Sue Milliken
(Appointed 9 December 1992 as Commissioner for three
years)
(Reappointed 28 October 1993 as Chairman for three years)
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Sue Milliken(Appointed 9 December 1992 as Commissioner for three
years) |
Sue Milliken is one of Australia's leading film producers. Her credits include The Odd Angry Shot and Fighting Back, The Fringe Dwellers, Black Robe, Sirens, Dating The Enemy and Paradise Road.
In 1980 she set up the Australian operation of the completion guarantor, Film Finances and continues to manage its Australian activities through Samson Productions.
In 1992 Ms Milliken chaired a review of the Western Australian film industry for the Western Australian Department for the Arts.
In 1993 Ms Milliken received the Australian Film Institute's (AFI) Raymond Longford Award for her contribution to the industry. Ms Milliken is a life member of the Screen Production Association of Australia and served for four years as a member of the Film and Literature Board of Review.
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Christopher Stewart(Appointed 21 March 1991 as Deputy Chairman for three
years) |
Christopher Stewart is Chairman of the Bank of Melbourne. He spent seven years with a firm of chartered accountants and then became a partner and Managing Partner of Pacific Film Productions.
Over a 16 year period Pacific Films produced some 400 films &emdash; children's adventure films, television series, documentaries and a feature. In 1972 Mr Stewart entered the finance industry and became Chief Executive and Chairman of the Bank of Melbourne.
He is a director of a number of public companies and has been a member of a number of industry and Government committees.
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Catherine Robinson(Appointed 21 March 1991) |
Cathy Robinson is the Chief Executive of the Australian Film Commission; a position she took up in August 1989.
Before her appointment as Chief Executive, Ms Robinson held the position of Director, Cultural Activities (now known as the Industry and Cultural Development Branch) at the Australian Film Commission. From May 1980, until she joined the Australian Film Commission in April 1986, Ms Robinson was Coordinator of the South Australian Media Resource Centre in Adelaide.
She is a regular guest speaker at art forums and seminars throughout Australia, has been a Judge for film industry Award presentations, and is currently Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy, Queensland University of Technology, a Commissioner of the AFC and on the board of the Communications Law Centre and the Humanities School Advisory Committee of the University of Technology in Sydney.
Ms Robinson studied Journalism at the South Australian College of Advanced Education and Arts at Flinders University in Adelaide.
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Laura Jones(Appointed 26 October 1991 for three years) |
Laura Jones is a screenwriter. Her feature film credits include the original screenplay for High Tide (1987), directed by Gillian Armstrong, produced by Sandra Levy and starring Judy Davis; and the adaptation of Janet Frame's autobiography An Angel At My Table (1990), directed by Jane Campion and produced by John Maynard and Bridget Ikin.
Her television credits include the original teleplays Everyman For Herself and Cold Comfort in the Spring And Fall Series, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
Ms Jones has been the recipient of three Australian Writers' Guild Awards, the New South Wales Premier's Prize for Screen Writing for High Tide in 1988, the New South Wales Premier's Prize for Screen Writing for An Angel At My Table in 1990, and the Best Screenplay New Zealand Film Award for An Angel At My Table in 1991.
Ms Jones wrote the screenplay for The Portrait Of A Lady, directed by Jane Campion which is to be released in late 1996. Two other feature films, A Thousand Acres, based on Jane Smiley's novel, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, and Oscar And Lucinda, based on Peter Carey's novel, directed by Gillian Armstrong, are in production in 1996.
Ms Jones is currently working on an adaptation of E. Annie Proulx's novel The Shipping News.
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Liz Mullinar(Appointed 26 October 1991 for three years) |
Liz Mullinar was, until recently, the principal of Liz Mullinar Casting Consultants &emdash; Australia's most awarded casting consultancy. She is said to have more film and television credits than anyone else in Australia, having cast many of Australia's most important feature films and television series. Her most recent film credits are Babe, Shine and Mr. Reliable.
Ms Mullinar trained as an actress and drama teacher in London before migrating to Australia in 1965. She became our first independent casting director when she established her company in 1969. The company now has eight senior consultants with offices in Sydney and Melbourne.
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Stuart Cunningham(Appointed 9 December 1992 for three years) |
Stuart Cunningham is a film and media studies academic with a special interest in policy.
