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Bodysurfer (TV Series)
''Bodysurfer'' is a 1989 Australian mini series about a Sydney architect having a midlife crisis. Cast * Peter Kowitz as David Lang * Melissa Marshall as Helen Lang * Joy Smithers as Lydia * Linda Cropper as Anthea * Patrick Ward as Parnell * Penne Hackforth-Jones as Angela Lang * Abigail as Mrs. James * Tim Robertson as Rex Lang * Anthony Brandon Wong as Dr Wu * Jerome Ehlers as Mooney Mooney Youth * Richard Moir as Brian Music * Martin Armiger - composer * Derek Williams - orchestrator, conductor References External links ''Bodysurfer''at Screen Australia Screen Australia is the Australian Federal Government's key funding body for the Australian screen production industry, created under the ''Screen Australia Act 2008''. From 1 July 2008 Screen Australia took over the functions of its predecess ... IMDb 1990s Australian television miniseries Australian English-language television shows {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Drewe
Robert Duncan Drewe (born 9 January 1943) is an Australian novelist, non-fiction and short story writer. Biography Robert Drewe was born on 9 January 1943 in Melbourne, Victoria. At the age of six, he moved with his family to Perth. He grew up on the West Australian coast and was educated at Hale School. He joined ''The West Australian'' as a cadet reporter. Three years later he was recruited by ''The Age'', where he became Sydney chief at the age of 21, later Literary Editor of ''The Australian''.Murray WaldrenRob Drewe: The Diviner(1996) Interview first published in ''The Australian Magazine''. Accessed: 11 October 2007 He was a columnist, features editor and special writer on ''The Australian'' and '' The Bulletin''. Drewe won two Walkley Awards for journalism while working for ''The Bulletin''. He was awarded a Leader Grant travel scholarship by the United States Government. During the 1970s he turned from journalism to writing fiction, beginning with ''The Savage Crows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Marshall
''The Girl from Tomorrow'' is an Australian sci-fi children's television series produced by Film Australia. The series is based around Alana ( Katharine Cullen), a girl from the year 3000. At the start of the series, she is kidnapped by Silverthorn, a criminal from the year 2500, and brought back in time to the year 1990. While in the year 1990, she befriends Jenny (Melissa Marshall), who helps Alana adapt to life in a time unfamiliar to her, and later helps her to return to her own time. The series' second installment, '' The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End'' aired in 1992. Premise In the year 3000, the human race is in a state of Utopia. The major challenge facing them is continuing to rebuild the Earth after "The Great Disaster", a catastrophic event that took place in 2500 and nearly destroyed the entire Earth. In order to investigate its causes, the scientist Tulista is sent to the past using the Time Capsule, a device created by a fellow scientist named Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Australia
Screen Australia is the Australian Federal Government's key funding body for the Australian screen production industry, created under the ''Screen Australia Act 2008''. From 1 July 2008 Screen Australia took over the functions of its predecessor agencies the Australian Film Commission (AFC), the Film Finance Corporation Australia and Film Australia Limited. Screen Australia supports the development, production, promotion and distribution of Australian narrative and documentary screen content. History The Commonwealth ''Screen Australia Act 2008'' provides detailed information about the specific functions and powers of Screen Australia. Under this act, from 1 July 2008 the Australian Film Commission, the Film Finance Corporation Australia and Film Australia Limited were merged into one body, to be known as Screen Australia. New Zealand television and film executive Ruth Harley was appointed the inaugural chief executive officer, handing over to Graeme Mason at the end of he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Williams (musician)
