Gillian ArmstrongAKA:
Gillian May Armstrong
,
Gill Armstrong
Nationality:
Australian Birthdate:
12/18/1950 Birthplace:
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biography
This gifted award-winning Australian director first garnered attention with her debut feature, "My Brilliant Career" (1979), about a female writer who chooses her career over marriage. At the film's release, Gillian Armstrong held the distinction of being the first woman to helm a feature-length movie in her homeland in almost fifty years. Coupled with the themes of "My Brilliant Career", that fact threatened to pigeonhole her as a "feminist" director, something Armstrong vehemently fought.Born in Melbourne, Armstrong began her studies at Swinburne Technical College where she took part in
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
1971
Debut as director, producer and screenwriter, 8-minute short, "Roof Needs Mowing"
1972
Worked as an editor for Kingcroft Productions
1971
Made three short films while in school (including "Gretel")
1974
First credit as art director, "Promised Woman" (also first film appearance, played a nurse)
1975
Shot documentary "Smoke and Lollies"
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