Anthony Buckley

Anthony Buckley (AO) (born 27 July 1937) is an Australian film editor, producer, and prominent member of the Australian film industry.

As an editor he was acclaimed for his work with Michael Powell (Age of Consent) and Rudolf Nureyev (Don Quixote). As a producer he produced two of the most successful Australian films of all time – Caddie and Bliss ^[1]

In 1974 he produced the most famous Australian train film: A Steam Train Passes. 24 years later he produced another two train films, Savannahlander and Gulflander. He produced the mini-series The Harp in the South and its sequel Poor Man's Orange.

Career

On leaving school, Buckley went to work for Cinesound Productions as a projectionist and assistant editor. He worked in Canada and Britain then returned to Australia in 1965. He went to work at Ajax Films, then move into producing.^[2]

Awards

• 1977 Order of Australia
• 2000 Screen Producers Association of Australia Ken G. Hall Award

Partial filmography

As editor

• The Stowaway (1958) (assistant)
• Age of Consent (1969)
• Adam's Woman (1970)
• Wake in Fright (1971)
• Don Quixote (1973)

As producer

• Forgotten Cinema (1967) - documentary
• Snow, Sand and Savages
• Caddie (1976)
• A Steam Train Passes (1974)
• The Night the Prowler (1978)
• The Killing of Angel Street (1981)
• Bliss (1985)
• The Harp in the South (1986)
• Poor Man's Orange (1987)
• The Heroes (1989) - mini-series
• More Winners – Mr Edmond (1990)
• Heroes II: The Return (1991) - mini-series
• Nazi Supergrass (1993)
• Bedevil (1993)
• Yum Cha Cha (2001)
• Oyster Farmer (2004)
• Savannahlander (2008)
• Gulflander (2010)

References

1. (source: autobiography - The Velvet Light Trap [2009]).
2. David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p11

External links

• Anthony Buckley at the Internet Movie Database
• Anthony Buckley's films at the National Film and Sound Archive