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Touch The Sun (Australian TV Series)
''Touch the Sun'' is a series of television films commissioned by Patricia Edgar for the Australian Children's Television Foundation. It was to be the ACTF's project for the Australian Bicentenary celebrations in 1988. The Australian Bicentennial Authority named Touch the Sun as the Bicentenary official children's series for 1988. Edgar's plan was to locate stories in every state in Australia showing the diversity of the Australian landscape. It was written, produced, and directed by some of the top film and tv personnel in Australia. Patricia Edgar was Executive Producer of the show and it was backed by the ABC, Australian Film Commission, the New South Wales Film Corporation, the South Australian Film and Television Financing Fund, the South Australian Film Corporation, Film Victoria and the French distribution company Revcom International.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1986). Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1985-1986. A.C.T.F. Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Edgar
Patricia May Edgar AM is an Australian author, television producer, educator and media scholar, best known as the founding director of the Australian Children's Television Foundation. Early life and education Edgar was born in Mildura, Victoria, and moved to California in the 1960s with her husband, author and social researcher Don Edgar) and their two children to study for an MA in Communication at Stanford University. On their return to Australia, Edgar joined the staff of La Trobe University as the inaugural Head of the Centre for the Study of Media and Communication. She has a BA and a BEd from the University of Melbourne, a Master of Arts from Stanford University, and a PhD from La Trobe University. She introduced the first courses on film and television production and cinema studies at an Australian university. At La Trobe she also completed a PhD.Keys, WendyNot in front of the kids, ''The Australian'', 1 November 2006. Career Edgar served on several government co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Rae
Peter Elliot Rae AO (born 24 September 1932, Launceston, Tasmania) is a retired Australian politician who represented the Liberal Party for the state of Tasmania in the Australian Senate. He served as a Senator from 1967 until his resignation in January 1986. He was subsequently elected to the division of Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly at the February 1986 election, serving until his defeat on 13 May 1989. Career Rae served as a Shadow Minister with portfolios that included Industry and Commerce, Finance, and Education and Science. Rae led a four-year investigation of the capital markets of Australia, particularly the Stock Exchanges. The "Rae Report" led to what became the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. He was a leader of several delegations to the European Parliament, the Council of Europe and NATO. Rae worked to amend the Constitution Alteration (Senate Casual Vacancies) Bill 1977 to provide for direct election of replacement senators by Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Neal (songwriter)
Christopher Hugh Neal (born 1946) is an Australian musician, songwriter, record producer and television and film music composer. His scores include Buddies, Bodyline, The Shiralee, Turtle Beach, Farscape, Archer, Shadow of The Cobra and Emerald City. During the 1980s, Neal scored several films from the "Winners" series of telemovies, produced by Patricia Edgar of the Australian Children's Television Foundation. Five Times Dizzy, produced by Tom Jeffrey followed soon after. These projects kickstarted what would be a recurring part of his career; scoring and writing songs for children's television dramas including Johnson and Friends, Lift-Off, Kaboodle, Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers and more. Neal's songs and music were also featured in stage shows based on "Johnson and Friends", and in 1995-1996, Neal wrote the music for "Lift Off Live"; a stage musical based on the "Lift-Off" television series. Feature film and television projects continued through the 1990s and 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Muggleton
Amanda Lillian Muggleton (born 12 October 1951) is an English Australian theatre, television and film actress. She is best known for her supporting television role in soap opera ''Prisoner'' as Chrissie Latham, with appearances between 1979 and 1983. Her stage work in Australia includes the title roles in both ''Shirley Valentine'' and ''Educating Rita'', and as Maria Callas in ''Master Class'', for which she won the 2002 Helpmann Award for Best Actress in a Play. She won a second Helpmann Award in 2005, for her role as Mercedes Cortez in the musical '' Eureka!''. Early life and education Amanda Lillian Muggleton was born on 12 October 1951 in Stepney, London, England,"Muggleton, Amanda, 1951-" '' |
Dennis Miller (Australian Actor)
Dennis Miller, (1937 - 2 October 2022) was an Australian stage, television and film actor, best known for roles in TV movies and series. Miller started in the industry in 1958 and has acted in numerous television shows, he remained especially known for the ABC rural series '' Bellbird'' and recurring role on '' Blue Heelers'' as Ex-Sergeant Pat Doyle (1994–2000). Biography Miller born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1937, is notable for roles in serials such as ''Homicide'', '' Matlock Police'', '' The Flying Doctors'', '' G.P.'', '' Stingers'', '' A Country Practice'' and '' Water Rats'' and '' Elly & Jools''. He appeared in numerous films both theatrically released and made-for-TV, including '' The Everlasting Secret Family'', television movies, and miniseries In the United States, a miniseries or mini-series is a television show or series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Many miniseries can also be referred to, and shown, as a television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynette Curran
