Igor Auzins Explained

Igor Auzins (born 1949 in Melbourne)^[1] is an Australian filmmaker. He joined Crawford Productions in 1969, worked as a cameraman, and then a director. He made documentaries for the South Australian Film Corporation, TV commercials, tele movies and features.^[2]

Select Credits

• Matlock Police (TV series) - camera operator
• Division 4 (1972-73) (TV series) - director
• Upstream, Downstream (1975) (short film)^[3]
• Homicide (1973–76) - won a Logie for his direction of episode "The Firework Man"^[4]
• The Outsiders (1976) - director Ghost Town
• The Big Backyard (1977) (short film) - director
• Upstream downstream (1977) (short) - director
• All at Sea (1977) (TV movie)
• Death Train (1977) (TV movie) - director
• The Night Nurse (1977) (TV movie) - director
• High Rolling (1977) - director^[5]
• Chopper Squad (1978) (TV series) - director
• Bailey's Bird (1979) (TV series) - director
• Water Under the Bridge (1980) (miniseries) - director
• A Country Practice (TV series) - director
• Runaway Island (1982) - director
• We of the Never Never (1982) - director^[6]
• Taurus Rising (1982) (Tv series) - director
• The Coolangatta Gold (1984) - director^[7]

External links

• • Igor Auzins at Screen Australia
• Igor Auzins at British Film Institute

Notes and References

1. Book: Aveyard. Karina. Moran. Albert. Vieth. Errol. Australian Film Radio and Television School . Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema . 34 . 2007 . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. . 9781538111277.
2. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p315
3. News: AUST. REPRESENTATION AT ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL . . 7 . 9 . New South Wales, Australia . 1 October 1977 . 16 January 2017 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: Logies for Ernie and Ding Dong . . 49 . 14,008 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 8 March 1975 . 16 January 2017 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
5. News: HIGH ROLLING . . 45 . 12 . Australia . 24 August 1977 . 8 April 2019 . 48 . National Library of Australia.
6. News: 'Glitter and glamour' at film premiere . . 57 . 17,200 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 31 October 1982 . 8 April 2019 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
7. News: Cosmopolitan Twin Cinemas . . 59 . 17,973 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 13 December 1984 . 8 April 2019 . 11 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE CANBERRA TIMES) . National Library of Australia.