Ian Pringle (director)
Ian Pringle is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter.[1][2]
Career
Pringle wrote and directed the Australian feature film, Wrong World, which was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival in 1985.[3]
His film The Prisoner of St. Petersburg was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
Other film work includes co-producing the controversial neo-Nazi drama Romper Stomper (starring Russell Crowe)[5] and directing The Plains of Heaven.[6] His last film was the French-Australian co-production Isabelle Eberhardt, starring Peter O'Toole and Mathilda May.[7]
He continues to work as a script consultant, lecturer and writer.[8]
He returned to writing and directing with his 2014 Australian feature film "The Legend Maker", which premiered at the 2014 Melbourne International Film Festival. [9]
Select credits
Features
- The Plains of Heaven (1982) - director, writer
- Wrong World (1985) - director, writer
- The Tale of Ruby Rose (1989) - associate producer
- Celia (1989) - associate producer
- The Prisoner of St Petersburg (1989) - director, writer
- Isabelle Eberhardt (1991) - director, producer
- Romper Stomper (1992) - producer
- The Legend Maker (2014) - director, writer, producer
Shorts
- Flights (1977) - director, writer
- The Cartographer and the Waiter (1977) - director, writer
- Wronsky (1979) - director, producer, writer
- Lover Boy (1989) - associate producer - short feature
Documentaries
- Bare Is His Back Who Has No Brother (1979) - director
- Desiderius Orban (1981) - director
- Islomania - (1985) - director, writer
References
- ↑ John O'Hara, "The Films of Ian Pringle", Cinema Papers, Feb-March 1985 p16-21
- ↑ Hunter Cordaiy, "Travels to the End of the Night: Ian Pringle and the Prisoner of S Petersburg", Cinema Papers, May 1989 p32-34
- ↑ "Berlinale: 1985 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ |http://australianscreen.com.au/people/Ian_Pringle/|
- ↑ http://www.allcluesnosolutions.com/index.php?productID=998|
- ↑ Murray, Scott (December 1990). "Ian Pringle: In for the Long Haul". Cinema Papers. pp. 6–13.
- ↑ Biography at Script Central accessed 21 November 2012
- ↑ |http://sensesofcinema.com/2014/2014-melbourne-international-film-festival-dossier/life-and-death-in-brunswick-ian-pringles-the-legend-maker/|
- Mark Stiles, "The Plains of Heaven: An interview with director Ian Pringle", Cinema Papers, March `1983 p26-29
External links
- Ian Pringle at IMDB