TOM JEFFREY – 2020 HUMANITARIAN AWARD RECIPIENT The Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers has instituted a Humanitarian Award to recognise outstanding and exceptional service to the cinema industry and/or the larger community by a member of the Australia Cinema Pioneers. This service might be for charity work, mentoring, community service and any other activities of…
DAVID STRATTON – 2024 NATIONAL CINEMA PIONEERS OF THE YEAR DAVID STRATTON AM was born in the U.K. in 1939 and came to Australia in 1963. He was Director of the Sydney Film Festival for 18 years (1966-1983), feature film programmer for SBS TV, host of Movie of the Week and Cinema Classics on SBS…
CAOL DIPROSE – 2024 TASMANIAN CINEMA PIONEERS OF THE YEAR Carol began her involvement with the cinema industry in 1980 employed at the West End Twin Cinemas in Hobart. Initially her role was working 3 to 4 shifts per week doing 3 hour split shifts in the candy bar area, in the days when it…
FREYA & GRAHAM TIENAN – 2024 QUEENSLAND CINEMA PIONEERS OF THE YEAR Freya commenced as Secretary to the State Manager of Roadshow Film Distributors in January 1974, working originally with Tim Osborne, then Phil Stanley and lastly Tony Burke. Her role encompassed all secretarial and administrative procedures. In 1987 she transferred to the position of…
VINCENT PARISELLA – 2024 VICTORIAN CINEMA PIONEERS OF THE YEAR Vincent was born in Mondragone, Italy in 1953, which was also the year of his introduction to cinema by his father who was a projectionist and a jack of all trades, operating and maintaining two venues in their town – a hard top all year…
SHANE FULWOOD – 2024 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CINEMA PIONEERS OF THE YEAR Shane spent his teens during the 1980s in Mount Gambier. He had a couple of golden years when he was old enough to attend the Sturt Cinema on his own before it closed, a victim of the video boom. After finishing high school in…
JOANNE MCDONALD – 2024 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CINEMA PIONEERS OF THE YEAR Joanne writes… We met Jeff Bassen and a few of the local HOYTS projectionists while out exploring the night life of Perth. Jenny and I were offered a position at HOYTS as usherettes at the Paris Cinema, in the Plaza Arcade in March 1978,…
PAUL BRENNAN – 2024 NSW CINEMA PIONEERS OF THE YEAR Paul writes… My life in film and cinema began at the age of five when I was taken by my crazy aunts and grandmother, all born between 1888 and 1894, to the CAPITOL THEATRE in Sydney to see a matinee reissue of THE GREATEST SHOW…