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"
1976 
First documentary as producer, "The Singer and the Dancer" (also director)
1978 
Feature directorial debut, "My Brilliant Career", starring Judy Davis; became the first woman in 50 years to direct a feature in Australia
1980 
Wrote, directed and produced the documentary "Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better", a sequel to "Smoke and Lollies"
1984 
First Hollywood feature, "Mrs. Soffel"
1986 
US TV directing and producing debut, "Bob Dylan in Concert" for HBO
1987 
Reunited with Judy Davis on "High Tide"
1988 
Completed third installment of documentary begun in 1975 following the lives of three teenage girls, "Bingo, Bridesmaids and Braces"
1991 
Removed her name from "Fires Within" when MGM edited the film
1994 
Helmed the remake of "Little Women"
1996 
"Not Fourteen Again", a feature version of her documentaries that followed three women from their teens to adulthood released in Australia
1997 
Directed the adaptation of Peter Carey's award-winning novel "Oscar and Lucinda"
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