Sophia Turkiewicz Explained

Sophia Turkiewicz
Nationality:	Australian
Occupation:	Director

Sophia Turkiewicz is an Australian film and television director known for her film Silver City.^{[1] [2]} Silver City, which Turkiewicz began during a six-month stay in Poland,^[3] was released internationally and won 3 AFI awards.^[4] Turkiewicz has also spent six years as a lecturer in the directing department of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School before leaving to direct Once My Mother.

Filmography

Film

• A Handful of Jelly Babies (1976)
• Letters from Poland (1978)^[5]
• Silver City (1984)^{[6] [7] [8]}
• Flame (1995)
• Pacific Drive (1996)
• Once My Mother (2013). Short-listed for the 2015 Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.^[9]

Television

• Time's Raging (1985)^[10]
• I've Come About the Suicide (1987)
• The New Adventures of Black Beauty (1992, episodes Sweet Reward and The Detectives)
• Bananas in Pyjamas (1992, 37 episodes)
• A Country Practice (1994, episodes Little Girl Lost and Family Business)
• Mirror, Mirror (1995, season 1, episodes 6 - 10 and 16 - 20)
• The Wayne Manifesto (1996, director of 4 episodes)
• Driven Crazy (1998, episodes 1–4)
• Something in the Air (2001, eight episodes)
• Escape of the Artful Dodger (2002, six episodes)

Notes and References

1. Book: Blonski, Annette. Don't Shoot Darling: Women's Independent Filmmaking in Australia. 1988. Australia in Print. 0864360584. 234–236.
2. News: A New Insight Into The Migrant Experience. 22 April 2013. Sydney Morning Herald. Sep 27, 1984.
3. Book: Connell, John. Writing Across Worlds: Literature and Migration. 2002. Routledge. 0203426126. 250.
4. Book: Simpson, Catherine. Diasporas of Australian cinema. 2009. Intellect Ltd. 978-1841501970. 137–146.
5. News: Short Feature gets airing. 22 April 2013. The Age. Mar 24, 1981.
6. News: 'SILVER CITY': A BIT UNPOLISHED. 22 April 2013. Philadelphia Daily News. September 5, 1986.
7. News: Movie Review - Silver City. 22 April 2013. New York Times. May 17, 1985.
8. Book: McFarlane, Brian. Australian cinema. 1988. Columbia University Press. 0231067283. 60, 61, 88, 108, 158, 180, 203.
9. Summer 2015. New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. SL Magazine. 8. 4. 36.
10. News: All-star cast for new ABC telemovie on book by Moorhouse. 22 April 2013. The Sydney Morning Herald. Jun 3, 1984.