Brian Kavanagh CV
Filmmaker
DIRECTOR, EDITOR, PRODUCER, WRITER
CURRICULUM VITAE
BRIAN KAVANAGH A.S.E, A.S.A.
Producer/Director/Editor/Writer 2009
With many years experience in film production
Kavanagh is an accredited member of the Australian Screen Editors (A.S.E) by which he was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 for his contribution to film making in
He is also a member of the Australian Society of Authors (A.S.A.).
As Filmmaker:
THE FIRST OVERLANDERS Screenplay with Conventry Films Pty. Ltd. Current.
BAD BOOKS screenplay. Current
Feature Screenplay, THE LOVE KNOT (2004), for Canealian Productions Pty. Ltd.
Recently produced IN STONE & STEEL - Series One, a television six-part documentary series on London's statues and the history and story of the people portrayed. (2003)
Editor and Post Production Supervisor on the comedy feature DAGS, (1997) for Producer/Director
Film Editor and Post Production Supervisor on SEX IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD (1995) the comedy drama starring Miranda Otto and Mark Lee which deals with contemporary sexual mores and attitudes, directed by
Prior to that he edited ENCOUNTERS (1994), a thriller starring Martin Sacks and Kate Raison, directed by
Between 1986 and 1993 Project, Script and Budget Assessor for Motion Picture Guarantors and also Script and Project Assessor with the Australian Film Commission and Film Queensland.
With the resurgence of Australian film production in the early 1970’s Kavanagh created international interest by producing and directing his first feature A CITY’S CHILD (1971) which won a Gold Southern Cross Award for Best Film, and an Australian Film Institute Bronze Award, as well as Best Actress for the leading player, Monica Maughan. The first Australian feature to be invited to the London Film Festival, it went on to further screenings in Edinburgh,
Kavanagh produced and directed the feature drama DEPARTURE (1986) starring Patricia Kennedy and June Jago. Based on the successful stage play “A Pair of Claws” by Michael Gurr.
Prior to that, Kavanagh’s thriller DOUBLE DEAL (1982) from his own screenplay starred Louis Jourdan and Angela Punch McGregor. Produced and directed. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Company.
In 1991 he produced and edited the 30 minute drama ON THE BORDER OF HOPETOWN for the Australian Film Commission.
In 1992, Kavanagh was engaged by the Australian Film, Television and
Further awards were presented to MAYBE THIS TIME (1981)
produced by Kavanagh for NSW Film Corporation, a bitter-sweet comedy
of the search for love. Nominated for nine awards including the AFI Best Film,
Best Actress, it won best Supporting Actress for Jill Perryman.
(Script winner of Australian Writers Guild Award for Best Screenplay.)
Winner AFI Best Editing Award for FROG DREAMING (1985),
the action adventure film starring Henry Thomas.
Kavanagh edited Fred Schepisi’s first two feature films,
THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND (1976) and
THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH (1978) from Thomas Keneally’s novel,
both with AFI editing nominations.
Tom Jeffrey’s Vietnam War film ODD ANGRY SHOT was one of the first to explore
Other nominations for Editing were for the successful thriller
LONG WEEKEND (1977),
The social comedy GOING SANE (1986) and
LIBIDO (The Priest) again directed by Fred Schepisi, script by Thomas Keneally.
In 1973/74 Kavanagh was Script Editor for the South Australian Film Corporation working with new writers on documentary films and with Anne Brooksbank in developing the series STACEY’S GYM of which he produced two pilot episodes.
Television series as Editor include WOOBINDA-ANIMAL DOCTOR,
ADVENTURES OF THE SEASPRAY, SPYFORCE.
As Author:
Author mystery novels
CAPABLE OF MURDER (2005)
THE EMBROIDERED CORPSE (2006)
BLOODY HAM (2007)
Published by BeWrite Books UK. www.bewrite.net
Currently; SMALL VICES DO APPEAR.
Fourth novel in the Belinda Lawrence mystery series, for BeWrite BooksUK.
Unit 7, 15 South Terrace, Clifton Hill Vic 3068
TEL: 61-3-9481 4312
E-mail brian.kavanagh12@gmail.com
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