David Lightfoot (1959/1960 – 13 June 2021) was an Australian film producer.
Biography
Lightfoot worked on the horror films ''
Wolf Creek'' and ''
Rogue
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Rogue, rogues, or going rogue may also refer to:
Companies
* Rogue Ales, a microbrewery in Newport, Oregon
* ...
''. Other credits include ''
Bad Boy Bubby
''Bad Boy Bubby'' is a 1993 crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Rolf de Heer, and starring Nicholas Hope, Claire Benito, Ralph Cotterill, and Carmel Johnson.
Hope stars as the titular character, a mentally challenged man who has be ...
'', ''
Three Forever'', ''
The Sound of One Hand Clapping'', and ''
Coffin Rock''.
He trained at the
South Australian Film Corporation
South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972 to engage in film production and promote the film industry, located in Adelaide, South Australia. The Adelaide Studios are managed ...
in 1982. He was founding director of the SHORTS Film Festival, an Adelaide-based National festival.
In 2014, Lightfoot completed the action thriller ''
Turkey Shoot
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'' aka ''Elimination Game'' for writer/director
Jon Hewitt and producer
Anthony I Ginnane and also writer/director Jim Lounsbury and producer Behren Shulz's love story ''Love Is Now'', which won best foreign film at Mexico and Arizona Film Festivals in 2015. He finished working on ''
A Few Less Men
''A Few Less Men'' is a 2017 Australian adventure film, adventure comedy film directed by Mark Lamprell and written by Dean Craig. It is a sequel to ''A Few Best Men'' (2011).
Cast
*Xavier Samuel as David Locking
*Dacre Montgomery as Mike
*Kris ...
'' for Larry Malkin, Share Stallings and Tania Chambers in Western Australia in 2016.
Completed in 2017 was the thriller ''
Bad Blood'', which Lightfoot produced with Antony I. Ginnane. It was written and directed by David Pulbrook. ''Bad Blood'' premiered at the
Adelaide Film Festival
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF, formerly ADLFF) is a film festival usually held for two weeks in mid-October in movie theater, cinemas in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally presented wikt:Special:Search/biennial, biennially in March from 2 ...
in October 2017 and garnered overseas sales. Also in 2017, he co-produced ''
1%'', produced by Michael Pontin and Jamie Hilton and directed by Steven McCullum. It was selected and premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2017 and also screened at the Adelaide and London Film Festivals in October.
He and Ultrafilms were heavily in development in several feature films and long form television/streaming productions, slated for 2018/19.
Lightfoot died in Adelaide, South Australia on 13 June 2021, aged 61. He is survived by his son, Josh.
See also
*
List of Australian films
1890s–1930s
Australian filmmakers were at the forefront of cinema and film, having created what is considered the first feature-length narrative film with the release of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' and other early films by directors Jo ...
References
External links
Ultrafilms – David Lightfoot's production company*
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1960s births
Year of birth uncertain
2021 deaths
Australian film producers