved in raising finance than organising physical production.
In 1987 his company, International Film Management Limited, combined with Hemdale to produce a number of movies to form a joint venture Hemdale Ginnane Australia.
[Philippa Hawker, "Ginnane Sets the Tone", ''Cinema Papers'', May 1987 p34-37] Hemdale later encountered a series of financial difficulties
[HEMDALE HOLDS OUT ON PRE-SALE PAYMENTS TO IFM By MARK LAWSON ''Australian Financial Review'' 29 March 1988 p 34] as did Goldfarb, another company Ginnane was associated with.
[GOLDFARB RENEGES ON PRE-SALE DEBT By MARK LAWSON ''Australian Financial Review'' 28 April 1988 p 36]
Ginnane's credits include ''
Dark Age
The ''Dark Ages'' is a term for the Early Middle Ages, or occasionally the entire Middle Ages, in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire that characterises it as marked by economic, intellectual and cultural decline.
The conce ...
'' (1987), a killer crocodile film that was a co-production with
RKO
RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orpheu ...
which was never released theatrically; ''
High Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.
Tide tables c ...
'' (1987) directed by
Gillian Armstrong starring
Judy Davis
Judith Davis (born 23 April 1955) is an Australian actress in film, television, and on stage. With a career spanning over 40 years, she has been commended for her versatility and regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. Frequen ...
and
Claudia Karvan
Claudia Karvan (born 19 May 1972) is an Australian actress, producer and scriptwriter. As a child actor, she first appeared in the film, '' Molly'' (1983) and followed with an adolescent role in ''High Tide'' (1987). She portrayed a teacher in ...
; ''
Slate, Wyn & Me'' (1987) starring Thornton and directed by
Don McLennan
Don McLennan (born 1950) is an Australian film director, scriptwriter and producer.
He was born in Leeton, NSW, Australia. He grew up on an island and was educated at Marist College, a boarding school in Tasmania. After he graduated he went to ...
; ''
The Tale of Ruby Rose'' (1987), shot in Tasmania; ''
The Lighthorsemen'' (1987), a $10 million World War One epic about the
Battle of Beersheba directed by Wincer; ''
The Time Guardian
''The Time Guardian'' is a 1987 Australian science fiction film directed by Brian Hannant, co-written by John Baxter and Hannant, and starring Tom Burlinson, Nikki Coghill, Dean Stockwell, and Carrie Fisher.
''The Time Guardian'' was released in ...
'' (1987), a science fiction epic starring
Tom Burlinson
Tom Burlinson (born 14 February 1956) is a Canadian actor and singer.
Career
Tom Burlinson was born in Toronto, Canada, the son of Antony T. Burlinson (born 1923, in Greenwich, Middlesex) and Angela Schofield (born 1926, in Bury St Edmunds, ...
that was a financial disaster; ''
Initiation'' (1987), a horror film; ''
Incident at Raven's Gate
''Incident at Raven's Gate'' (also released as ''Encounter at Raven's Gate'') is a 1988 science fiction arthouse feature film directed by prominent Australian director Rolf de Heer.
The cast of ''Incident at Raven's Gate'' includes long-term Au ...
'' (1988), directed by
Rolf de Heer; ''
The Everlasting Secret Family
''The Everlasting Secret Family'' is a 1988 Australian film directed by Michael Thornhill about a secret society of gay men. It was based on Frank Moorhouse's so-named collection of four short stories published in 1980.
The movie was financed b ...
'' (1988) directed by
Michael Thornhill
Michael Thornhill (29 March 1941 – 22 January 2022) was a film producer, screenwriter, and director.
Career
Thornhill had a background in freelance journalism and publishing including working as a film critic.
He was a member of the WEA Fil ...
; ''
The Dreaming
The Dreaming, also referred to as Dreamtime, is a term devised by early anthropologists to refer to a religio-cultural worldview attributed to Australian Aboriginal beliefs. It was originally used by Francis Gillen, quickly adopted by his co ...
'' (1988), directed by
Mario Andreacchio
Mario Andreacchio (born 1 January 1955) is an Australian film producer/director.
Born in Leigh Creek, South Australia to Italians, Italian parents, Andreacchio graduated from Flinders University with a degree in Psychology (after originally go ...
; ''
Grievous Bodily Harm'' (1988), directed by
Mark Joffe
Mark Joffe (born 1956) is an Australian film and television director. He has directed feature films, telemovies, and drama series.
