Kerry Heysen Explained
Kerry Margaret Heysen (born May 30, 1945) is an Australian film producer from Adelaide, South Australia, known for her work on Shine (1996), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), No Reservations (2007), (2007)[1] and The Lucky One (2012).[2]
Early life
Heysen was born Kerry Margaret Madigan in Adelaide, South Australia and was educated at Cabra College[3] and Flinders University.[4] Her father, Ted Madigan was a well-known South Australian radio broadcaster.[5]
Widowed at the age of 22, with a newborn son, she returned to school and entered Flinders University where she met fellow filmmaker, Scott Hicks.[6]
In 1971 Heysen and Hicks married and began a lifelong pursuit of making films together. Heysen and Hicks would go on the have a second son, Jethro Heysen-Hicks.
Career
Heysen's company developed the film Shine[7] which was nominated for seven Academy Awards,[8] five Golden Globes, nine BAFTAS,[9] and won nine Australian Film Institute Awards.[10] Based on the life of pianist David Helgott, the film also won Geoffrey Rush the Oscar for best actor.[11]
Kerry Heysen is CEO and a Founding Director of the Kino Films Group of Companies, Color and Movement Films USA.[12]
Awards
In 2006, Flinders University awarded her a Distinguished Alumni Award.[13]
In 2009, Heysen produced, which won the 2009 Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Feature Length Documentary.
In 2014, Heysen was named as one of the most Influential Women of South Australia.[14]
At the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, Heysen was made a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to film, and to women. [15]
In 2020, Heysen was awarded The Premier's Lifetime Achievement Award jointly with her husband Scott Hicks.[16]
In 2022, an Honorary Doctorate of Letters was awarded to her by Flinders University of South Australia.[17]
Filmography
Executive producer
Producer
Co-Producer
Associate Producer
Creative Consultant
Notes and References
- Web site: Kerry Heysen . 2022-12-08 . www.tcm.com . en.
- Web site: The Lucky One – KOJO . 2022-12-08 . kojo.com.au.
- News: Williams . Tim . Kemp . Miles . 2022-11-09 . Cream of the crop: South Australian private schools' most famous faces . The Advertiser . 2022-08-12.
- News: Not listed . Not listed . 10 June 2019 . Full list of South Australian recipients of Queen's Birthday Honours . The Advertiser . 8 December 2022.
- News: 13 May 2016 . It takes two to Shine . The Advertiser . 15 June 2023.
- News: 13 May 2016 . It takes two to Shine . 14 June 2023.
- News: Unknown . Unknown . 11 September 2022 . Cream of the crop: South Australian private schools' most famous faces . The Advertiser . 8 December 2022.
- Web site: 1997 Oscars.org Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . 2022-12-08 . www.oscars.org . en.
- Web site: Film in 1997 BAFTA Awards . 2022-12-08 . awards.bafta.org.
- Web site: Australian Television: 1996 AFI Awards . 2022-12-08 . www.australiantelevision.net.
- News: 13 May 2016 . It takes two to Shine . The Advertiser . 14 June 2023.
- News: Williams . Tim . Kemp . Miles . 11 September 2022 . Cream of the crop: South Australian private schools' most famous faces . The Advertiser . 8 December 2022.
- Web site: Alumni awards . 2022-09-20 . Flinders University . en.
- News: Debelle . Penelope . Leo . Jessica . 2014 . South Australia's most influential women . 1 . The Advertiser . Adelaide, South Australia . 20 September 2022.
- Web site: 2019-06-09 . Queen's Birthday 2019 Honours: The full list . 2022-09-20 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
- Web site: Cabinet . Department of the Premier and . 2020-12-17 . Congratulations to South Australia's arts and culture stars . 2022-09-20 . Department of the Premier and Cabinet . en-AU.
- Web site: newsdesk . 2022-05-11 . Aussie icons Maggie Beer and Kerry Heysen awarded Hon Docs . 2022-09-20 . News . en-AU.
- Web site: Kerry Heysen . 2022-12-08 . MUBI . en.