Professor Cunningham has extensive experience in research, writing and teaching on television, film and related media, having worked in tertiary institutions in Australia, Canada and the USA over a period of 20 years. He has also worked as a Researcher and Policy Advisor at the Communications Law Centre and has won awards as a video maker.
Professor Cunningham is Head of the School of Media and Journalism, Queensland University of Technology. Specialising in film, media, cultural studies and broadcasting policy, he has published six books, the most recent of which is Australian Television and International Mediascapes (1996 with Elizabeth Jacka).
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David Parker(Appointed 7 December 1994 for three years) |
David Parker was regarded as the top movie stills photographer in Australia for many years. His credits include A Town Like Alice, The Man From Snowy River, Phar Lap, Burke And Wills, High Tide and Kangaroo.
In 1985 Mr Parker produced, wrote and shot with director Nadia Tass, the feature film Malcolm. Malcolm won all eight AFI Awards for which it was nominated as well as numerous international awards. He was awarded the Premier's Literary Award in NSW as well as the Critics' Award for the Best Screenplay.
In 1987 Mr Parker produced, wrote and shot Rikki & Pete. In 1989, Mr Parker shot The Outsiders 2 for Francis Coppola. He then produced, wrote and shot The Big Steal which was released nationally in September 1990. That film won three AFI awards in 1990, including Best Screenplay for David Parker.
In 1990 Mr Parker directed the odd-ball comedy Hercules Returns. The film became an immediate cult hit and still one of the top video rental tapes in Australia.
In 1991 he shot his first feature in the United States, Pure Luck, for Universal Studios. In 1992 Mr Parker produced Stark a three hour miniseries for the BBC, based on Ben Elton's best-seller. The series was the top rating show for the ABC in 1993.
In 1995 Mr Parker was director of photography for Nadia Tass' new film Mr. Reliable and is currently producing the feature film Hotel De Love.
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Bob Maza(Appointed 8 June 1995) |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Cultural Educator, Playwright and Media Entrepreneur. Born of Aboriginal (Idinji) mother and Torres Strait Islander (Meriam) father, Bob Maza grew up in Cairns and after a rudimentary education, he worked and travelled extensively throughout Australia, Canada and the United States acquiring a bank of skills which would culminate in his development as catalyst and innovator in the fields of Indigenous politics, the performing arts and cultural education.
From the late 1960s he was among the first of Indigenous Australians to portray his people in roles opposite to the common stereotypes in mainstream Australian media. Mr Maza was also involved in the direct action taken by Indigenous Australians in attaining self government of their organisations, such as the Aboriginal Advancement League (Melbourne) and the Federal body of the National Tribal Council. He was also instrumental in the formation of Indigenous performing companies like the Nindethana (1970) and the National Black Theatre (1971). In 1970 Mr Maza was a delegatte to the 25th United Nations Assembly in New York to highlight the Third World status of Indigenous Australians. In 1981 he was an official delegate to the World Indigenous Festival held in Canada. Mr Maza's acting credits include the films Fringe Dwellers, Ground Zero and Reckless Kelly and his plays include Mereki and The Keepers.
In 1993, in recognition for work in the Arts and for his people, Mr Maza was awarded an Order of Australia (AM).
Mr Maza is currently Assistant Director of Studies at Tranby College and lectures in Indigenous Studies.
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Pauline Chan(Appointed 19 December 1995) |
Having trained as an actor in Hong Kong, Pauline Chan arrived in Australia with a long list of film credits and started working as an independent film and video maker, writing, producing and directing short drama and documentary. After graduating from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) Ms Chan co-wrote and directed the feature film Traps in 1993, and recently directed a tele-feature Little White Lies. Her work has been exhibited in film festivals, cinemas and galleries worldwide.
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Michael Fleming(Appointed 19 December 1995) |
Michael Fleming is a Melbourne-based barrister with professional experience in broadcasting regulation and media-related intellectual property issues. From 1983 until 1988 he was an adviser to the Federal Government in the Communications and Trade Negotiations portfolios. In Government and since returning to the Bar in 1988 he has maintained a specialist engagement in GBE reform issues, and in corporate governance in the public sector. He was a Director of Australia Post from 1988 until 1995.