Joffe "learned his trade at Crawford Productions", working on ''Carson's Law'', '' Special Squad'' and '' Neighbo ...
; ''
Boundaries of the Heart'' (1988); ''
Mull
Mull may refer to:
Places
*Isle of Mull, a Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides
** Sound of Mull, between the Isle of Mull and the rest of Scotland
* Mount Mull, Antarctica
*Mull Hill, Isle of Man
* Mull, Arkansas, a place along Arkansas Highway ...
'' (1989) directed by McLennan, which won awards; ''
Minnamurra
Minnamurra is a suburb in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Municipality of Kiama. It has a station (opened 1891) on City Rail South Coast line. The Minnamurra River flows into the ocean at Minnamurra. There is a sa ...
'' (1989) ; and ''
Fatal Sky
''Fatal Sky'' (a.k.a. ''Project Alien'') is a 1990 science fiction thriller film. The script was alternately known as ''No Cause for Alarm'', ''Deadfall'' and ''Vanished'' in its initial preproduction stages. It was an American/ British/ Australi ...
'' (1990). He made another mini series ''
Emma: Queen of the South Seas'' (1988).
Philippines
In the late 1980s Ginnane started making movies in the Philippines, including ''
Killer Instinct
''Killer Instinct'' is a series of fighting video games originally created by Rare and published by Midway, Nintendo, and Microsoft Studios. The original ''Killer Instinct'' was released for arcades in 1994; the game was then released for ...
'' (1987); ''
Whiteforce'' (1988); ''
Savage Justice
''Savage Justice'' is a 1988 action film directed by Joey Romero and starring Julia Montgomery and Ruel Vernal Ruel is a surname of French origin. It may refer to:
People
* Antoine Ruel, Magic: The Gathering player
* Claude Ruel, hockey coa ...
'' (1988); ''
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
''The Siege of Firebase Gloria'' is a 1989 war film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, starring Wings Hauser and R. Lee Ermey. It was filmed in the Philippines.
Plot
At the start of the Tet Offensive, a Marine Long Range Reconnaissance unit le ...
'' (1989), directed by Trenchard-Smith; ''
A Case of Honor'' (1990), directed by
Eddie Romero
Edgar Sinco Romero, (July 7, 1924 – May 28, 2013), commonly known as Eddie Romero, was a Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter.
Early life
Romero was born on July 7, 1924. His father was José E. Romero, the first Philippi ...
; ''
Driving Force'' (1990) and ''
Demonstone'' (1990), both directed by
Andrew Prowse
Andrew Prowse was an Australian editor, writer and director of film and television. He was nominated for Best Editing at the 1986 AFI Awards for ''Playing Beatie Bow''. Prowse was also co-producer of the 2014 telemovie '' INXS: Never Tear Us Ap ...
.
Canada and New Zealand
Ginnane's output was limited in the early 1990s. He relocated to Canada where his films included ''
No Contest
' is a legal term that comes from the Latin phrase for "I do not wish to contend". It is also referred to as a plea of no contest or no defense.
In criminal trials in certain United States jurisdictions, it is a plea where the defendant neith ...
'' (1995) starring
Andrew Dice Clay
Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein; September 29, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He rose to prominence in the late 1980s with a brash, deliberately offensive persona known as "The Diceman". In 1990, he became the fi ...
; ''
Screamers'' (1995), one of his most highly regarded films; ''
Men with Guns
''Men with Guns'' ( es, Hombres armados) is a 1997 American political drama film written and directed by John Sayles, inspired by the 1992 novel ''The Long Night of White Chickens'' by Francisco Goldman. It stars Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado, ...
(1997); ''
Captive
Captive or Captives may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Captive'' (1980 film), a sci-fi film, starring Cameron Mitchell and David Ladd
* ''Captive'' (1986 film), a British-French film starring Oliver Reed
* ''Captive'' (1991 ...
'' (1998); ''
The Truth About Juliet
''The Truth About Juliet'' is a 1997 comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black ...
'' (1998); ''
Reluctant Angel'' (1998); ''Black Light'' (1998); ''
Reaper
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'' (2000), ''
Sweet Revenge'' (2001), ''
The Risen
''The Risen'' is a tabletop role-playing game supplement published by White Wolf Publishing in June 1996 for use with the horror game '' Wraith: The Oblivion''. It adds the risen as playable characters: wraiths that inhabit dead bodies to become ...
