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16 artists interviewed for Heath Ledger oral history project
Recording the careers of aspiring artists
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Sixteen interviews have been recorded and videotaped with graduating students from eight partner institutions for the Heath Ledger Young Artists Oral History Project. Inspired by Heath Ledger, whose untimely death left us with little of his oral history, the project records the thoughts and aspirations of audiovisual artists at the start of their careers.
Associated interviews were also filmed with actors Samara Weaving, Eamon Farren, opera singer Karen Fitz-Gibbon and Heath Ledger Scholarship Winners Ryan Corr (2011 winner) and Anna McGahan (2012).
A selection of clips from these interviews can be viewed on the NFSA Youtube channel and in the playlist below. Completed interviews demonstrate the graduating students’ articulate and thoughtful perspective on their chosen professions.
Selections from the first round of interviews recorded for Heath Ledger Young Artists Oral History Project 2011/2012.
Students interviewed
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Watch interview excerpts on YouTube:
Joseph Chapman, ABS
Victoria Goodyear, VCA
Caroline Karlsson, NAS
Stephen McCallum, AFTRS
Rose Maher, UOW
Simon Thelning, CASS
Tony Walsh, QUT
Josie Wardrope, NICA
Other students interviewed:
Rocky Amaranto, AFTRS
Jack Brandtman, CASS
Jackson Davis, UOW
Rebecca Kingma, VCA
Alison McGirr, QUT
James Nguyen, NAS
Hannah O’Neill, ABS
Simon Reynolds, NICA
To view any of these interviews, subject to permission, please contact your nearest NFSA Access centre.
Working with Heath
Actor Bryan Brown talks about working with Heath Ledger on Two Hands (1999).
Partners
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ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
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National Institute of Circus Arts
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University of Wollongong – Faculty of Creative Arts
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Queensland University of Technology Creative Industries
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West Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University
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Australian Film Television and Radio School
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Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
More to explore
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Oral History - TV Journalists
Many high-profile television journalists have contributed to the NFSA's Oral History program.
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Oral History - Musicians
From punk rockers to pop darlings, these Oral History interviews highlight the depth and diversity of Australian music.
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Before they were famous
Everybody had to start somewhere.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.