Gillian Armstrong

Gillian Armstrong

Born: December 18, 1950
in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Gillian May Armstrong (born 18 December 1950) is an Australian director, who specializes in period drama. Her films often feature female perspectives and protagonists. Many of her movies are historical dramas. She has won multiple awards including an AFI Best Director Award, and has been nominated for numerous other awards including a Palme D'Or and two Golden Bear Awards. She has received multiple Honorary Doctorates including an Honorary Doctor of Letter Degree from University of Sydney, and an Honorary Doctorate from Swinburne University of Technology.

Movies for Gillian Armstrong...

Senses of Cinema
Title: Senses of Cinema
Character: Self
Released: November 17, 2022
Type: Movie
As notions of civil rights transformed across the world, so was the screen landscape reformed by the ascension of grassroots film movements seeking to challenge the mainstream. Some aspired to push form to its limit; others worked to destabilise what they saw as a homogenous industry, or to provoke questions around gender, sexuality, migration and race.
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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Title: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Character: Self
Released: December 7, 2018
Type: Movie
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.
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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Title: Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Character: Self
Released: August 10, 2014
Type: Movie
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts.
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Title: Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
Character: Self
Released: September 18, 2013
Type: TV
Each week, Julia will invite one of Australia’s finest comics to take a trip down Memory Lane. And Memory Bus Route. And Memory Bike Path. Julia and her guest will make their way from the seat of childhood memories, the family home, through the surrounding neighbourhood and all the way to the school gate, reliving formative moments, talking about life, love and achievement, about the past, present and future. What Julia discovers about her guests will explain, well, almost everything. Time-travelling guests Carl Barron, Noeline Brown, John Safran, Alan Brough and Shane Jacobson will share with Julia where they stacked their first bike, stole their first kiss and learned the art of a withering comeback.
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Puttin’ on the Show: The Making of Starstruck
Title: Puttin’ on the Show: The Making of Starstruck
Released: December 31, 2004
Type: Movie
A documentary about the making of Gillian Armstrong's 1982 film STARSTRUCK.
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Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces
Title: Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces
Character: Self
Released: October 5, 1988
Type: Movie
The third film in a documentary series from acclaimed director Gillian Armstrong, about the lives of three working class women. as they grow up from the age of 14. They're now at the ripe old age of 26, and we witness the women confronting the very real issues of teenage pregnancy, and love versus sex, marriage and career.