Gillian Armstrong

Gillian Armstrong

Nacimiento : 1950-12-18, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Historia

Directora de cine australiana, nacida en Melbourne. Tras educarse en el Swinburne College, estudia cine en su ciudad natal y en la Australian Film and Television School de Sydney. Comienza a trabajar como asistente de producción, montadora, directora artística y diseñadora, al mismo tiempo que dirige cortometrajes. Gana el premio al mejor corto de ficción del Festival de Sydney de 1976. Tres años más tarde debuta en el largometraje con My brilliant carrer (1979), primera película australiana dirigida por una mujer, por la que recibe el premio de la academia británica a la mejor película extranjera. Mientras continúa dirigiendo documentales para la televisión y anuncios, realiza su segunda película, Starstruck (1982), musical sobre una camarera que se echa a la carretera para convertirse en estrella. Mrs. Soffel (1984) es su primera película americana y cuenta para ella con la mayor estrella del cine australiano, Mel Gibson. Otra compatriota y amiga, Judy Davis, a quien había hecho debutar en su opera prima, protagoniza Un extraño amor (1987), producción australiana que sólo llega a algunos países en soporte video. Su siguiente experiencia en los Estados Unidos es Fuegos internos (1991), triángulo amoroso ambientado en Miami con Jimmy Smits como un exiliado cubano y música de Maurice Jarre. Al mismo tiempo que su carrera americana cobra cada vez mayor importancia, continúa rodando en Australia películas más pequeñas y personales, como el drama familiar The Last days of Chez Nous (1992), con Bruno Ganz como el marido francés que se separa de su mujer australiana. La adaptación de la novela de Louise May Alcott Mujercitas le da el espaldarazo definitivo en Hollywood. Porteriormente, dirigirá Oscar and Lucinda, basada en la novela homónima del australiano Peter Carey, ganadora del Bookers Prize de 1988 y protagonizada por Ralph Fiennes.

