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A discussion with director Gillian Armstrong.
with Gillian Armstrong on Dec 9, 1997
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with Gillian Armstrong on Dec 9, 1997
Gillian Armstrong is an Australian film director. In 1972 she entered, and later graduated from, the Australian Film and Television School. Three years later she directed two shorts films: “The Singer And The Dancer” and “Smokes and Lollies” (1975).
Her feature length film “My Brilliant Career” (1979), an adaptation of Miles Franklin’s novel of the same name, was the first Australian feature length film to be directed by a woman for 46 years. Armstrong received six awards at the 1979 Australian Film Awards, including Best Director. Following the success of “My Brilliant Career”, which was nominated for an Academy Award in Best Costume Design, Armstrong directed the Australian musical “Starstruck” (1981).
Since then, Armstrong has specialized in period drama. She achieved her greatest Hollywood success with the 1994 adaptation of “Little Women”, starring Winona Ryder and Susan Sarandon, and followed with the films Oscar and “Lucinda” (1997) and “Charlotte Gray” (2001).
