Don Featherstone (filmmaker) explained

Don Featherstone is an Australian filmmaker. His work includes documentaries about significant figures in Australian arts and culture, including authors David Malouf and Tim Winton, artist Brett Whiteley and dancer Robert Helpmann. Featherstone's works address social and historical issues such as beach culture, The Beach, gangs, The One Percenters about the Milperra Massacre, and war, Kokoda.[1]

Featherstone's satirical mockumentary for television, BabaKiueria, has been the subject of academic comparative analysis of imperial historicity and postcolonial social progress.[2] It has also been included in cultural exchanges, for example in "Southern Exposure" between the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and the Museum Of Contemporary Art, San Diego.[3]

In 1985 Featherstone co-founded Featherstone Productions with Judy Featherstone.

Featherstone's works have been screened and broadcast internationally, in many countries.

Other filmmakers utilise Featherstone's work, for example James Bogle's Whiteley.[4]

Filmography

Selected works include:[5] [6] [7]

Awards and recognition

Film awards and recognition include:

YearCategoryCompetitionWorkStatusRef
2019Best Sound in a documentaryAACTA Awards100 Days to Victory
2019Best Docu DramaATOM Awards100 Days to Victory
2019Best History DocumentaryCanadian Screen Awards100 Days to Victory
2014Best Docu DramaATOM AwardsThe War That Changed Us
2014Most Outstanding Factual Program Logie AwardsThe War That Changed Us
2012Best Documentary SeriesAACTA AwardsSingapore 1942[8]
2012Gold - Dramatised DocumentariesSouth Australia & Western Australia ACS AwardsSingapore 1942 series - episode 2: End of the Empire[9]
2012Best DirectionAsian Television AwardsSingapore 1942
2012Best EditingAsian Television AwardsSingapore 1942
2011Best History ProductionHistory Makers Awards New YorkKokoda
2010Best Documentary SeriesAFI AwardsKokoda series[10]
2010Best Documentary SoundAFI AwardsKokoda series - episode 1: The Invasion
2010Best Documentary History, Social & Political IssuesATOM AwardsKokoda series[11]
2002Outstanding Achievement AwardIECF Hi-def Festival TokyoThe Beach
1998Best International DocumentaryHot Docs Festival in TorontoAn Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer
1998Best Arts DocumentarySan Francisco Film & TV FestivalAn Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer
1998Best Arts DocumentaryFestival International du Film sur l'Art - MontrealAn Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer
1998Best Original Score in a documentaryAustralian Composers GuildAn Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer
1997Best Arts DocumentaryBanff International TV FestivalAn Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer
1997Greater Union Dendy AwardsAn Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer
1997New York Film & TV FestivalAn Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer
1997Best Arts DocumentaryFestival International du Film sur l'Art - MontrealRoss Edwards
1996Best Arts DocumentaryBanff International TV FestivalRoss Edwards
1996IMZ Dance Screen FestivalMeryl Tankard
1996Best FilmGrand Prix Video Dance ParisMeryl Tankard
1995Best filmDance on Camera Film Festival, New YorkMeryl Tankard
1994 Best Television DocumentaryAFI AwardsCreative Spirits 2 series - episode: Lowering the Tone: 45 Years of Robyn Archer[12]
1993Best Arts DocumentaryFestival International du Film sur l'Art-MontrealThe Daylight moon: A portrait of the poet Les Murray
1992Awgies AwardThe Daylight moon: A portrait of the poet Les Murray
1991Gold Plaque AwardChicago International Film FestivalThe Daylight moon: A portrait of the poet Les Murray[13]
1991New York Film & TV FestivalThe Daylight moon: A portrait of the poet Les Murray
1991United Nations Media Peace PrizeBilly Tea and Goulash
1990International EmmyNew YorkRobert Helpmann
1990Gold Hugo AwardChicago Film FestivalDifficult Pleasure: A portrait of Brett Whiteley[14]
1990Best Arts documentaryBanff Television FestivalDifficult Pleasure: A portrait of Brett Whiteley
1990Best Television DocumentaryAFI AwardsDifficult Pleasure: A portrait of Brett Whiteley[15]
1990Best Television DocumentaryAFI AwardsAstonish Me, Graeme Murphy
1989Best Arts DocumentaryBanff Television FestivalTom KeneallySelected
1988Best DocumentaryATOM AwardsPeter Carey
1986 United Nations Media Peace PrizeBabaKuieria[16]
1996New York Film & TV FestivalArthur Boyd
1985Special Jury PrizeSan Francisco Film FestivalEd McBain
1985Silver AwardNew York Film & TV FestivalEd McBain
1983Best Arts DocumentaryBAFTA AwardDavid Hockney
1983Silver AwardNew York Film & TV FestivalJohn LeCarré
1982Silver AwardNew York Film & TV FestivalKing Cone

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kokoda film a trail of bad memories . The Sydney Morning Herald . 21 April 2010 . Terry . Smyth . 19 December 2021.
  2. Weaver-Hightower . Rebecca . 2006 . Revisiting the Vanquished: Indigenous Perspectives on Colonial Encounters . Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies . 6 . 2 . 84–102 . 10.1353/jem.2006.0010. 40339575 . 154828023 . 19 December 2021.
  3. Web site: All their eggs in the one basket . Sydney Morning Herald . 10 May 2008 . John . McDonald . 19 December 2021.
  4. Web site: Brett Whiteley documentary traces the tumultuous life of art's 'hand grenade' . The SYdney Morning Herald . Gabriella . Coslovich . 1 May 2017 . 26 December 2021.
  5. Web site: Don Featherstone . National Film and Sound Archive . Australian Screen . 19 December 2021.
  6. Web site: Don Featherstone . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . University of Queensland . 17 June 2017 . 19 December 2021.
  7. Web site: Featherstone Productions Pty Ltd . The Screen Guide . Screen Australia . 19 December 2021.
  8. Web site: 2nd AACTA Awards . AACTA Winners & Nominees . 2012 . Australian Film Institute . 27 December 2021.
  9. Web site: Award winners . Australian Cinematographers Society . 27 December 2021.
  10. Web site: AFI Awards 2010 . AACTA Winners & Nominees . 2010 . Australian Film Institute . 27 December 2021.
  11. Web site: 2010 ATOM Award Finalists Announced . Australian Teachers of Media . 9 August 2010 . 27 December 2021.
  12. Web site: AFI Awards 1994 . AACTA Winners & Nominees . 1994 . Australian Film Institute . 27 December 2021.
  13. Web site: The Daylight moon: a film about the poet Les Murray . 19 December 2021 . Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
  14. Book: Difficult Pleasure: a portrait of Brett Whiteley . WorldCat . 225420367 . 22 December 2021.
  15. Web site: AFI Awards 1990 . AACTA Winners & Nominees . 1990 . Australian Film Institute . 27 December 2021.
  16. Web site: Babakiueria . Australian Screen - Short Films . National Film and SoundArchive . 19 December 2021 . Kate . Matthews.