Tanaka-san Will Not Do Callisthenics (Producer, Writer, Director, Cinematographer 75’ Australia 2008) Documentary
Festivals: Cork International Film Festival, Laborfest San Francisco, Yamagata International Documentary Festival, Recovering Lives ANU.
The Trouble with Merle (Researcher/Writer/Director 55’ Australia 2002)
Documentary
Awarded: NSW Premier’s History Award (Audiovisual)
Finalist: NSW Premier’s Literary Awards – Scriptwriting; Australian Centre for Cultural Studies, ANU: Outstanding Contribution to Australian Culture; Mumbai International Film Festival (International Comp.)
Festivals/Forum: Sydney International Film Festival; Malaysian Video Awards; Hawaii International Film Festival; Christchurch International Film Festival; Wellington Film Festival; India in the Australian Imagination Writers’ Forum, New Delhi; Mumbai International Film Festival
Television: ABC1, ABC2, Discovery + international
A Calcutta Christmas (Researcher/Writer/Director 55’ Australia 1998)
Documentary
Awarded: Best of Festival, Silver Images USA; Silver Conch, Mumbai International Film Festival (International Comp.); Certificate of Merit, San Francisco International Film Festival; Bronze World Medal, New York Festivals; Gold Plaque, Intercom; Honourable Mention, Berlin EthnoFilm Fest
Finalist: AFI Awards: Best Documentary; AFI Awards: Best Director; Film Critics Circle of Australia, Best Documentary; Guangzhou International Documentary Festival; International Documentary Association, Distinguished Achievement in Documentary Award (USA)
Festivals: Berlin EthnoFilm Fest; Silver Images USA; Mumbai International Film Festival; San Francisco International Film Festival ; Malaysian Video Awards; Hawaii International Film Festival; Film Division Festival New Delhi; Chingari South Asian Festival (USA); St John’s International Women’s Film and Video Festival (Canada); Hot Springs Documentary Festival (USA); Women on Women Festival (Australia); Australian High Commission Kuala Lumpur
Television: SBS, Sundance Channel, Discovery + international
Every Little Breeze (Writer/Director 25’ Australia 1992)
Comedy/drama
Nominated: Best Short Drama ATOM Awards
Awarded: Certificate of Merit, Cork International Film Festival
Festivals: Sydney Film Festival; Frames Festival (Adelaide); Cork International Film Festival
Selected: Australian Film Commission Show reel, Cannes
Philippines my Philippines (Researcher/Producer (with Chris Nash) 72’ Australia 1989)
Documentary
Awarded: Honourable Mention, San Francisco International Film Festival
Finalist: AFI Awards: Best Documentary; AFI Awards: Best Cinematography
Invited: Festival dei Popoli Italy (international competition); Yamagata International Film Festival Japan (international competition)
Screened: Theatrical screenings across Australia including 6 week season Chauvel cinema, Sydney
Television: SBS
Bats Over Sydney (Co-producer, co-writer, co-director, 10’ Australia 1986) Experimental
Screened: Chauvel Cinema Sydney, Frames Festival (Adelaide)