Sophia Turkiewicz
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Sophia Turkiewicz is an Australian film and television director known for her film Silver City.[1][2] Silver City, which Turkiewicz began during a six-month stay in Poland,[3] was released internationally and won 3 AFI awards.[4] Turkiewicz has also spent six years as a lecturer in the directing department of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School before leaving to direct Once My Mother.
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
- A Handful of Jelly Babies (1976)
- Letters from Poland (1978)[5]
- Silver City (1984)[6][7][8]
- Flame (1995)
- Pacific Drive (1996)
- Once My Mother (2013). Short-listed for the 2015 Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.[9]
Television[edit]
- Time's Raging (1985)[10]
- I've Come About the Suicide (1987)
- The New Adventures of Black Beauty (1992, episodes Sweet Reward and The Detectives)
- A Country Practice (1994, episodes Little Girl Lost and Family Business)
- Mirror, Mirror (1995, season 1, episodes 6 - 10 and 16 - 20)
- The Wayne Manifesto (1996, director of 4 episodes)
- Driven Crazy (1998, episodes 1–4)
- Something in the Air (2001, eight episodes)
- Escape of the Artful Dodger (2002, six episodes)
- Bananas in Pyjamas (2003, 37 episodes)
References[edit]
- ↑ Blonski, Annette (1988). Don't Shoot Darling: Women's Independent Filmmaking in Australia. Australia in Print. pp. 234–236. ISBN 0864360584. Search this book on
- ↑ "A New Insight Into The Migrant Experience". Sydney Morning Herald. Sep 27, 1984. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ Connell, John (2002). Writing Across Worlds: Literature and Migration. Routledge. p. 250. ISBN 0203426126. Search this book on
- ↑ Simpson, Catherine (2009). Diasporas of Australian cinema. Intellect Ltd. pp. 137–146. ISBN 978-1841501970. Search this book on
- ↑ "Short Feature gets airing". The Age. Mar 24, 1981. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "'SILVER CITY': A BIT UNPOLISHED". Philadelphia Daily News. September 5, 1986. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "Movie Review - Silver City". New York Times. May 17, 1985. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ McFarlane, Brian (1988). Australian cinema. Columbia University Press. pp. 60, 61, 88, 108, 158, 180, 203. ISBN 0231067283. Search this book on
- ↑ "New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards" (PDF). SL Magazine. 8 (4): 36. Summer 2015.
- ↑ "All-star cast for new ABC telemovie on book by Moorhouse". The Sydney Morning Herald. Jun 3, 1984. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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