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'''Joy Cavill''' (1923 - 1990) was an Australian writer and producer who worked in radio for a number of years before breaking into films as continuity person on ''[[King of the Coral Sea]]'' (1954).<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18419031 "Film Continuity Girl Took Notes Underwater." ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' 8 Apr 1954: 9 Section: Women's Section] accessed 16 Dec 2011</ref> This film started an association with [[Lee Robinson (director)|Lee Robinson]] which went on for many years, and involved her working as a writer, associate producer and producer on a number of projects, notably ''[[Skippy the Bush Kangaroo]]'' |
'''Joy Cavill''' (1923 - 1990) was an Australian writer and producer who worked in radio for a number of years before breaking into films as continuity person on ''[[King of the Coral Sea]]'' (1954).<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18419031 "Film Continuity Girl Took Notes Underwater." ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' 8 Apr 1954: 9 Section: Women's Section] accessed 16 Dec 2011</ref> This film started an association with [[Lee Robinson (director)|Lee Robinson]] which went on for many years, and involved her working with him as a writer, associate producer and producer on a number of projects, notably ''[[Skippy the Bush Kangaroo]]'', on which she was sole producer on the third season.<ref>[http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/Skippy.htm Don Storey, 'Skippy', Classic Australian TV, 2008]</ref> |
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Without Robinson, she wrote and produced the feature film, ''[[Dawn!]]'' (1979), a biopic of the Australian swimmer [[Dawn Fraser]], with whom Cavill had a romantic relationship.<ref>{{Citation | title=Dawn sets the record straight.(Local) | journal=The Australian (National, Australia) | publication-date=2001-06-01 | publisher=News Limited | pages=003 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/72779980 | access-date=9 January 2012 }}</ref> She is considered one of the pioneer female producers of the Australian film industry.<ref>[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/103201/20090728-0108/archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/02/22/chapman.html Jan Chapman, ''Some Significant Women In Australian Film - A Celebration And A Cautionary Tale', ''Senses of Cinema'', 28 August 2002]</ref> |
Without Robinson, she wrote and produced the feature film, ''[[Dawn!]]'' (1979), a biopic of the Australian swimmer [[Dawn Fraser]], with whom Cavill had a romantic relationship.<ref>{{Citation | title=Dawn sets the record straight.(Local) | journal=The Australian (National, Australia) | publication-date=2001-06-01 | publisher=News Limited | pages=003 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/72779980 | access-date=9 January 2012 }}</ref> She is considered one of the pioneer female producers of the Australian film industry.<ref>[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/103201/20090728-0108/archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/02/22/chapman.html Jan Chapman, ''Some Significant Women In Australian Film - A Celebration And A Cautionary Tale', ''Senses of Cinema'', 28 August 2002]</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:50, 9 January 2012
Joy Cavill (1923 - 1990) was an Australian writer and producer who worked in radio for a number of years before breaking into films as continuity person on King of the Coral Sea (1954).[1] This film started an association with Lee Robinson which went on for many years, and involved her working with him as a writer, associate producer and producer on a number of projects, notably Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, on which she was sole producer on the third season.[2]
Without Robinson, she wrote and produced the feature film, Dawn! (1979), a biopic of the Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser, with whom Cavill had a romantic relationship.[3] She is considered one of the pioneer female producers of the Australian film industry.[4]
Selected Credits
- King of the Coral Sea (1954) - continuity
- Walk into Paradise (1956) - continuity
- Dust in the Sun (1958) - writer
- The Stowaway (1958) - associate producer
- The Restless and the Damned (1959) - associate producer
- No Man Is an Island (1962) - continuity
- The Dawn Fraser Story (1964, documentary) - producer, director
- In Song and Dance (1964) - producer
- The Intruders (1969) - producer
- Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1968-70) - associate producer, writer
- Nickel Queen (1971) - producer
- Barrier Reef (1971-72) - producer, writer
- Boney (1972-73) - associate producer, writer
- Shannon's Mob (1975-76) - associate producer
- Dawn! (1979) - producer, writer - winner of 1978 Awgie for Best Original Feature Film script[5]
References
- ^ "Film Continuity Girl Took Notes Underwater." The Sydney Morning Herald 8 Apr 1954: 9 Section: Women's Section accessed 16 Dec 2011
- ^ Don Storey, 'Skippy', Classic Australian TV, 2008
- ^ "Dawn sets the record straight.(Local)", The Australian (National, Australia), News Limited: 003, 2001-06-01, retrieved 9 January 2012
- ^ Jan Chapman, Some Significant Women In Australian Film - A Celebration And A Cautionary Tale', Senses of Cinema, 28 August 2002
- ^ Awgie winners 1968-2006