| Jan Sharp | |
| Birth Date: | 16 May 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Cobram, Australia |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation: | Film producer, director and cinematographer |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Children: | 2 |
Jan Sharp (16 May 1946 – 24 July 2012) was an Australian film producer, director and cinematographer.
Jan Sharp was born on 16 May 1946 in Cobram, Australia.[1] [2] She attended Catholic boarding schools in Australia.[1] [2] She graduated from the University of Melbourne, where she studied Fine Arts.[1] [2]
She started her career at Film Australia and later worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[1] [2] She then worked again at Film Australia, this time as an Associate Producer and Director.[1] Later, she had a weekly column in The Australian and a cultural program on Radio Australia.[1] She continued to work as a film producer in Los Angeles, California.[1]
She was married to Australian film producer Phillip Noyce from 1979 to 2004.[1] They had one daughter, Lucia, and Sharp had a daughter, Alice, by a previous relationship with the well-known Sydney-based artist and cartoonist Michael Lodge.[1] [2] She resided in the former private residence of actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990).[2] She died on 24 July 2012 in Los Angeles, California.[1]
The 39th Telluride Film Festival in 2013 was dedicated to her.[2] [3]