Sophia Turkiewicz is an

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film and

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known for her film '' Silver City''. ''Silver City'', which Turkiewicz began during a six-month stay in

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, was released internationally and won 3 AFI awards. Turkiewicz has also spent six years as a lecturer in the directing department of the

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before leaving to direct ''Once My Mother''.

Filmography

Film

*''A Handful of Jelly Babies'' (1976) *''Letters from Poland'' (1978) *'' Silver City'' (1984) *''Flame'' (1995) *''Pacific Drive'' (1996) *''Once My Mother'' (2013). Short-listed for the 2015 Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting,

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Television

*'' Time's Raging'' (1985) *''I've Come About the Suicide'' (1987) *'' The New Adventures of Black Beauty'' (1992, episodes ''Sweet Reward'' and ''The Detectives'') *''

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'' (1992, 37 episodes) *'' A Country Practice'' (1994, episodes ''Little Girl Lost'' and ''Family Business'') *'' Mirror, Mirror'' (1995, season 1, episodes 6 - 10 and 16 - 20) *''The Wayne Manifesto'' (1996, director of 4 episodes) *''

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'' (1998, episodes 1–4) *''

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'' (2001, eight episodes) *''

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'' (2002, six episodes)

References

External links

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