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Film producer

Occupation - Film producer
Bostock, Lester
Burstall, Tim
Chapman, Jan
Crick, Stanley Sadler
Crowe, Russell
Dalton, Robin
Disher, Norma
Fiske, Pat
Gibson, Mel
Gittoes, George
Gow, Keith
Hall, Ken
Harvey, Frank
Ives, Bert
Jackman, Hugh
Kidman, Nicole
Levy, Jock
Luhrmann, Baz
Lyell, Lottie
Mutch, Gordon
O'Sullivan, Patrick
Riley, Michael
Spencer, Cozens
Tavlaridis, Adam
Ward, Hugh Joseph
Position - Film producer of Not Only The Need 1957
Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit
Position - Film producer of Patineur Grotesque
Barnett, Walter
1896
Position - Film producer of Pensions for Veterans
Gow, Keith
1953
Levy, Jock
1953
Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit
1953
Position - Film producer of The Hungry Miles
Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit

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Film producer

Bostock, Lester

Theatre administrator and media producer whose passion for the arts grew from the 1970s collaboration between social justice activists and filmmakers.

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Burstall, Tim

Film producer and director and writer who was instrumental in rebuilding the Australian film industry from the 1960s.

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Chapman, Jan

Film and television producer.

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Crick, Stanley Sadler

Film producer and distributor Stanley Crick was active in civic and charitable affairs, and served as Lord Mayor of Sydney 1940-1942.

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Crowe, Russell

Actor, musician and film producer who has acheived international success.

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Dalton, Robin

Australian author, literary agent and film producer.

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Disher, Norma

Pioneering film maker who worked with trade unions from the late 1940s to document the the lives and working conditions of workers and their families.

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Fiske, Pat

Director, producer and sound recordist within Australia's independent film making community.

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Gibson, Mel

American actor, director and producer who lived and studied in Sydney before pursuing his career in Hollywood.

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Gittoes, George

Artist who works in a variety of media to portray the effects on the environment of war, industry and disasters around the world.

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Gow, Keith

Wharf labourer who joined the WWF film unit to highlight the poor working conditions on the wharves.

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Hall, Ken

Film producer and director who sought to convey the unique Australian character on film with characters like Dad and Dave and the Rudds.

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Harvey, Frank

Actor, producer and writer who, for more than 20 years, was a renowned leading man in Australian professional theatre.

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Ives, Bert

Cinematographer who helped promote the desirability of migrating to Australia in the 1930s.

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Jackman, Hugh

Actor and producer who has worked in film and on television and the stage.

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Kidman, Nicole

Actress, singer and film producer who has worked prolifically since first appearing in 1983.

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Levy, Jock

Wharf labourer who brought his film and theatre experience to union films of workers rights and conditions.

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Luhrmann, Baz

Film producer, screenwriter and director who has achieved international theatrical and film success .

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Lyell, Lottie

Actress and film producer who made a unique contribution to the Australian film industry as its first female star and producer.

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Mutch, Gordon

Active figure in 1960s underground Sydney and the city's theatre scene, Mutch later became an experimental filmmaker, sculptor and anti-nuclear activist.

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O'Sullivan, Patrick

Cartoonist and film producer best known for his Felix the Cat animated films.

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Riley, Michael

Indigenous photographer and film maker.

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Spencer, Cozens

Film producer and theatre entrepreneur who owned a number of cinemas and a production company in Sydney.

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Tavlaridis, Adam

Greek born pioneer of the Australian film industry.

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Ward, Hugh Joseph

American actor and comedian who settled in Sydney.

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Not Only The Need 1957

Film made by the Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit for the Australian Council of Trade Unions in 1957 which proposed a Commonwealth solution to the housing problems facing families living in inner-city slums.

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Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit

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Film unit formed by the Waterside Workers Federation to document the lives of workers and their families and issues of workers' rights that could be used as political and educational tools.

Patineur Grotesque

Thought to be Australia's earliest surviving film and the first comedy film, it shows a man rollerskating in Prince Alfred Park. It was first screened in France in 1897 and not screened in Australian until 2010.

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Barnett, Walter

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Leading portrait photographer who worked with Marius Sestier to make and show the first motion pictures in Australia.

Pensions for Veterans

Film depicting the hardships of workers and highlights some of the health and safety concerns raised in a 1945 report on the conditions of waterside workers and the need for adequate pensions.

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The Hungry Miles

The Hungry Miles is a documentary made by the Waterside Workers' Federation Film Unit. It documents industrial relations on the waterfront since the 1930s and includes dramatised scenes of working conditions during the Depression.

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