Anthony Buckley

Biography

Regarded as one of the leaders of the Australian film Industry, Anthony Buckley began his career with the Sydney newsreel company Cinesound. His first foray into feature films he edited Michael Powell’s Age of Consent, Ted Kotcheff’s Wake in Fright and Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote. His first production as a feature film producer was Caddie in 1975, a winner of 14 awards. He went on to produce many memorable and award-winning feature films including The Irishman, The Night The Prowler, The Killing of Angel Street, Kitty and the Bagman, Bliss (selected for competition in Cannes), beDevil, On Our Selection and Oyster Farmer. For television he has produced The Harp in the South, Poor Man’s Orange, Man on the Rim - Peopling of the Pacific, Celluloid Heroes, Mr Edmund, Bryce Courtenay’s The Potato Factory and Jessica, The Heroes and many others.

Awards

1977 - A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia)
in the Queen's Birthday Honours List

2000 - AFI Raymond Longford Award

2000 - Ken G Hall Award presented by the National Screen and Sound Archive

2003 - BIFF Chauvel Award

Producer

• Oyster Farmer (2004)
• Jessica (2004)
• Heroes' Mountain (2002)
• Yum Cha Cha (2002)
• My Husband My Killer (2001)
• The Potato Factory (2000)
• Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995) ... aka On Our Selection
• Bedevil (1993)
• Heroes II: The Return (1991)
• More Winners: Mr Edmund (1990)
• Sky Trackers (1990)
• The Heroes (1988) ... aka Heroes
• Poor Man's Orange (1987)
• The Harp in the South (1987)
• Bliss (1985)
• Palace of Dreams (1984)
• Kitty and the Bagman (1983)
• The Killing of Angel Street (1981)
• The Night, the Prowler (1978)
• The Irishman (1978)
• Caddie (1976)
• A Steam Train Passes (1974)

Editor

• Do I Have to Kill My Child? (1976) (TV)
• That Lady from Peking (1975)
• The Removalists (1975)
• Don Quixote (1973)
• The Evil Touch TV episode, "They" (1973)
• Sunstruck (1972)
• Wake in Fright (1971) ... aka Outback
• Adam's Woman (1970) ... aka Return of the Boomerang
• Age of Consent (1969)
• The World of the Seekers (1968)

 

Anthony Buckley in other Resources

• NFSA - Australian Screen
• IMDB listing (includes errors)
• Wikipedia entry
• MILESAGO People