John Duigan

John Duigan

Born: June 19, 1949
in Hampshire, England, UK
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John Duigan, (born 19 June 1949 in Hampshire, England, UK) is an Australian film director.

Duigan emigrated to Australia in 1961, having been born to an Australian father. He is related to many Australian performers, being the brother of Virginia Duigan (wife of director Bruce Beresford) and uncle of Trilby Beresford.

Duigan has directed 23 films, including Romero, Lawn Dogs, The Parole Officer, Sirens, and Head in the Clouds. He intended his magnum opus to be The Danny Embling Trilogy, three films centered around the character Danny Embling, an artistic youth growing up in 1960s Australia whose life is influenced by the socially changing world around him and a series of doomed love affairs. The first two films in the series were the critically acclaimed The Year My Voice Broke, and Flirting, both of which won the Australian Film Institute awards for best picture the years they were released.

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Movies for John Duigan...

Appointment with Dr. Terrible
Title: Appointment with Dr. Terrible
Character: Interviewee – Actor
Released: August 4, 2003
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible" featuring Steve Coogan.
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Title: Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible
Character: Lift Attendant
Released: November 12, 2001
Type: TV
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible is a British comedy-horror anthology series created by Graham Duff, who co-wrote the series with Steve Coogan. BBC Two broadcast the series in 2001. It spoofs the British horror films of Amicus Productions, Hammer Film Productions, and Tigon British Film Productions. The title parodies Amicus Productions' anthology film Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.
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Sirens
Title: Sirens
Character: Earnest Minister
Released: March 4, 1994
Type: Movie
In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned contribution to an international art exhibit is considered blasphemous. While Campion and Lindsay debate, Estella finds herself drawn to the three beautiful models sitting for the painter's current work, freethinking Sheela, sensual Pru and virginal Giddy.
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Vietnam
Title: Vietnam
Character: French Club Patron
Released: February 23, 1987
Type: Movie
The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.
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The Firm Man
Title: The Firm Man
Character: Diner
Released: April 9, 1975
Type: Movie
Businessman Gerald Barker is invited to join a mysterious super corporation known as The Firm. His work in the organisation turns out to be of a unique and somewhat disturbing nature. But Gerald finds no comfort with his wife Melissa and friend Barry - his relationships with both collapse. In a surreal and strange fashion, Gerald eventually comes to understand what The Firm is about. Made on a tiny budget of $15,000 the film is a mix of naturalism and stylisation which the filmmaker hoped would work on 'a simple, surrealistic level'.
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Dalmas
Title: Dalmas
Character: Film Director
Released: November 15, 1973
Type: Movie
Bert Deling's surreal, button-pushing and hallucinogenic paean to the emerging possibilities of avant-garde and homemade filmmaking. Telling the tale of a violent ex-cop searching for the man who killed his partner, the film takes an unexpected turn when he encounters drug lord Plastic Man and a tribe of LSD enthusiasts. What follows is both literal and metaphorical mayhem as the boundaries of the film start collapsing and our idea of what's real is pushed to its very limits.
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Bonjour Balwyn
Title: Bonjour Balwyn
Released: October 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Kevin leaves a job in insurance to start his own magazine. As his debts mount, Kevin’s prospects begin to look brighter in the criminal world.
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Brake Fluid
Title: Brake Fluid
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
This self-funded verité comedy starring John Duigan is something of a swan song for the “Carlton ripple” and reflects the movement’s characteristic vacillation between intensely local and distantly international influences.