Jill Robb began her career as a stand-in for English actress Jill Adams in director Lee Robinson's film Dust in the Sun, a drama about a policeman who is attacked while escorting an Aboriginal prisoner to trial.
In their third collaboration following 'Don's Party' and 'The Club', David Williamson and Bruce Beresford are developing 'Nearer the Gods', a biopic about Sir Isaac Newton, the eccentric English scientist and mathematician.
Set in Sydney in the summer of 1959, 'Ladies in Black' is the story of suburban schoolgirl Lisa, who takes a summer job at a large department store where she works alongside a group of saleswomen who open her eyes to a world beyond her sheltered existence
It’s taken more than 20 years to bring to the screen but Bruce Beresford’s 'Ladies in Black', his first Australian movie since 'Mao’s Last Dancer', is shaping as one of the most commercial films of his storied career.
'Ladies in Black', Bruce Beresford’s first Australian film since 'Mao’s Last Dancer', is set to begin production in Sydney and the Blue Mountains later this month.
Legendary producers Andrena Finlay (Razzle Dazzle, Goddess) and Sue Milliken (Ladies in Black, Sirens), have collaborated on a handbook about producing for the screen, encompassing all the stages of feature film production.
After 50 years in the film industry, producer Sue Milliken is convinced the current funding structure of government investment and the producer tax offset isn't working.
The producer recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian International Movie Convention. Her book of correspondence with the director Bruce Beresford, 'There’s A Fax From Bruce', was published in June through Currency Press. She s