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"Van Diemen's Land" [2008] |
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ELLERY RYAN ACS |
Born: 1949, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Education: Swinburne School of Film and Television, Swinburne University of Technology [graduated 1975].
Career: After ph 'Queensland' [1976], he secured a job as c.asst with Fred Schepisi's prod company 'Film House'.
Ph and directed [for Renault, a.o.] commercials.
Mentor in workshops organized by the Australian Film Commission, e.g. Dramatically Black Workshop [2003] and Test Drive [2005 & 2006]. Conducted workshops at the Bayside Film Festival [2005] and at the Filmmaking Summer School, Parkville, Victoria [2009].
Member of the ACS since 1994. His son Ellery is a c.asst.
Appeared/interviewed in ep doc series 'ACS Video Series'.
Awards: AFI [Aus] Award nom [1988] for 'Grievous Bodily Harm'; AFI [Aus] Award [1991] for 'Spotswood'; AFI [Aus] Award nom [1991] for 'Death in Brunswick'; CableACE Award nom [1993] for 'Curacao'; AFI [Aus] Award [1995] for 'Angel Baby'; AFI [Aus] Award nom [1995] for 'That Eye, the Sky'; ACS 'Golden Tripod' Award [1999] for 'Dead Letter Office'; ACS [Victoria & Tasmania] 'Gold Award' [2009] for 'Van Diemen's Land'.
FILMS |
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1975 |
Urkish Baths [Maya Frankel] b&w; short/14m; cph: Leigh Tilson |
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1976 |
Queensland [John Ruane] 16mm/c; short/52m; + co-scrpl |
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1977 |
Last Drive-in Movie [?] 16mm/b&w; short/23m |
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1980 |
Blood Money [Christopher Fitchett] 16mm-35bu/c; 62m; + co-scrpl |
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1981 |
The Wet Fly Man's Dream [Gordon Glenn] 16mm/c; doc/28m |
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1981 |
Zero Minus Three [Bruce Kerr] 16mm/c; short/13m |
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1982 |
Desolation Angels/Fair Game [Christopher Fitchett] c; + co-scrpl |
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1982 |
John [Gordon Glenn] 16mm/c; short/?m |
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1984 |
Anna [Gordon Glenn] 16mm/c; short/?m; cph: Yuri Sokol & Jaems Grant |
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1986 |
Just Us [Gordon Glenn] c |
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1986 |
The Bit Part [Brendan Maher] c |
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1986 |
Feathers [John Ruane] 16mm/c; short/49m |
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1988 |
Grievous Bodily Harm/Bodily Harm [Mark Joffe] c; hph: Vincent Monton |
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1989 |
Harbour Beat [David Elfick] c |
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1990 |
Death in Brunswick/Nothing to Lose [John Ruane] c; 2uc: David Parker & Clive Duncan |
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1990 |
Spotswood/The Efficiency Expert [Mark Joffe] c |
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1993 |
Gino [Jackie McKimmie] c |
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1993 |
That Eye, the Sky [John Ruane] c |
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1994 |
Angel Baby [Michael Rymer] c |
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1994 |
Hotel Sorrento/Sorrento Beach [Richard Franklin] turned down working as doph; ph by Geoff Burton |
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1995 |
Cosi [Mark Joffe] c |
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1996 |
Wishful Thinking [Adam Park] b&w-c |
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1996 |
Left Luggage [?] c; short/12m |
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1996 |
The MatchMaker [Mark Joffe] p/c; addph Boston: Brian Tufano; 2uc: Sean Corcoran; aph: Simon Werry; + small part |
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1997 |
Dead Letter Office [John Ruane] c |
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1997 |
Succubus [: The Motion Picture] [Harry Weinmann] c; short/36m |
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1998 |
Taken [Hayley Cloake] 16mm/c; short/7m |
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1998 |
In Too Deep [Michael Rymer] s35/c |
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2000 |
Mamadrama: The Jewish Mother in Cinema [Monique Schwarz] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/73m |
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2001 |
Visitors [Richard Franklin] c |
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2002 |
I Can't Get Started [Charles Williams] c; short/3m |
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2002 |
The Rage in Placid Lake [Tony McNamara] s35/c |
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2002 |
Culture [Jon Lucas] DigiBeta/c; short/10m |
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2002 |
Ain't Got No Jazz [Joel Kohn] c; short/17m |
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2003 |
Mittens [Emma Freeman] c; short/13m |
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2006 |
The Tank [Julius Avery] c; short/19m |
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2006 |
The Children of Huang Shi/Children of the Silk Road/Escape from Huang Shi [Roger Spottiswoode] s35/b&w-c; unit ph Australia; ph: Xiaoding Zhao |
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2007 |
Hell's Gates [Jonathan auf der Heide] c; short/21m; prod Victorian College of the Arts |
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2007 |
The Un-Australian [Jon Lucas] HD/c; short/15m |
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2008 |
Cradlewood [Harry Weinmann] announced as ph, but replaced by ph Stephen Windon |
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2008 |
Van Diemen's Land [Jonathan auf der Heide] RED-to-35mm scope/c; 2uc: Katie Milwright |
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2009 |
I Love You Too [Daina Reid] c |
TELEVISION |
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1984 |
Matthew and Son [Gary Conway] tvm |
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1984 |
Glass Babies [Brendan Maher] 2-part tvm |
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1986 |
The Great Bookie Robbery [Marcus Cole & Mark Joffe] 3-part miniseries/16mm |
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1987 |
Always Afternoon [David Stevens] 4-part miniseries |
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1989 |
Cassidy [Carl Schultz] 2-part tvm |
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1990 |
Inspector Morse [ep #20 'Promised Land' dir by John Madden] 33-part series, 1987-2000; 5th season, 1991; ph Australia; ph UK: Paul Wheeler |
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1990 |
Which Way Home [Carl Schultz] 2-part tvm |
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1991 |
The Other Side of Paradise [Renny Rye] 4-part miniseries |
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1991 |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ['Bookends' seg of 14 ep dir by Carl Schultz] 44-part (8 unaired) series, 1992-96/16mm; 1st & 2nd season; see David Tattersall |
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1992 |
Running Delilah/Robospy/Cyborg Agent [Richard Franklin] tvm |
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1993 |
Curacao/Deadly Currents/CIA: Exiled [Carl Schultz] tvm |
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1997 |
One Way Ticket [Richard Franklin] tvm/16mm |
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2000 |
The Secret Life of Us [2-part pilot dir by Lynn-Maree Danzey] followed by series, 2001-present; series ph: Brendan Lavelle; 2uc: Peter Falk |
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2003 |
The Brush-Off [Sam Neill] tvm |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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1970 |
Dutch Tilders [dir; doc/b&w/20m/16mm] ph: John Ruane; prod Swinburne School of Film and Television |
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1973 |
Australian Wool Board [dir; promotional doc] ph: Robin Copping |
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1975 |
End Play/Endplay [Tim Burstall] ass edit; ph: Robin Copping |
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1979 |
Softly Fell the Rain [scrpl for 'Blood Money' (1980) by E. Ryan, Christopher Fitchett & John Ruane] |
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1977 |
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith [Fred Schepisi] c.asst; ph: Ian Baker |
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1997 |
Beggars Opera Cafe [Victoria Fisher] creative cons; ph (s16): Kattina Bowell |