Gillian Armstrong Biography (1950-)

Full name, Gillian May Armstrong; born December 18, 1950, in Melbourne, Australia; father in real estate, mother a schoolteacher; married John Pffefer (afilm editor); children: two daughters. Addresses: Home--Sydney, Australia. Agent--Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: Australian
Gender: Male
Birth Details: December 18, 1950; Melbourne, Australia

Famous Works

Credits; Film Work; Director, Except Where Indicated
Old Man and Dog (short film), 1970.
Roof Needs Mowing (short film), 1971.
Gretel (short film), 1973.
Satdee Night (short film), 1973.
One Hundred a Day (also known as 100 a Day; short film), 1973.
Art director, Promised Woman, BC Productions, 1974.
Assistant art director, The Removalists, 1975.
Art director, The Trespassers, Filmways, 1975.
Smokes and Lollies (documentary), 1975; and producer, The Singer and theDancer, Columbia, 1976.
My Brilliant Career, Analysis, 1979; and co-producer, Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better (documentary), 1980.
A Busy Kind of Bloke, 1980.
Touch Wood (documentary), 1980.
Starstruck, Cinecom, 1982.
Having a Go (documentary), 1983.
Not Just a Pretty Face, 1983.
Mrs. Soffel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984.

High Tide, Hemdale, 1987; and producer, Bingo, Bridesmaids, and Braces (short documentary), Big Picture, 1988.
Fires Within, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Video, 1991.
The Last Days of Chez Nous, Fine Line, 1993.
Little Women, Columbia, 1994; and producer, Not Fourteen Again (documentary; also known as Now They Are Fourteen and Not 14 Again!), Beyond Films, 1996.
Oscar and Lucinda, Fox Searchlight, 1997.
Director of the short film Storytime, the documentary A Time and a Place,and the documentary Tassie Wood; assisted on the short film Zibido.
Credits; Film Appearances
Nurse, Promised Woman, BC Productions, 1974.
Interviewer, Smokes and Lollies (documentary), 1975.
Interviewer, Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better (documentary), 1980.
Herself, A Busy Kind of Bloke, 1980.
Credits; Television Work; Specials
Producer and director, Bob Dylan in Concert, HBO, 1986.
Director, Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,HBO, 1986.
Writings;Films
Gretel, 1973.
Smokes and Lollies (documentary), 1975.
(With John Pleffer) The Singer and the Dancer, Columbia, 1976.
Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better (documentary), 1980.
A Busy Kind of Bloke, 1980.
Touch Wood (documentary), 1980.
Not Just a Pretty Face, 1983.
Not Fourteen Again (documentary; also known as Now They Are Fourteen andNot 14 Again!), Beyond Films, 1996.
Writings;Other
Contributor to periodicals, including Films in Review.

Further Reference

Periodicals:

American Film, January-February, 1985.
Film Comment, March, 1993.
Harper's Bazaar, March, 1993, pp. 102-103.
Los Angeles Times, March 21, 1993.
New Yorker, March 1, 1993.
New York Times, March 8, 1995.
Premiere, May, 1993.
Washington Post, April 4, 1993.

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