Tom Cowan (born 31 October 1942) is an Australian filmmaker.

Career

He started as a trainee at the

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and the joined the Commonwealth Film Unit. He left it in 1968 to work as a freelance cameraman and moved into feature films.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p266David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p181-183 His 1972 film '' The Office Picnic'' was entered into the

8th Moscow International Film Festival The 8th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1973. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Soviet film '' That Sweet Word: Liberty!'' directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius and the Bulgarian film '' Affection'' directed by ...

Select filmography

*''The Dancing Girls'' (1964) - documentary - DOP *''Helena in Sydney'' (1967) - documentary - short *''This Year Jerusalem'' (1969) - documentary - DOP, director *'' Samskara'' (1969) - DOP *'' Trouble in Molopolis'' (1970) - DOP *''Mogador'' (1970) - DOP (film appears to never have screened publicly) *''Australia Felix'' (1970) - short - director *''Story of a House'' (1970) - educational short *''Down Under'' (1971) - DOP *'' Bonjour Balwyn'' (1971) - DOP *'' The Office Picnic'' (1972) - director, writer, producer *'' Promised Woman'' (1975) - director, writer, DOP *''Wild Wind'' (1975) - director *'' Pure S'' (1975) - DOP *''

The Love Letters from Teralba Road ''The Love Letters from Teralba Road'' is a 1977 Australian short film directed by Stephen Wallace. In 1980 David Stratton called it "not only the most moving love story given to us by the Australian cinema, but also probably the best featurette o ...

'' (1977) - DOP *''

Journey Among Women ''Journey Among Women'' is a 1977 Australian film directed by Tom Cowan (director), Tom Cowan. Plot In colonial Australia, refined Elizabeth Harrington, daughter of the judge advocate and engaged to Captain McEwan, decides to help female convict ...

'' (1977) - director *'' Third Person Plural'' (1978) - DOP * '' Mouth to Mouth'' (1978) *'' Dimboola'' (1979) - DOP *'' Sweet Dreamers'' (1981) - director *''

Winter of Our Dreams ''Winter of Our Dreams'' is a 1981 Australian drama film directed by John Duigan. Judy Davis won the Best Actress in a Lead Role in the AFI Awards for her performance in the film. The film was nominated in six other categories also. It was also e ...

'' (1981) - DOP *'' Dead Easy'' (1982) - DOP *''

One Night Stand A one-night stand is a single sexual encounter in which there is no expectation that there shall be any further relations between the sexual participants. It draws its name from the common practice of a one-night stand, a single night performanc ...

'' (1984) - DOP *'' Emma's War'' (1986) - DOP *''

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

'' (1991) (documentary) - DOP *''

Backsliding Backsliding, also known as falling away or described as "committing apostasy", is a term used within Christianity to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre- conversion habits and/or lapses or ...

'' (1992) - DOP *'' Africa's Elephant Kingdom'' (1998) (documentary) - DOP *'' Orange Love Story'' (2004) - director

Unmade films

*''Roche'' (1974) - proposed follow up to ''Promised Woman''Graham Shirley, "Promised Woman", ''Cinema Papers'', July 1974 p204-206

References

External links

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Tom Cowan
at Melbourne Independent Filmmakers
Reema Moudgil, 'Tom Cowan: Moment Of Truth', ''Unboxed Writers'', 28 July 2011Tom Cowan's blog
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