In Conversation with
Jack Thompson AND WAYNE BLAIR
ACTOR Jack Thompson joins Actor/Director Wayne Blair for an intimate conversation exploring their careers, inspirations and the evolution of Indigenous culture on Australian screens.
The conversation will led by Associate Professor and Producer Pauline Clague
SUNDAY 25TH OCTOBER
5pm to 7pm
BYRON THEATRE
Tickets are limited for this special event
Wayne Blair
Wayne Blair is an internationally acclaimed film, television and theatre director, writer, actor and producer. In 2019, his feature film TOP END WEDDING starring Miranda Tapsell premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. His film, THE SAPPHIRES, the highest-grossing Australian film of 2012, won eleven AACTA Awards, including Best Director and Best Film and had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. He is the co-producer and co-director of the CLEVERMAN. Other directing credits include MYSTERY ROAD, SEA CHANGE, LOVE CHILD, REDFERN NOW, LOCKIE LEONARD, DEAD GORGEOUS and Australian children’s TV series DOUBLE TROUBLE.
JACK THOMPSON
Jack Thompson is a giant of Australian Cinema and has featured in dozens of iconic home-grown films. He is best known internationally for his appearances in WAKE IN FRIGHT, THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, BREAKER MORANT, THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER, THE SUM OF US, MAO’S LAST DANCER, AUSTRALIA, GREAT GATSBY, and MYSTERY ROAD.
Jack has championed the local industry throughout his career and has been a tireless supporter of the Byron Bay International Film Festival since it began. Jack and his brother Peter both received Lifetime Achievement Awards acknowledging their contribution to the Australian Film and TV Industry at the closing awards ceremony of the 2019 Byron Bay International Film Festival and is a judge at this year's festival.
Pauline Clague
Associate Professor and Producer Pauline Clague, a Yaegl woman from Northern NSW has worked as a storyteller and producer for 25 years and is known for her extensive work in championing and producing the works of Australia’s emerging and Indigenous filmmakers. She is currently Manager of Cultural Resilience Hub, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research at the Univeristy of Technology, Sydney (UTS), founder and Artistic Director of Winda Film Festival, worked as Series Producer for ABC’s Messagestick, Indigenous training officer at the Australian, Film, Television and Radio School, Commissioning Editor and Head of Internal Productions at NITV and a Programmer for imagineNATIVE in Canada media +arts festiva, Toronto. While working at NITV she won the Stanley Hawes award in 2015.
Pauline is a NSW Indigenous Woman of the Year 2020 Nominee.