Derek Leslie Williams (born 20 September 1952) is a New Zealand-born Scottish composer, record producer, conductor, and orchestrator known for his scores for ''The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'', '' Bodysurfer'', '' Children of the Dragon'', '' Come in Spinner'', ''The Crossing'', ''Crush'', '' Frauds'', '' The Other Side of Paradise'', '' Ring of Scorpio'', ''Seven Deadly Sins'', '' Thank God He Met Lizzie'', '' Visionaries'', and for Frank Bennett, Glenfiddich, Sir Robert Helpmann, Grace Knight, Debbie Newsome, Caroline O'Connor, and Torvill and Dean.Skiffington, Toni. (1 February 1997). 'Derek came out to find success and become a role model'. Page 14 (full page). '' Rotorua Daily Post'' He is currently serving his 8th term as Chair of the Wagner Society of Scotland, a member of the International Association of Wagner Societies (RWVI)Members > Scotland RWVI. and at the 2024 Assembly of Delegates at Deutsche Oper Berlin, was elected to serve a 5-year te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Moir
Richard Moir (born 1950) is an Australian former actor and editor. Career Moir initially began his career as a film editor for low-budget 1970s Australian films and TV series, many of which were the work of director Esben Storm. Moir struck up a friendship with Storm that was instrumental in kick-starting his acting career. He first became known for his role in the TV soap opera ''Prisoner'' (also known as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'') as the original character of electrician Eddie Cook. He is also well known for playing 'Dad' Tony Twist in the first two seasons of children's comedy ''Round the Twist'' from 1989 to 1992, before Andrew Gilbert took over the role for the final two seasons. From 1993 to 1999, he also played the recurring role of Sergeant Clive O'Connor in crime drama series ''Law of the Land''. Moir appeared in several miniseries, including ''1915'' (1982), ''Singles'' (1984), '' The Last Bastion'' (1984), '' Land of Hope'' (1985), '' The Challenge'' (1986–198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Ehlers
Jerome Ehlers (20 December 1958 – 9 August 2014) was an Australian actor and writer. Early life Ehlers was born in Perth, Western Australia to Francis Charles Ehlers and his wife Berenice Margaret Franklyn Ehlers. He went to school in Perth and then lived in Floreat, Curtin, Western Australia, from 1977. He was a resident of St. Thomas More College in Perth, during the mid-1970s. He graduated from University of Western Australia in 1987. He then graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) alongside his future wife, actress Emily Simpson in 1987. Career Ehlers made his acting debut as Captain Watkin Tench in 1987 miniseries ''Frontier'', alongside Max Cullen, Ruth Cracknell, and Robert Coleby. Early television credits include the miniseries '' True Believers'' (1988), '' Body Surfer'' (1989), '' Darlings of the Gods'' (1989) and '' Bangkok Hilton'' (1989) – the latter alongside Nicole Kidman in her breakout role. He made further television appearances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Brandon Wong
Anthony Brandon Wong (born 12 May 1965), often credited simply as Anthony Wong, is an Australian actor, singer-songwriter and acting teacher and coach. His roles include Ghost in ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix Revolutions''. Career His role of Ghost from ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix Revolutions'' was greatly expanded in the video game ''Enter the Matrix'', in which he starred alongside Jada Pinkett Smith as the lead. Prior to landing his role as Ghost, he originally auditioned for Tank in the first film, but lost out to Marcus Chong. Wong's other roles include '' Jumping Ship'' as the leader of modern-day pirates, '' Little Fish'', two stints on ''Home and Away'', Mek – a scientist in '' Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord'', the 2004 film '' Flight of the Phoenix'' and as Tasuke Kogo in the 2008 six-part miniseries, '' Samurai Girl''. He played the role of Danny Law in the 2016 comedy TV series ''The Family Law''. In 2023, Wong starred in all six epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Robertson
Tim Robertson is an Australian actor and writer. Early life Robertson was born in 1944 in Braintree, Essex, in the UK. He relocated to Australia in 1952. He is a graduate of the University of Western Australia (1965). After graduating, he taught drama at various institutions, including Antioch College in the US (from 1967 to 1968), and Flinders University in Adelaide (from 1969 to 1972) where he also began adapting and directing plays. In 1972, he joined the Australian Performing Group at the Pram Factory in Melbourne, where he wrote, acted, and directed plays. Career Robertson made his first onscreen appearance in 1974, in the television series '' Rush'', and that same year, he also featured in cult Ozploitation horror film '' The Cars That Ate Paris''. He is known for his role as Arthur West in the 1976 award-winning drama miniseries '' Power Without Glory''. From 1983 to 1984 he played various roles in the comedy series '' Australia You're Standing In It''. He then appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abigail (actress)
