A commercially successful Australian director of over eighteen feature films and documentaries, including My Brilliant Career (1979), Gillian Armstrong is an early, notable example of a woman director connecting with mass audiences. Armstrong's films are unique in their aesthetic expression and in the ethical relationships that they depict, framed through the language of gender inclusivity and due in part to her foregrounding of original, complex and nuanced female characters. This important book fills a gap in the literature on women screen practitioners and is a long overdue response to demands for new insight into the work of this significant director.
About the AuthorJulia Erhart is Associate Professor in Screen and Media Studies at Flinders University.
Book InformationISBN 9781474440516
Author Julia ErhartFormat Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press
Series Visionaries: Thinking Through Female Filmmakers