Sophia Turkiewicz is an Australian

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and television director known for her film '' Silver City''. ''Silver City'', which Turkiewicz began during a six-month stay in

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, was released internationally and won 3 AFI awards. Turkiewicz has also spent six years as a lecturer in the directing department of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School before leaving to direct ''Once My Mother''.

Filmography

Film

*''A Handful of Jelly Babies'' (1976) *''Letters from Poland'' (1978) *'' Silver City'' (1984) *''Flame'' (1995) *''Pacific Drive'' (1996) *''Once My Mother'' (2013). Short-listed for the 2015 Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting,

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Television

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Time's Raging ''Time's Raging'' is a 1985 Australian television film directed by Sophia Turkiewicz and starring Judy Morris and Penne Hackforth-Jones. The screenplay concerns a 38-year-old woman who wants a baby.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Scr ...

'' (1985) *''I've Come About the Suicide'' (1987) *''

The New Adventures of Black Beauty ''The New Adventures of Black Beauty'' was a television drama series produced in the early 1990s. The show was produced first in New Zealand, then in Australia. The two different productions had different characters and plotlines, un-related e ...

'' (1992, episodes ''Sweet Reward'' and ''The Detectives'') *'' Bananas in Pyjamas'' (1992, 37 episodes) *''

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'' (1994, episodes ''Little Girl Lost'' and ''Family Business'') *'' Mirror, Mirror'' (1995, season 1, episodes 6 - 10 and 16 - 20) *''The Wayne Manifesto'' (1996, director of 4 episodes) *'' Driven Crazy'' (1998, episodes 1–4) *'' Something in the Air'' (2001, eight episodes) *'' Escape of the Artful Dodger'' (2002, six episodes)

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* Living people Australian film directors Australian women film directors Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-tv-bio-stub