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Tagged: Australian directors

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Deep Dive: Q&A with High Ground director Stephen Maxwell Johnson
Listen to a Q&A with director Stephen Maxwell Johnson about his revisionist Western High Ground, set in Arnhem Land during the frontier wars.
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Vale Hugh Keays-Byrne
A tribute to actor Hugh Keays-Byrne, who has passed away at age 73.
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Deep Dive: Richard Lowenstein in conversation about Mystify
Richard Lowenstein and film editor Tayler Martin discuss the making of Mystify: Michael Hutchence, the music of INXS, and the life of Michael Hutchence.
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Mad Max Director George Miller
Director George Miller talks about making the first Mad Max film, released in US cinemas 40 years ago this month.
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Vale George Ogilvie
George Ogilvie – widely recognised as one of Australia's most acclaimed theatre, film and television directors – passed away peacefully on 5 April 2020.
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Mystify: in Conversation with Richard Lowenstein
On 7 February 2020, the NFSA hosted a screening and conversation with filmmaker Richard Lowenstein and film editor Taylor Martin about the making of the documentary, Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019...
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Jocelyn Moorhouse on 'The Dressmaker' Setting
Director and screenwriter Jocelyn Moorhouse, in an oral history interview with the NFSA, talks about finding the perfect setting for the film The Dressmaker (2015). Lorna Lesley interviewed Jocelyn...
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Jocelyn Moorhouse on Costuming for 'The Dressmaker'
In this excerpt from an oral history interview with director Jocelyn Moorhouse, she talks about her hands-on involvement in the research for, and creation of the look and style of, the costumes in...
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George Miller: Making Mad Max 2
Director George Miller explains that Mad Max 2 (1981) was a very different production experience. While he had a much bigger budget to work with, the greatest difference was his thinking about the...
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George Miller: Mad Max mythology
Director George Miller reflects on the various cultural interpretations of Mad Max (1979) and how they influenced his preparation of Mad Max 2 (1981). In Japan, Mad Max was considered a Samurai film...
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