Graham Shirley is an Australian author, researcher, curator and filmmaker best known for his work in the area of Australian film history.
He was one of the original class of the
Australian Film Television and Radio School
The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) formerly Australian Film and Television School, is Australia's national screen arts and broadcast school. The school is a Commonwealth Government statutory authority.
History
Establish ...
and is the co-author of ''Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years'', a classic history of the Australian film industry. He has also made a number of documentaries.
Biography
at Oz Silent Film Festival
Filmography
* ''For the Term of his Natural Life'' (1927) – restored film in 1981
* ''Allies'' (1983) – archival researcher
* ''The Dismissal
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also known simply as the Dismissal, culminated on 11 November 1975 with the dismissal from office of the prime minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), by Governor-General Sir Joh ...
'' (1983) – archival researcher
* ''Bodyline'' (1984) – archival researcher
* ''The Cowra Breakout'' (1984) – archival researcher
* ''Prisoners of Propaganda'' (1987) – researcher, writer, and director
* ''Wharfies'' (1988) – archival researcher
* ''Blood, Sweat and Tears'' (1988) – director (3 episodes)
* ''Wings Over Australia'' (1989) – archival researcher
* ''Hindsight'' (1990–91) – archival researcher
* ''Submarine: Sharks of Steel'' (1992) – archival researcher
* ''Timeframe'' – episode "Striking for State Aid" (1997)
* ''Federation'' (2001) – archival researcher
* ''Colour of War: The Anzacs'' (2003) – archival researcher
* ''Behind the Lines: The Secret War of Z Special Unit'' (2003) -writer, director
* ''White Bay Power'' (2003) – director
* ''Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History'' (2004) – archival researcher
* ''Blowing Up Paradise'' (2004) – archival researcher
* ''Road to Tokyo'' (2005) – writer, director
References
External links
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Graham Shirley
at National Film and Sound Archive
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national c ...
Australian filmmakers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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