Chris Löfvén (born 4 April 1948) is an Australian film maker and musician. He started making films when he was about 12. From 1969 to 1970, he was the bass player in the Melbourne

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and

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band,

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. He is best known for directing the feature film '' Oz'' (1976) and for directing numerous music video clips, including for the Daddy Cool song, "

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". Löfvén became an announcer on Noosa community radio in the late 2000s, and has played in a number of local bands in the

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area.

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* ''The Tunnel'' (1963) short * ''Part One - 806'' (1969–71) * ''Part Two - The Beginning'' (1971) - short (soundtrack/score by

Lindsay Bourke Lindsay Bourke (born 1945), who also performed as Lindsay Blue, is an Australian classical and ambient musician, visual artist and poet. He issued two albums in the 1970s, ''Wilderness Awakening'' (1971) and ''Love All Life'' (1975). In the l ...

) * ''Cruisin (1973–74) - short * ''Oz - A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie'' (1976) - feature

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