Donald Crombie Explained

Donald Crombie
Birth Date:	1942 7, df=yes
Birth Place:	Brisbane, Australia
Education:	National Institute of Dramatic Art Anglican Church Grammar School
Occupation:	Film and television director
Children:	Fiona Crombie

Donald Charles Crombie (born 5 July 1942) is an Australian film and television director and screenwriter.^[1]

Born in Brisbane, Crombie was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School^[2] and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Crombie started work at the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1963. He has directed feature films, telemovies, mini-series, drama series, documentaries and commercials, and has also written film and television scripts. Crombie has been a board member of the AWG, ASDACS and ASDA and the president of ASDA for over 5 years.^[3]

He is the father of costume and production designer Fiona Crombie.^[4]

Filmography

Feature films directed

• The Choice (1971)
• Caddie (1976)
• The Irishman (1978) (also writer)
• Cathy's Child (1979)
• The Killing of Angel Street (1981)
• Kitty and the Bagman (1983)
• Playing Beatie Bow (1986)
• Rough Diamonds (1994) (also writer)
• Selkie (2000)

Television

• Do I Have to Kill My Child? (1976) (also writer)
• Cyclone Tracy (1986) (miniseries)
• The Heroes (1988) (miniseries)
• The Alien Years (1988) (miniseries)
• The Saint: Fear in Fun Park (1989)
• The River Kings (1991) (miniseries)
• (1991) (miniseries)
• The Feds: Terror (1993)
• Time Trax (1993–1994)
• The Celluloid Heroes (1995) (documentary series)
• Flipper (1995–1997)
• Tales of the South Seas (1998)
• McLeod's Daughters (2001–2002)

Other

• Aircraft at Work (1966) (documentary) (also writer)
• Is Anybody Doing Anything About It? (1967) (short) (also writer)
• Sailor (1968) (documentary)
• Top End (1968) (documentary)
• Our Land Australia (1972) (documentary) (also producer, co-writer)
• Who Killed Jenny Langby? (1974) (documentary) (also co-writer)
• Robbery Under Arms (1985) (cinema and a television miniseries release)

Notes and References

1. Book: Murray. Scott. Australian Cinema. Allen & Unwin/AFC. St.Leonards, New South Wales. 1994. 321. 1-86373-311-6.
2. Book: Mason, James. Churchie: The Centenary Register. 2011. The Anglican Church Grammar School. Brisbane, Australia. 978-0-646-55807-3.
3. Web site: Adg.org.au – Crombie . 15 March 2010 . 19 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419080810/http://www.adg.org.au/featured-directors.aspx . dead .
4. News: From Turramurra Public School to Oscar nominee, Fiona Crombie's North Shore beginnings. Alison Stephenson. The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 25 February 2019. 6 November 2021.