John Duigan
John Duigan (born June 19, 1949 in Hartley Wintney , England ) is an Australian director and screenwriter .
Life
Duigan's father was a native Australian and in 1961 John Duigan emigrated to Australia . He always writes the scripts for his films himself. He made his debut as a director in 1975 with The Firm Man , and in 1971 he wrote his first screenplay for the film Bonjour Balwyn . For the film drama Mouth to Mouth (1978) he was nominated in two categories for the Australian Film Institute Award . In 1981, two nominations for the same award for The Winter of Our Dreams (1981) followed; In 1987 he received the AFI Award as both director and screenwriter for The Year of My First Love (1987). The winter of our dreams also brought Duigan a 1983 award nomination at the Moscow International Film Festival .
The film drama Lawn Dogs - Heimliche Freunde (1997) with Mischa Barton brought him the audience awards of the Stockholm International Film Festival and the Athens International Film Festival as well as a nomination each at the Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya , the World Film Festival and the Italian Fantafestival . In 1998 he won the Golden Raven of the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival for this film and was nominated for the Festival's Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver . The film drama Head in the Clouds (2004) with Charlize Theron , Penélope Cruz and Stuart Townsend won him a prize in the category Best Film at the Film Festival Internazionale di Milano in 2005 .
Occasionally, John Duigan also appears as an actor in small roles.
Filmography (selection)
- 1978: Mouth to Mouth
- 1981: The Winter of our dreams ( Winter of Our Dreams )
- 1984: The Last Night ( One Night Stand )
- 1987: The Year My Voice Broke ( The Year My Voice Broke )
- 1987: Vietnam (TV miniseries)
- 1989: Romero
- 1991: Flirting - playing with love
- 1993: Sargasso Sea - In the Sea of Passion ( Wide Sargasso Sea )
- 1994: Seduction of the Sirens ( Sirens )
- 1995: A Bend in the Road ( The Journey of August King )
- 1996: The Leading Man ( The Leading Man )
- 1997: Lawn Dogs - Lawn Dogs ( Lawn Dogs )
- 1999: Molly
- 2000: Paranoid - 48 hours under his control ( Paranoid )
- 2001: The B-Team: Restricted and On Probation ( The Parole Officer )
- 2004: Head in the Clouds
- 2011: The Engagement
- 2012: Careless Love
Web links
- John Duigan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Duigan, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian screenwriter, film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hartley Wintney , England |