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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fred Schepisi AO (born 26 December 1939) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. His credits include: Last Orders, Roxanne, Plenty, and Six Degrees of Separation. Schepisi was born Frederic Alan Schepisi in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of fruit dealer Frederic Thomas Schepisi and Loretto Ellen (née Hare). He began his career in advertising and directed both commercials and documentaries before helming his first feature film, The Devil's Playground, in 1976. Schepisi won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction and the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay for both The Devil's Playground and Evil Angels (released in the US as A Cry in the Dark). In 1991, his film The Russia House was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. In 2005 Schepisi directed and co-produced the HBO miniseries Empire Falls, for which he was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special and the Directors Guild of America Award for Best Director of a TV Film. In April 2008 it was announced Film Finance Corporation Australia was providing funding for Schepisi's film The Last Man, about the final days of the Vietnam War. It is scheduled to begin filming in Queensland, with Guy Pearce and David Wenham in leading roles, towards the end of the year. Schepisi has also directed a number of music videos, including for the 2008 song "Breathe" by Kaz James featuring Stu Stone. Asked about the "gypsy-like existence" of a filmmaker, Schepisi has said: "It’s the hardest thing. I think we’re today’s circus people. It’s very hard on your family. [His wife] Mary travels with me and when everyone was younger and it was possible, I liked them to travel with me and be with me. Fortunately, Mary’s an artist; she paints, and often finds inspiration from our locations." Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Schepisi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1939-12-26
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 2.1
- info Birth Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
2017-03-14
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Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
2018-07-05
6.9
Not Quite Hollywood
2008-08-28
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The Russia House
1990-12-21
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The Russia House
1990-12-21
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Roxanne
1987-06-19
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Six Degrees of Separation
1993-12-08
6.9
Barbarosa
1982-02-19
6.9
Iceman
1984-04-13
6.9
It Runs in the Family
2003-04-25
6.9
I.Q.
1994-12-24
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I.Q.
1994-12-24
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The Devil's Playground
1976-08-12
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The Devil's Playground
1976-08-12
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Evil Angels
1988-11-03
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Evil Angels
1988-11-03
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Plenty
1985-09-20
6.9
Last Orders
2001-09-10
6.9
Mr. Baseball
1992-10-01
6.9
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978-06-21
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A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
1969-01-01
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The Eye of the Storm
2011-09-15
6.9
Dogs in Space
1986-12-18
6.9
Words and Pictures
2014-05-22
6.9
Libido
1973-04-06
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Words and Pictures
2014-05-22
6.9
Levity
2003-03-16
6.9
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978-06-21
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978-06-21
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The Eye of the Storm
2011-09-15
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Mallboy
2001-03-13
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Last Orders
2001-09-10
6.9
Fierce Creatures
1997-01-23
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The Devil's Playground
1976-08-12
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Six Degrees of Separation
1993-12-08
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Empire Falls
2005-05-28
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Empire Falls
2005-05-28