Temporarily tempted out of retirement earlier this year to run 70mm screenings of “The Hateful Eight”, Dick’s long cinema career first began back in March 1958 when he trained as an Assistant Projectionist at the Plaza Theatre in suburban Northcote under Jim Mitchell and Peter Pennell. He soon heard of a vacancy at the Austral…
Joy is one of very few, if not the first nominee in Queensland, to come from the Film Distribution side of the Industry. Her early career was with a major Department store in Brisbane as Manager, Promotions and Public Relations. In that role Joy was elected President of the Institute of Sales and Marketing – an…
As Wendy’s interests had always been in the entertainment area, with Secretarial Diploma in hand and the need for employment looming, she set off for her Aunt’s house in search of a ‘phone (her family didn’t have one at home) and promptly rang every film exchange she could find in the phone book and asked…
John has had an illustrious career in the Western Australian Cinema Industry spanning some 60 years. He began his career in the Industry in 1951 in the Despatch Department at Metro Goldwyn Mayer in Perth. The following year, he moved to Paramount Pictures as a Despatch Assistant. Here he gained experience as a Film Examiner…
Jenny has been working in the Australian film industry for over twenty-five years after being struck by the film-bug watching old movies on late night television and retrospectives at Sydney cinemas long gone, such as the Valhalla, the Mandolin, the Academy Twin and the Walker Street. Having started her career in production on a couple…