Richard Frankland

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Richard J. Frankland (born December 16, 1963 ) is an Australian Aborigine from the Gunditjmara tribe , a singer, songwriter, writer and film director . He was born in Victoria . He worked as an officer in 1988 in the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths (Royal Commission of Inquiry into Aboriginal Suicides ), which led to his documentary Who Killed Malcolm Smith and which greatly influenced his life. In addition to his creative activity, he works intensively in cultural and tradition maintenance workshops for a wide variety of Aboriginal peoples.

Work

Frankland co-wrote his first documentary Songlines with John Foss . He then produced numerous other documentaries, videos and films.

He wrote the pieces of music for his films and made his first music band Djaambi Jaambi with Prince known through a tour in Australia in 1991 . In 2001 he founded The Charcoal Club with which he released two CDs Cry Freedom in 2006. In 2002 he wrote the play Conversations With The Dead , in which he processed his work from 1988 in the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the high suicide rate among Aborigines. In 2005 he rewrote the traditional film Walkabout as an opera for Chamber Made Opera .

In 2006 he won an award with the drama The Circuit in Broome, as well as his children's TV series Double Trouble in Sydney .

In 2007 he qualified for a Master of Arts degree and in the same year published a book about the fate of a ten-year-old Koori Aborigine boy.

Film and theater

His film No Way To Forget won the Australian Short Film Award in 1996 and was selected at the Cannes International Film Festival that same year . Other Frankland films include Harry's War from 1999, Who Killed Malcolm Smith from 1992 and After Mabo from 1997.

In 2002 he produced the play Conversations with the Dead . Since 2008/2009 he has been working on a performance that processes his experiences as a film director in the Middle East and Mexico from the point of view of the consequences a war has on children.

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personal data
SURNAME Frankland, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frankland, Richard J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Victoria (Australia)