- Gillian Armstrong
Infobox actor
name = Gillian Armstrong
birthname = Gillian May Armstrong
birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1950|12|18
birthplace =Melbourne , Victoria, Australia
deathdate =
deathplace =
occupation =film director afiawards = Best Direction
1979 "My Brilliant Career"Gillian Armstrong (born 18 December 1950) is an award-winning Australian director of feature films and documentaries.
Career
Born in
Melbourne , Victoria, Gillian Armstrong grew up in the eastern suburb of Mitcham. She graduated fromSwinburne Technical College in 1968 where she studied theatrical costume design and film-making. In 1972 she entered, and later graduated from, theAustralian Film and Television School . Three years later she directed two shorts films: "The Singer And The Dancer" and "Smokes and Lollies" (1975).Her feature length film "My Brilliant Career" (1979), an adaptation of
Miles Franklin 's novel of the same name, was the first Australian feature length film to be directed by a woman for 46 years. Armstrong received six awards at the 1979 Australian Film Awards, including Best Director.Following the success of "My Brilliant Career", which was nominated for an Academy Award in Best Costume Design, Armstrong directed the Australian musical "Starstruck" (1981).Since then, Armstrong has specialised in period drama. She achieved her greatest Hollywood success with the 1994 adaptation of "
Little Women ", starringWinona Ryder andSusan Sarandon , and followed with the films "Oscar and Lucinda" (1997) and "Charlotte Gray" (2001).Filmography
* "
Death Defying Acts " (2008)
* "" (2005)
* "Charlotte Gray" (2001)
* "Oscar and Lucinda" (1997)
* "Not Fourteen Again " (1996)
* "Little Women" (1994)
* "The Last Days of Chez Nous " (1992)
* "Fires Within " (1991)
* "Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces " (1988)
* "High Tide" (1987)
* "Hard to Handle " (1986)
* "Mrs. Soffel " (1984)
* "Having a Go " (1983)
* "Starstruck" (1982)
* "Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better " (1980)
* "Touch Wood " (1980)
* "My Brilliant Career" (1979)
* "The Singer and the Dancer " (1977)
* "Clean Straw for Nothing " (1976)
* "Smokes and Lollies " (1975)
* "Gretel" (1973)
* "One Hundred a Day " (1973)
* "Satdee Night " (1973)
* "Roof Needs Mowing " (1971)
* "Old Man and Dog " (1970)References
* Carter, Helen (2002). [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/armstrong.html Gillian Armstrong] . Retrieved December 14, 2004.
External links
* [http://www.hlamgt.com.au/index.htm Gillian Armstrong's Agent]
*imdb name|id=0000788|name=Gillian Armstrong
* [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/armstrong.html Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database]Persondata
NAME= Armstrong, Gillian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Armstrong, Gillian May
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Film director
DATE OF BIRTH= 1950-12-18
PLACE OF BIRTH=Melbourne , Victoria, Australia
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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