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Australian film and television director
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Biography
Introduction
Donald Charles Crombie AM (born 5 July 1942 in Brisbane) is an Australian film and television director and screenwriter.
He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Crombie started work at the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1963. He has directed feature films, telemovies, mini-series, drama series, documentaries and commercials, and has also written film and television scripts. Crombie has been a board-member of the AWG, ASDACS and ASDA and the President of ASDA for over 5 years.
Filmography
Feature films directed
- The Choice (1971)
- Caddie (1976)
- The Irishman (1978) (also writer)
- Cathy's Child (1979)
- The Killing of Angel Street (1981)
- Kitty and the Bagman (1983)
- Playing Beatie Bow (1986)
- Rough Diamonds (1994) (also writer)
- Selkie (2000)
Television
- Do I Have to Kill My Child? (1976) (TV) (also writer)
- "Cyclone Tracy" (1986) TV mini-series
- The Heroes (1988) (TV)
- The Alien Years (1988) (TV)
- The Saint: Fear in Fun Park (1989) (TV)
- The River Kings (1991) TV mini-series
- Heroes II: The Return (1991) (TV)
- The Feds: Terror (1993) (TV)
- "Time Trax" (1993–1994)
- "Flipper" (1995–1997)
- "Tales of the South Seas" (1998) TV series
- "McLeod's Daughters" (2001–2002)
Other
- Aircraft at Work (1966) (documentary) (also writer)
- Is Anybody Doing Anything About It? (1967) (short) (also writer)
- Sailor (1968) (documentary)
- Top End (1968) (documentary)
- Our Land Australia(1972) (documentary) (also producer, co-writer)
- Who Killed Jenny Langby? (1974) (documentary) (also co-writer)
- Robbery Under Arms (1985) (cinema and a television mini-series release)