
Australians & Hollywood: Oral Histories
Australians & Hollywood: Excerpts from Oral Histories
This collection of oral history excerpts celebrates Australian cinema’s long association with Hollywood.
Listen to actors, directors, cinematographers, casting agents, set designers, make-up artists and more share cherished moments from their successful careers across the Australian and Hollywood film industries.
Discover behind-the-scenes tales from Mad Max (1979), Gallipoli (1981), and Moulin Rouge! (2001), and hear about early close encounters with rising megastars like Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman.
The clips in this collection are drawn from the NFSA's extensive collection of oral history interviews.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent and Ambition, now showing at the NFSA.
Main image: Jim Broadbent, Baz Luhrmann and Nicole Kidman on the set of Moulin Rouge! (2001).