'' (2005),
In New Zealand he made ''
Bonjour Timothy'' (1995), ''
The Whole of the Moon
"The Whole of the Moon" is a song by Scottish band the Waterboys, released as a single from their album '' This Is the Sea'' in October 1985. It is a classic of the band's repertoire and has been consistently played at live shows ever since its r ...
'' (1997) and ''
Lawless: Beyond Justice'' (2001), ''
Lawless: Dead Evidence'' (2001),
Back in Australia he made a children's film ''
Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
''Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien'' is a 1999 family drama film starring Helen Neville, Natalie Vansier, and Thea Gumbert. It was released on July 1, 1999, in Australia.
Plot
Pip Lawson, a space-obsessed 12-year-old, makes a bet with a local bul ...
'' (1998) directed by Andreacchio, with Canadian money.
He helped finance a documentary about
Broken Hill, ''
The Big Red'' (2005).
''
Blind Heat'' (2000) was a US-Mexican co production and ''
The Hit'' (2001) was made in the US.
Ginnane helped finance a series of ultra low budget features including ''
Look @ Me'' (2005); ''
Ten Dead Men
''Ten Dead Men'' is a 2008 thriller film directed by Ross Boyask, produced by Phil Hobden, and starring Brendan Carr, Terry Stone, Doug Bradley, Pooja Shah, Ben Shockley, Lee Latchford-Evans, JC Mac, and Tom Gerald. It is the follow-up to the c ...
'' (2006), shot in the UK.
Later Credits
Ginnane's later credits include ''
Screamers: The Hunting'' (2009); ''Arctic Blast'' (2010), shot in Australia, and directed by Trenchard-Smith; ''
Surviving Georgia'' (2011); ''
Metal Tornado'' (2011); and ''
Last Dance'' (2012), in Australia.
He produced two remakes of his earlier films, ''
Patrick Patrick may refer to:
* Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
* Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
* Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...
'' (2013) and ''
Turkey Shoot
A turkey shoot is an opportunity for an individual or a party to take advantage of a situation with a significant degree of ease.
The term likely originates from a method of hunting wild turkeys in which the hunter, coming upon a flock, intention ...
'' (2014). He helped produce the TV series ''
Pulse
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'' (2017) and the film ''
Bad Blood'' (2017).
Selected filmography
*''
Sympathy in Summer'' (1971) - director, writer
*''
Fantasm
''Fantasm'' is a 1976 Australian softcore pornographic film, directed by Richard Franklin under a pseudonym. It was followed by a sequel, '' Fantasm Comes Again'', the following year, directed by a pseudonymous Colin Eggleston.
Plot
German ps ...
'' (1976) - producer, writer
*''
Fantasm Comes Again
''Fantasm Comes Again'' is a 1977 Australian softcore pornographic film. It is the sequel to ''Fantasm'' (1976) and was the first feature directed by Colin Eggleston.
Plot
Journalist Libbie is taking over the "Dear Collette" sex advice column at ...
'' (1977) - producer, actor
*''
Blue Fire Lady
''Blue Fire Lady'' is a 1977 Australian film directed by Ross Dimsey and starring Cathryn Harrison and Mark Holden. It was a rare children's film from producer Antony I. Ginnane who was better known for his horror and sex films.David Stratton, ...
'' (1977) - producer
*''
Patrick Patrick may refer to:
* Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
* Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
* Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...
'' (1978) - producer
*''
Snapshot
Snapshot, snapshots or snap shot may refer to:
* Snapshot (photography), a photograph taken without preparation
Computing
* Snapshot (computer storage), the state of a system at a particular point in time
* Snapshot (file format) or SNP, a file ...
'' (1979) - producer
*''
Thirst
Thirst is the craving for potable fluids, resulting in the basic instinct of animals to drink. It is an essential mechanism involved in fluid balance. It arises from a lack of fluids or an increase in the concentration of certain osmolites, suc ...
'' (1979) - producer
*''
Harlequin
Harlequin (; it, Arlecchino ; lmo, Arlechin, Bergamasque pronunciation ) is the best-known of the '' zanni'' or comic servant characters from the Italian '' commedia dell'arte'', associated with the city of Bergamo. The role is traditional ...