Perfil

Gillian Armstrong
Gillian Armstrong

Películas

Senses of Cinema
Self
As notions of civil rights transformed across the world, so was the screen landscape reformed by the ascension of grassroots film movements seeking to challenge the mainstream. Some aspired to push form to its limit; others worked to destabilise what they saw as a homogenous industry, or to provoke questions around gender, sexuality, migration and race.
Sé natural: la historia nunca contada de Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
Cuando Alice Guy completa su primera película en París en 1896, no solo fue la primera mujer cineasta, sino una de las primeras en hacer una película de ficción "El hada de las coles".
Las mujeres que desnudó
Producer
Largometraje biográfico sobre el diseñador de vestuario australiano Orry-Kelly, ganador de tres Oscars de la Academia por Con faldas y a lo loco, de Billy Wilder, Un americano en Paris, de Vincente Minelli y Las Girls, de George Cukor.
Las mujeres que desnudó
Director
Largometraje biográfico sobre el diseñador de vestuario australiano Orry-Kelly, ganador de tres Oscars de la Academia por Con faldas y a lo loco, de Billy Wilder, Un americano en Paris, de Vincente Minelli y Las Girls, de George Cukor.
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts.
Love, Lust & Lies
Producer
The fifth film in the documentary series about the lives, hopes and dreams of three lively, working class Adelaide girls since they were fourteen in 1976.
Love, Lust & Lies
Director
The fifth film in the documentary series about the lives, hopes and dreams of three lively, working class Adelaide girls since they were fourteen in 1976.
El último gran mago
Director
Cuando Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce), el famoso mago escapista, llega a Edimburgo en su gira mundial, ofrece una gran recompensa a la persona capaz de ponerse en contacto con el espíritu de su madre recientemente fallecida. Mary (Catherine Zeta-Jones), una atractiva y misteriosa médium y parapsicóloga escocesa, acepta el desafío atraída por el dinero. Houdini hará todo lo posible por desenmascarar a la misteriosa mujer, pero no podrá evitar sentirse cada vez más atraído por ella...
Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst
Director
A Colourful Life is a Docu/Drama based on the colourful life of flamboyant design pioneer Florence Broadhurst.
Puttin’ on the Show: The Making of Starstruck
A documentary about the making of Gillian Armstrong's 1982 film STARSTRUCK.
Charlotte Gray
Director
En 1943, la escocesa Charlotte Gray (Blanchett) se lanza en paracaídas detrás de las líneas enemigas en la zona ocupada del sur de Francia. Ha sido reclutada por el gobierno inglés para unirse a un grupo local de la Resistencia que utiliza tácticas de guerrilla para enfrentarse al ejército alemán de ocupación. Pero lo que ella pretende es encontrar a su novio Peter (Penry-Jones), un piloto inglés, cuyo avión fue abatido. Charlotte ingresa en el comando de la Resistencia que dirige Julian Levade (Crudup) y a partir de entonces su vida empieza a cambiar.
Óscar y Lucinda
Director
Oscar Lopkins y Lucinda Leplastier son una extraña pareja que arriesga su futuro, su reputación y su bienestar económico por dos pasiones: el amor y el juego. Oscar, un hombre de fuertes convicciones religiosas, vuelca su vida en el juego y reparte las ganancias entre los pobres. Lucinda es una mujer de mundo, de convicciones feministas, que comparte con Oscar la pasión por las cartas.
Not Fourteen Again
Producer
An exploration of the hopes and expectations of three working class women from Adelaide, and the differences and similarities they share with their daughters.
Not Fourteen Again
Director
An exploration of the hopes and expectations of three working class women from Adelaide, and the differences and similarities they share with their daughters.
Mujercitas
Director
Con su marido en la guerra civil americana, Marmee se queda sola con sus cuatro hijas; sus “mujercitas”: Jo, un torbellino de energía; Meg, más formal; la frágil Beth y la romántica Amy. A medida que pasan los años, las hermanas comparten algunos de sus recuerdos más queridos y dolorosos, mientras Marmee y la tía March les orientan sobre cuestiones como la independencia, el amor y la importancia de la familia.
The Last Days of Chez Nous
Director
The story of sisters Vicki and Beth, when Vicki begins an affair with Beth's intriguing French husband.
Fuegos internos
Director
Liberado tras pasar unos años preso en Cuba como preso político, un cubano se reune de nuevo con su mujer y su hija en Miami.
Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces
Self
The third film in a documentary series from acclaimed director Gillian Armstrong, about the lives of three working class women. as they grow up from the age of 14. They're now at the ripe old age of 26, and we witness the women confronting the very real issues of teenage pregnancy, and love versus sex, marriage and career.
Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces
Producer
The third film in a documentary series from acclaimed director Gillian Armstrong, about the lives of three working class women. as they grow up from the age of 14. They're now at the ripe old age of 26, and we witness the women confronting the very real issues of teenage pregnancy, and love versus sex, marriage and career.
Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces
Director
The third film in a documentary series from acclaimed director Gillian Armstrong, about the lives of three working class women. as they grow up from the age of 14. They're now at the ripe old age of 26, and we witness the women confronting the very real issues of teenage pregnancy, and love versus sex, marriage and career.