Lynette Curran is an Australian actress known for many roles in Australian television series and films, including the soap opera '' Bellbird'', and the films '' Country Town'' (1971) and ''Bliss'' (1985). Career Theatre She started acting in the theatre in 1964. Theatre work includes ''The Country Wife'', '' Rookery Nook'', ''Richard II'', ''Just Between Ourselves'', and ''Ashes'' for the Melbourne Theatre Company. She also played in ''Steaming'' for the Seymour Centre in Sydney.Atterton, Margot. (Ed.) ''The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Australian Showbiz'', Sunshine Books, 1984. p 54 Film and television Curran was a cast member of soap opera '' Bellbird'' when it started in 1967. She left the series permanently in 1974; at the time she left she was the program's last remaining original cast member. Curran acted in the film version of the serial '' Country Town'' (1971). She made several other film appearances in the 1970s, with roles in sex comedy '' Alvin Purple'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Chubb
Paul Dunford (14 January 1949 – 9 June 2002), professionally billed as Paul Chubb, was an Australians, Australian film, television and stage actor and scriptwriter primarily in genres of comedy and drama. Early life He was born in Arncliffe, New South Wales, Arncliffe, a suburb of Sydney, and had two brothers Greg (Timothy Bean) and Fred (Fred Dunford) . Career Chubb began his career as an 'everyman' character actor by studying under Hayes Gordon at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre, and began to appear in television commercials, soap operas including ''Number 96 (TV series), Number 96'', and television dramas including ''Silent Number (TV series), Silent Number''. He acted on stage alongside Judy Davis in Louis Nowra, Louis Nowra's ''Inside the Island''. He wrote, directed and acted in pub plays and pantomimes before segueing to feature film work such as ''Stan and George's New Life'' (1990) alongside Julie Forsyth, which "remains a defining portrayal in a body of work" that includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Minty
Emil Minty (born 1972) is an Australian jeweller and former child actor. Career Minty played The Feral Kid, a feral child in the 1981 film '' Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior''. As an actor, he had no lines in the film. After ''Mad Max 2'', he had minor parts in '' Fluteman'' (1982) and in ''The Winds of Jarrah'' (1983). In 1990 he appeared in a few episodes of ''A Country Practice''. Personal life Minty withdrew from acting when he finished school. He became a jeweller, and has worked at Chris Lewis Jewellers in Sydney's Gladesville since the early 1990s. He is a father of two.Lehmann, Megan (9 May 2015)"From Mad Max’s feral child... to Sydney jeweller" ''The Daily Telegraph''. Filmography *'' Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior'' (1981) - The Feral Kid *'' Fluteman'' (1982) - Toby *''The Winds of Jarrah'' (1983) - Andy Marlow *''The Flying Doctors ''The Flying Doctors'' is an Australian drama TV series produced by Crawford Productions that revolves around the everyday lifesaving ef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Misto
John Misto (born 13 October 1952) is an Australian playwright and screenwriter. He graduated with an Arts/Law degree from the University of New South Wales, and then practised as a lawyer before changing his career to concentrate on working as a recognized theatre and television writer. Select credits *'' A Country Practice'' (1981) *'' Waterloo Station'' (1983) *'' The Young Doctors'' (1983) *''Starting Out'' (1983) *'' Palace of Dreams'' (1985) -2 episodes *''Natural Causes'' (1985) *'' Dancing Daze'' (1986) *'' The Last Frontier'' (1986) *''Dusty'' (1988) (TV series) *''Touch the Sun: Peter and Pompey'' (1988) (TV movie) *'' The Dirtwater Dynasty'' (1988) *'' The Fremantle Conspiracy'' (1988) *'' G.P.'' (1989–91) – 3 episodes *'' Butterfly Island'' (1993) (TV movie) *'' The Damnation of Harvey McHugh'' (1994) – creator, 13 episodes *'' The Day of the Roses'' (1998) *'' Finding Hope'' (2001) (TV movie) *'' Heroes' Mountain'' (2002) (TV movie) *'' MDA'' (2002) – 1 epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Carson (television Director)
Michael Carson (14 June 1947 – 14 May 2005) was an Australian television director who was responsible for some of Australia's most significant series in the last decades of the twentieth century. His work as a director, producer and script editor was recognised with AFI Awards, Logie Awards, Penguin Awards and AWGIE Awards. Life and career Carson was born in Sydney, Australia, and attended North Sydney Boys High School. He commenced work in the television industry as a studio hand and did all his training on the job.Buzo (2005) He started work with the Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC, in the early 1970s.Frawley (2005) His first directing jobs included the rock 'n roll music programme ''GTK'', which combined live performances and interviews with cutting-edge bands and performers. He married television producer and director Sandra Levy in the 1970s, and in 1980 they had a son, Simon. They later divorced but maintained close ties. Carson was Course Director for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a land area of , and is also the List of country subdivisions by area, second-largest subdivision of any country on Earth. Western Australia has a diverse range of climates, including tropical conditions in the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley, deserts in the interior (including the Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert, and Great Victoria Desert) and a Mediterranean climate on the south-west and southern coastal areas. the state has 2.965 million inhabitants—10.9 percent of the national total. Over 90 percent of the state's population live in the South-West Land Division, south-west corner and around 80 percent live in the state capital Perth, leaving the remainder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, is a States and territories of Australia, state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of ; the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 7 million; and the most densely populated state in Australia (30.6 per km2). Victoria's economy is the List of Australian states and territories by gross state product, second-largest among Australian states and is highly diversified, with service sectors predominating. Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate climate, temperate coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