'' (1980) - producer
*''
The Survivor'' (1981) - producer
*''
Strange Behavior'' (1981) - producer
*''
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
''Race for the Yankee Zephyr'' (also known as ''Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr'') is a 1981 action adventure film directed by David Hemmings and starring Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, George Peppard and Donald Pleasence.
Plot
Gibbie Gibson (Donal ...
'' (1981) - producer
*''
Turkey Shoot
A turkey shoot is an opportunity for an individual or a party to take advantage of a situation with a significant degree of ease.
The term likely originates from a method of hunting wild turkeys in which the hunter, coming upon a flock, intention ...
'' (1982) - producer
*''
Prisoners'' (1982, unreleased) - producer
*''
Second Time Lucky'' (1984) - producer
*''
Great Expectations: The Untold Story'' (1986) (mini series) - producer
*''
Dark Age
The ''Dark Ages'' is a term for the Early Middle Ages, or occasionally the entire Middle Ages, in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire that characterises it as marked by economic, intellectual and cultural decline.
The conce ...
'' (1987) - executive producer
*''
The Lighthorsemen'' (1987) - executive producer
*''
The Time Guardian
''The Time Guardian'' is a 1987 Australian science fiction film directed by Brian Hannant, co-written by John Baxter and Hannant, and starring Tom Burlinson, Nikki Coghill, Dean Stockwell, and Carrie Fisher.
''The Time Guardian'' was released in ...
'' (1987) - executive producer
*''
Incident at Raven's Gate
''Incident at Raven's Gate'' (also released as ''Encounter at Raven's Gate'') is a 1988 science fiction arthouse feature film directed by prominent Australian director Rolf de Heer.
The cast of ''Incident at Raven's Gate'' includes long-term Au ...
'' (1988) - executive producer
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Grievous Bodily Harm'' (1988) - executive producer
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Mull
Mull may refer to:
Places
*Isle of Mull, a Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides
** Sound of Mull, between the Isle of Mull and the rest of Scotland
* Mount Mull, Antarctica
*Mull Hill, Isle of Man
* Mull, Arkansas, a place along Arkansas Highway ...
'' (1989) - executive producer
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Minnamurra
Minnamurra is a suburb in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Municipality of Kiama. It has a station (opened 1891) on City Rail South Coast line. The Minnamurra River flows into the ocean at Minnamurra. There is a sa ...
'' (1989) - producer
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The Siege of Firebase Gloria
''The Siege of Firebase Gloria'' is a 1989 war film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, starring Wings Hauser and R. Lee Ermey. It was filmed in the Philippines.
Plot
At the start of the Tet Offensive, a Marine Long Range Reconnaissance unit le ...
'' (1989) - executive producer
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Fatal Sky
''Fatal Sky'' (a.k.a. ''Project Alien'') is a 1990 science fiction thriller film. The script was alternately known as ''No Cause for Alarm'', ''Deadfall'' and ''Vanished'' in its initial preproduction stages. It was an American/ British/ Australi ...
'' (1990) - producer
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Screamers'' (1995) - supervising producer
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Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
''Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien'' is a 1999 family drama film starring Helen Neville, Natalie Vansier, and Thea Gumbert. It was released on July 1, 1999, in Australia.
Plot
Pip Lawson, a space-obsessed 12-year-old, makes a bet with a local bul ...
'' (1999) - executive producer
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Ten Dead Men
''Ten Dead Men'' is a 2008 thriller film directed by Ross Boyask, produced by Phil Hobden, and starring Brendan Carr, Terry Stone, Doug Bradley, Pooja Shah, Ben Shockley, Lee Latchford-Evans, JC Mac, and Tom Gerald. It is the follow-up to the c ...
'' (2008) - executive producer
*''Arctic Blast'' (2010) - producer
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Metal Tornado'' (2011) (TV movie) - producer
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Last Dance'' (2012) - producer
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Patrick Patrick may refer to:
* Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
* Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
* Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...
'' (2013) - producer
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Turkey Shoot
A turkey shoot is an opportunity for an individual or a party to take advantage of a situation with a significant degree of ease.
The term likely originates from a method of hunting wild turkeys in which the hunter, coming upon a flock, intention ...
'' (2014) - producer, actor
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Bad Blood'' (2017) - producer
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Never Too Late'' (2020) - producer
*''Stonerunner'' (TBA) - producer
References
External links
Antony I Ginnaneat
Australian Screen Online
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national c ...
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Australian film producers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Melbourne Law School alumni