Bob Ellis (born 1942, Lismore, New South Wales) is an Australian writer/journalist, film-maker, and political commentator. Lismore is a sub-tropical city in New South Wales, Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A pundit is someone who offers to mass-media his/her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area (most typically political analysis, the Social sciences
He was a student at University of Sydney at the same time as other notable Australians Clive James, Germaine Greer, John Bell, Ken Horler, and Mungo McCallum were also studying there. The University of Sydney (informally Sydney Uni or USyd) is the oldest university in Australia For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Clive James AM (born Vivian James, on October 7, 1939 in Kogarah New South Wales) is an Expatriate Australian Germaine Greer (born 29 January 1939 is an Australian born Writer, Academic, Journalist and Scholar of early modern English literature John Anthony Bell OBE AM (born 1 November 1940) is an acclaimed Australian actor and theatre personality Mungo Wentworth MacCallum (born 21 December 1941) Australian journalist is a political journalist and commentator
He lives in Sydney with the author and screenwriter Anne Brooksbank; they have three children. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made
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Writing
He was a featured contributor in the Nation Review in the 1970s with Michael Leunig, Philip Adams, and Mungo MacCallum. Nation Review was an Australian Sunday newspaper which ceased publication in 1981 Michael Leunig (born 2 June 1945) often referred to as Leunig, is an Australian Cartoonist. Phillip Andrew Hedley Adams AO (born 12 July 1939 is an Australian broadcaster, Film producer, Writer, humanist, Currently his opinion column appears in an Australian newspaper, most notably The Sydney Morning Herald. The Sydney Morning Herald ( SMH) is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia
His writing for the stage includes The Legend of King O'Malley (a musical play based on the life of King O'Malley (with Michael Boddy ) (1970) , Down Under (with Anne Brooksbank) (1976) and A Local Man, a play about Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley (with Robin McLachlan) (2006). King O'Malley (July 1858 – 20 December 1953) was an Australian politician Joseph Benedict Chifley (22 September 1885 &ndash 13 June 1951 Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers
His writing for television includes the miniseries The True Believers (with Matt Carroll). A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes Matthew Carroll (b 6 June, 1944) is an Australian movie and TV producer.
Film
Screenwriting
Ellis has written several films, notably The Nostradamus Kid (1992), My First Wife (1984) (with Paul Cox), Where the Green Ants Dream (Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen) (1984) film (with German film director Werner Herzog, Man of Flowers (1983) (with Paul Cox), Fatty Finn (1980), and Newsfront (1978). The Nostradamus Kid is a 1992 Australian feature Film written and directed by Bob Ellis. Paulus ("Paul" Henriqus Benedictus Cox (born 16 April 1940 in Venlo, Limburg) is an award-winning Australian-based Film director. Where the Green Ants Dream ( Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen) is a 1984 Film by German Film director Werner Herzog Werner Herzog (born Werner H Stipetić; September 5 1942 is a German Film director, Screenwriter, actor and Opera director Paulus ("Paul" Henriqus Benedictus Cox (born 16 April 1940 in Venlo, Limburg) is an award-winning Australian-based Film director. Fatty Finn is a 1980 Australian Film, directed by Maurice Murphy and starring Ben Oxenbould with Rebecca Rigg. Newsfront is a 1978 Australian Drama film starring Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, and Bryan Brown, directed by Phillip Noyce
Directing
He has also directed several films including The Nostradamus Kid (1992), Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1988) and Unfinished Business (1985).
His latest film is the documentary Run Rabbit, Run which will premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival. The film is a profile of Mike Rann in the lead up to the 2006 South Australian State Election. Michael David Rann (born 5 January 1953) Australian politician is the 44th Premier of South Australia, serving since 2002. Party backgrounds Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is Australia's oldest political party founded in 1891 [1]
Awards
He won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay for Newsfront (1978) (with Anne Brooksbank and Phillip Noyce) and for My First Wife (1984) (with Paul Cox). The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards. Newsfront is a 1978 Australian Drama film starring Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, and Bryan Brown, directed by Phillip Noyce Phillip Noyce (born 29 April 1950 is an Australian Film director. Paulus ("Paul" Henriqus Benedictus Cox (born 16 April 1940 in Venlo, Limburg) is an award-winning Australian-based Film director.
Politics
Ellis, a supporter of the Australian Labor Party, has written speeches for a number of Labor leaders (such as Bob Carr and Paul Keating), and written extensively on Labor history. Robert John Carr (born 28 September 1947 Australian politician was Premier of New South Wales from 25 March 1995 to 3 August 2005 Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944 was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, from 1991 to 1996 He has written two books, Goodbye Jerusalem and Goodbye Babylon, on his experiences of the party. Goodbye Jerusalem was however subject to a successful defamation case brought by two Liberal cabinet ministers, Tony Abbott and Peter Costello, and their wives. Anthony John "Tony" Abbott (born 4 November 1957 Australian politician is the current Shadow Minister for Families Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in the Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957 is an Australian politician The publisher, Random House accepted that the story was fabricated and the book was removed from sale. Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher A new edition of the book was published three months later, which omitted the particular passage. [2][3]
Ellis' involvement in politics became more direct when he unsuccessfully contested the Federal seat of Mackellar as an independent candidate against the Liberal Party's Bronwyn Bishop in a by-election in 1994. The Division of Mackellar is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop MP (born 19 October 1942) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House [4]
References
- ^ George, Sandy. "Ellis zoomed in when Rann made run", The Australian, 16 July 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways
- ^ Dalley, Helen. Helen Dalley (born 1957 is an award winning Australian Journalist, who formerly worked for Kerry Packer 's Publishing and Broadcasting Limited "The inimitable Bob Ellis", Sunday (TV program) : Cover stories, Nine Network, 22 November 1998. The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney Retrieved on 2007-12-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways
- ^ Defamation profile: offline cases 3 (1998 to 2007). Caslon Analytics (2007). Retrieved on 2006-12-07. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Defamation - sicks and stones. Law Spot. Lawscape Communications (1998). Retrieved on 2007-12-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways
- ^ Australian Electoral Commission report of by-election results for Mackellar
- Ann Atkinson, Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee (Ed. ) (1996). The dictionary of performing arts in Australia. St Leonards, N. S. W. : Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86-448005-X.
- Brian McFarlane, Geoff Mayer, Ina Bertrand (Ed. ) (1999). The Oxford companion to Australian film. Melbourne, Australia; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-553797-1.
- Philip Parsons, Victoria Chance (Ed. ) (1995). Companion to theatre in Australia. Sydney: Currency Press in association with Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-86-819357-7.
- Leser, David. The two of us: Bob Ellis & Anne Brooksbank. Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend 16 August 1997 p. The Sydney Morning Herald ( SMH) is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar 12
- . Arts news (arts community to help Bob Ellis, after recent house fire). Sydney Morning Herald 24 April 1993 p. The Sydney Morning Herald ( SMH) is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) 46
- King, Noel. Abbott and Costello. View From The Couch. Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend 21 November 1998 p. The Sydney Morning Herald ( SMH) is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) 94
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