Ian Pringle is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter.[1][2]
Career
editPringle wrote and directed the Australian feature film, Wrong World, which was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival in 1985.[3]
His film The Prisoner of St. Petersburg was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
Pringle's first feature film was The Plains of Heaven (1982).[5] In 1991 he directed the French-Australian co-production Isabelle Eberhardt, starring Peter O'Toole and Mathilda May.[6] Other film work includes co-producing the controversial neo-Nazi drama Romper Stomper.
As of 2012 Pringle continues to work as a script consultant, lecturer and writer.[7] After a 22-year absence he returned to writing and directing with his 2014 Australian feature film The Legend Maker, which premiered at the 2014 Melbourne International Film Festival.[8]
Select credits
editFeatures
edit- The Plains of Heaven (1982) - director, writer
- Wrong World (1985) - director, writer
- The Tale of Ruby Rose (1989) - associate producer
- Celia (1989) - associate producer
- The Prisoner of St Petersburg (1989) - director, writer
- Isabelle Eberhardt (1991) - director, producer
- Romper Stomper (1992) - producer
- The Legend Maker (2014) - director, writer, producer
Shorts
edit- Flights (1977) - director, writer
- The Cartographer and the Waiter (1977) - director, writer
- Wronsky (1979) - director, producer, writer
- Songlines - Segment: "Romeos" (1989) - director
- Lover Boy (1989) - associate producer - short feature
Documentaries
edit- Bare Is His Back Who Has No Brother (1979) - director
- Desiderius Orban (1981) - director
- Islomania - (1985) - director, writer
References
edit- ^ John O'Hara, "The Films of Ian Pringle", Cinema Papers, February–March 1985 p16-21
- ^ Hunter Cordaiy, "Travels to the End of the Night: Ian Pringle and the Prisoner of S Petersburg", Cinema Papers, May 1989 p32-34
- ^ "Berlinale: 1985 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ Mark Stiles, "The Plains of Heaven: An interview with director Ian Pringle", Cinema Papers, March 1983 p26-29
- ^ Murray, Scott (December 1990). "Ian Pringle: In for the Long Haul". Cinema Papers. pp. 6–13.
- ^ Biography at Script Central Archived 15 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine accessed 21 November 2012
- ^ Plater, Diana. "The long-awaited return of filmmaker Ian Pringle". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
External links
edit- Ian Pringle at IMDb
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