Hugh Piper is an
Australian
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* Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia
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** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists
** Aboriginal Aus ...
documentary
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filmmaker
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and
writer
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/
director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''D ...
. He is best known for his documentaries "Dancing With Dictators", "Mr. Sin: The
Abe Saffron
Abraham Gilbert Saffron (6 October 1919 – 15 September 2006) was an Australian hotelier, nightclub owner, and property developer who was one of the major figures in organised crime in Australia in the latter half of the 20th century.
For sev ...
Story" and ''Submariners''.
Filmography
* ''
Outback
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Coroner
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'' A multi-part
series
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* Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series
* George Series (1920–1995), English physicist
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
* Series, the ordered sets used i ...
about mysterious and
unexplained deaths in remote locations around Australia.
* "Dancing With Dictators", about Australian
publisher
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Ross Dunkley and his struggles in Burma, set against the background of that country's first election in twenty years.
* "Mr. Sin: The
Abe Saffron
Abraham Gilbert Saffron (6 October 1919 – 15 September 2006) was an Australian hotelier, nightclub owner, and property developer who was one of the major figures in organised crime in Australia in the latter half of the 20th century.
For sev ...
Story", about the man who brought
Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century. Sinatra i ...
, rock 'n roll, and
organized crime
Organized crime is a category of transnational organized crime, transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally thought of as a f ...
to Australia.
* ''The Post'', about Cambodia's
Phnom Penh Post
''The Phnom Penh Post'' (, ) is a daily English-language newspaper published in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Founded in 1992 by publisher Michael Hayes and Kathleen O'Keefe, it is Cambodia's oldest English-language newspaper and prior to the transferr ...
newspaper.
* ''Double
Concerto
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'', about
classical music
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and politics.
* ''Australia's Outback'', a year in the life of an outback
cattle station
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(narrated by
Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Mel Gibson, multiple accolades, he is known for directing historical films as well for his act ...
).
* ''Cracking The Colour Code'', a three-part French-Australian co-production taking a multi-disciplinary approach to examining the science, anthropology, history, and philosophy of colour.
* ''Submariners'', a six-part series about a three-month journey in a
Collins-class submarine
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from Perth, Western Australia to Korea, Japan, and Hawaii.
* ''A Case For The Coroner'', a six-part series examining the work of the
Coroner's Court of New South Wales
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,
State Coroner John Abernethy, and his search for the answers to unexplained deaths.
* ''Crime Scene Bangkok'', about the work of flamboyant
forensic scientist
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Pornthip Rojanasunand
Khun Ying Pornthip Rojanasunand, also spelled Porntip Rojanasunan (; ; born 21 December 1954) is a Thai forensic pathologist, a current member of the Senate of Thailand and medical doctor. First appearing in the media in 1998, her work and outl ...
, who is fighting entrenched
corruption
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to establish an effective
forensic system in Thailand.
References
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Living people
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