Nigel Buesst Nigel Buesst i(A103774 works by)
Born: Established: 1938 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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After graduating with a bachelor of communications from Melbourne University in 1960, Nigel Buesst sought work in the British film industry. He worked at Shepparton Studios as an assistant editor and on various other freelance assignments before returning to Melbourne in 1962 to work for the ABC at Ripponlea. Since then he has worked in various capacities, as film editor, cameraman, sound recordist, producer and director. Buesst spent thirteen years as a lecturer at Swinburne Film and TV Department and five years as Director of the St. Kilda Film Festival. He has also operated a small video editing establishment in North Carlton, the Sunrise Picture Co.

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form y separately published work icon Dead Easy ( dir. Nigel Buesst ) Australia : 1970 6199992 1970 single work film/TV crime thriller

'A visiting German professor (Kurt Beimel) assists a student of criminology (Peter Carmody), completing a thesis on mass murders committed in Melbourne.

'The pair visit the scenes of the crimes with a movie camera and tape recorder, and reconstruct the lives of four murderers: Frederick Deeming, Norman List, Arnold Sodeman and Edward Leonski [...].

'At film's end, when the student goes to visit the professor, he sees the professor knife one of two strangers who've attacked him. The professor jumps on a departing train, leaving the student behind ...'

Source: Oz Movies (http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/dead-easy). (Sighted: 2/8/2013)

1970 winner Australian Film Institute Awards Best Short Fiction Film
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