Abigail Rogan (known Mononym, mononymously as Abigail; born 23 July 1946) is an English-born former actress particularly of television soap operas and film who was also briefly a vocalist. She emigrated from London in 1968 and became one of Australia's significant sex symbols of the early 1970s, promoted as a sultry blonde siren in the vein of Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot.Giles, Nigel "Number 96 : Australian TV's Most Notorious Address" She appeared in numerous soap operas including, ''Number 96 (TV series), Number 96'', ''Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series), Sons and Daughters''. ''Family and Friends'' and ''Chances (TV series), Chances''. Early life Abigail was born in London, England in 1946 to a mother of Ceylonese (now Sri Lankan) and Dutch Burghers descent. Educated in France, she started her career in her native United Kingdom, appearing in such productions as ''Robin Hood'' and the Continental Theatre. She arrived in Australia to study civil engineering w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penne Hackforth-Jones
Penne Hackforth-Jones (5 August 194917 May 2013) was an American-born Australian actress and biographer. Early life Penelope Beatrix Hackforth-Jones was born in August 1949 in Greenwich, Connecticut, to Paul and Susan Felicity (née Gullett) Hackforth-Jones and was a granddaughter of Sir Henry Gullett and niece of Jo Gullett, both Australian politicians. She lived with her family in England before relocating to Australia in 1964. After completing her secondary education at St Catherine's School, Toorak in 1966 she attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney until graduating in 1968. Career In 1969, Hackforth-Jones made her first credited on-screen appearance in the Australian television series '' Riptide''. She later appeared in such Australian television series as '' Bellbird'', '' Butterfly Island'', ''Homicide'', '' Matlock Police'', '' Division 4'', '' Cop Shop'', '' Tandarra'', '' Cash and Company'', '' Young Ramsay'', ''Punishment'', '' Bellamy'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Ward (actor)
Patrick Ward (4 January 1950 – 14 October 2019) was an Australian actor noted for several performances on Australian television. He died from cancer on 14 October 2019. Career Early career Ward began his career as a dancer in choreographer Ross Coleman's production of ''Gotta Move'' at Sydney's Union Theatre (now Footbridge Theatre) around the same time as being signed by Pat Woodley's modelling agency. He trained at Sydney's Independent Theatre and signed with International Casting Services run by Gloria Payten who initially secured work for him as an extra in films such as '' That Lady from Peking'' and '' Color Me Dead''. Television At the beginning of the 1970s he was scoring acting work in various television shows. He played Gilbert Bunthorp in ABC TV's adaptation of '' The Cousin from Fiji'', a soldier in ''Spyforce'' and a Vietnam veteran in '' The Godfathers''. Further television roles came in police drama '' Matlock Police'' in 1973 and as Sam Wandsworth in the te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen & Unwin
George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It became one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and established an Australian subsidiary in 1976. In 1990 Allen & Unwin was sold to HarperCollins, and the Australian branch was the subject of a management buy-out. George Allen & Unwin in the UK George Allen & Sons was established in 1871 by George Allen, with the backing of John Ruskin, becoming George Allen & Co. Ltd. in 1911 when it merged with Swan Sonnenschein and then George Allen & Unwin on 4 August 1914 as a result of Stanley Unwin's purchase of a controlling interest. Frank Arthur Mumby and Frances Helena Swan Stallybrass, Unwin's son Rayner S. Unwin and his nephew Philip helped him to run the company, which published works by Bertrand Russell, Arthur Waley, Roald Dahl, Lancelot Hogben and Thor Heyerdahl. It became well known as J. R. R. Tolkien's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