Un extraño amor
Director
Lillie (Judy Davis) es una mujer que ha pasado los últimos veinte años vagando, bebiendo y tratando, en vano, de recomponer su vida. Dieciséis años atrás dió a luz una niña, Ally (Claudia Karvan), pero incapaz de hacerse cargo de ella, la dejó al cuidado de su madre Bet (Jan Adele) y decidió marcharse lejos. Bet y Ally han vivido todo este tiempo como madre e hija, amándose como nunca Lillie fue amada por Bet. Ahora regresa a la ciudad, un deprimente lugar de la costa australiana...
Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
Director
Admired as one of the best lyricists of pop rock, Bob Dylan has his name recorded in music history. During his four decades career, he has been through many facets: from acoustic to electric guitar; from politicized to religious lyrics; from minimalist to very highly sophisticated arrangements. And his characteristic voice, for some, hoarse and full of style, for others a little out of tune, still influences many musicians. In this presentation filmed at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia over February 24-25 1986, Dylan is accompanied by Tom Petty and the band The Heartbreakers, as well as a very fine selection of new compositions. To close the spectacle, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty perform a vocal duet in "Knockin' on heaven's door", one of the most famous songs of this compositor.
Mrs. Soffel, una historia real
Director
Pittsburgh, 1901. Los hermanos Ed y Jack Biddle son acusados de asesinato y condenados a morir en la horca, a pesar de que mantienen su inocencia. En la prisión del condado conocen a la señora Soffel, esposa del alcaide que intenta reconfortarles llevándoles la palabra de Dios.
Having a Go
Director
Documentary film
Starstruck
Director
A Sydney teen tries to make it as a rock singer, with help from her odd 14-year-old cousin.
Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better
Director
Profile on three young Adelaide women. Diana, Kerry and Josie are now 18 years old, and continue to have open and frank discussions about their lives.
Touch Wood
Producer
About five men who live in Tasmania and earn their living by working with wood. David Ralph makes small souvenir animals and furniture from horizontal wood; Kevin Perkins makes furniture which allows the natural shape of the wood to be shown; Merv Gray and Peter Mevre make bowls and spheres, and Peter Taylor sculptural pieces.
Touch Wood
Director
About five men who live in Tasmania and earn their living by working with wood. David Ralph makes small souvenir animals and furniture from horizontal wood; Kevin Perkins makes furniture which allows the natural shape of the wood to be shown; Merv Gray and Peter Mevre make bowls and spheres, and Peter Taylor sculptural pieces.
Mi brillante carrera
Director
Sybylla, una chica de Australia a finales de siglo XIX, tiene la oportunidad de casarse con un joven hombre, Harry, un pretendiente rico y amigo de la infancia, pero rechaza el fin de mantener su independencia. Después de regresar a casa, de nuevo rechaza otra propuesta de Harry así ella podrá escribir su novela, "My Brilliant Career".
The Singer and the Dancer
Director
An older woman does not speak to her daughter and detests everything about her. The only solace is with her regular visits to the doctor who drops her off along the road to spend her day in the countryside alone. One day at her favorite place in the country the older lady meets a young girl who is having relationship problems with her boyfriend, and they share their bitter memories. These meetings become regular therapeutic sessions. - Written by Archie Moore
Promised Woman
Art Direction
Antigone arrives in Sydney from Greece to have an arranged marriage with Telis, but is rejected by him as he expected a younger woman. Telis's older brother, Manolis, sympathizes with Antigone.
Smokes and Lollies
Director
The first film in a Seven Up-like series examining the lives of three teenage girls in South Australia during the 1970s. It looks at issues such as boys and sex, abortion, marriage, pregnancy, career paths, and education.
The Removalists
Assistant Set Designer
An adaptation of David Williamson's play; John Hargreaves and Peter Cummins star as a good and bad cop who assist a battered wife as she tries to escape her belligerent husband.
One Hundred a Day
Writer
A young girl is forced to continue working at her machine all day in a 1930s shoe factory after a visit to a backyard abortionist. Based on the short story 'How beautiful are thy feet' by Alan Marshall.
One Hundred a Day
Director
A young girl is forced to continue working at her machine all day in a 1930s shoe factory after a visit to a backyard abortionist. Based on the short story 'How beautiful are thy feet' by Alan Marshall.
Gretel
Director
A memory of an adolescent awakening brought painfully to life
Satdee Night
Director
A short observational account of one Saturday night in the mundane life of Stuart. He gets drunk, goes out to clubs,, searches for love and falls asleep unfulfilled on the floor of the club.
Caravan Park
Production Office Assistant
When their car breaks down on the way to Queensland, a family is forced to take up residence at a caravan park while the father tries to earn enough money to get the car repaired.
The Roof Needs Mowing
Director
A series of surreal short scenes portraying a suburban family and their everyday rituals.
Old Man and Dog
Director
Early short film directed by Gillian Armstrong.