Ned Lander is an Australian film producer, director and former head of SBS Independent from Adelaide, South Australia.
Ned Lander | |
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 Lander at the AACTA Awards in 2015 for Last Cab to Darwin | |
| Born | 6 April 1956 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
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| Years active | 1974-present |
| Known for | Wrong Side of the Road Last Cab to Darwin Radiance Little J & Big Cuz |
| Awards | AACTA Awards Jury Prize, 1981 Best Documentary, 1994 Logie Awards Most Outstanding Children's Program, 2018 |
He has produced or commissioned many culturally significant programs, including the animated children's series Little J and Big Cuz (2017), Last Cab to Darwin (2015) and Radiance (1998).[1][2]
He is also known for directing Wrong Side of the Road (1981), a drama-documentary about Aboriginal musicians which won the Jury Prize at the Australian Film Institute Awards,[3] and 50 Years Of Silence (1994), which won the AACTA award for Best Documentary.
Filmography edit
| Year | Title | Producer | Director | Notes | Genre | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Dirt Cheap | Yes | Co-Writer | Documentary | ||
| 1981 | Wrong Side of the Road | Yes | Feature | Jury Prize[4] | ||
| 1983 | Molly | |||||
| 1987 | Painting the Town | Yes | Documentary | |||
| 1988 | Bachelor Girl | Feature | ||||
| 1989 | Into the Mainstream | Co-Director | Documentary | |||
| 1993 | Blood Brothers: Broken English | Co-Producer | Yes | Writer | ||
| Blood Brothers: Freedom Ride | Yes | |||||
| Blood Brothers: From Little Things Big Things Grow | ||||||
| Blood Brothers: Jardiwarnpa, a Warlpiri Fire Ceremony | Yes | |||||
| 1994 | 50 Years Of Silence | Best Documentary[5] | ||||
| 1998 | Radiance | Feature | ||||
| 2001 | Doing Dimboola | Executive | Documentary | |||
| 2002 | In Limbo | |||||
| 2003 | Handle With Care | |||||
| The Riddle of the Bradshaws | ||||||
| Yum Cha Cha | ||||||
| 2005 | Swapping Lives | |||||
| 2008 | Baby Boom to Bust | |||||
| 2009 | A Family Divided | |||||
| 2012 | Make Hummus Not War | Co-Producer | ||||
| Singapore 1942: End of Empire | Executive | |||||
| Dangerous Remedy | Yes | Feature | ||||
| 2015 | Last Cab to Darwin | Executive | ||||
| 2016 | Monsieur Mayonnaise | Yes | Documentary | |||
| 2017 | Little J & Big Cuz (season 1) | Animated Series | Most Outstanding Children's Program [6] | |||
| 2020 | Little J & Big Cuz (season 2) | |||||
| In Production | Little J & Big Cuz (season 3) |
References edit
- ^ "Ned Lander". Screen Australia. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ Cockrell, Eddie (7 June 2015). "Film Review: 'Last Cab to Darwin'". Variety.
- ^ Beattie, Keith (Spring 2016). "Wrong Side of the Road". Metro Magazine (187).
- ^ "Past Awards". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Past Awards". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Little J and Big Cuz Wins 2018 Logie Award". The Australian Children's Television Foundation. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
External links edit
- Ned Lander at IMDb
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