Mark Joffe
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Mark Joffe | |
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| Born | Mark Joffe 1956 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer |
| Years active | 1981–present |
Mark Joffe (born 1956) is an Australian film and television director.[1] He has directed feature films, telemovies, and drama series.[2]
Joffe "learned his trade at
Special Squad and Neighbours
. His first major directing job was the first episode of The Great Bookie Robbery (1986).
He agreed to direct the Irish-American film The Matchmaker after gaining approval to have the script rewritten by Irish writer Graham Linehan, one of the writers of Father Ted.[4]
Awards
In 1987 Joffe won the
Best Direction in Television for The Great Bookie Robbery. In 1991 he won the Peace Prize at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival[5] for More Winners: Boy Soldiers. In 1992 he was nominated for the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Spotswood
.
Filmography
- Feature films
- Working Class Boy (documentary) (2018)
- Dripping in Chocolate (2012)
- The Man Who Sued God (2001)
- The Matchmaker (1997)
- Cosi (1996)
- Spotswood (1992)
- Grievous Bodily Harm (1988)
- Television
- The House of Hancock(2015)
- A Place to Call Home (2014)
- Wild Boys (2011)
- Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story (2020)
- More Winners: Boy Soldiers (1990)
- Shadow of the Cobra (1989)
- Nightmaster (1988)
- The Great Bookie Robbery (1986)
- The Fast Lane (1986)
- Neighbours (1985)
- Special Squad(1985)
- Carson's Law (1983)
- Skin Deep (1983)
- Holiday Island (1981)
See also
References
- IMDb
- ^ "Interview with Mark Joffe", Signet, 21 March 1996 accessed 19 November 2012
- ^ The Great Bookie Robbery Archived 19 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Cinephilia
- ^ Joffe, Mark : The Matchmaker - Urban Cinephile
- ^ IMDb - Awards for Mark Joffe
External links
- Mark Joffe at IMDb
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