James Bogle James Bogle i(A105964 works by)
Born: Established: 1959 ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Film director and occasional script-writer.

More prolific as a director than as a script-writer, James Bogle directed his first film in 1988: the fantasy-horror film (infused with Indigenous Australian mmythology) Kadaicha (directed to a script by prolific script-writer Ian Coughlan). He followed this in the early 1990s with two films for which he was both script-writer and director: Mad Bomber in Love (1992), co-written with Martin Brown, George Mannix, Leon Marvell, and Peter Rasmussen, and the short film 'Dream Rider' (co-written with James Gaddas), later incorporated into Australian-Japanese-Hong Kong co-production Kin Chan no Cinema Jack (1993).


His next script was not until 1998, with the adaptation of In the Winter Dark, based on Tim Winton's novella: he co-wrote the script with one of his Mad Bomber in Love collaborators, Peter Rasmussen, as well as directing the film. His next scripts were not until nearly a decade later, with an episode of Lockie Leonard (2007) (a program on which he also worked as director) and another adaptation, Closed for Winter (2008), from Georgia Blain's novel of the same name.

Since 2000, Bogle has concentrated on directing, working for the most part in television. His work includes episodes of Ocean Star (2003), Foreign Exchange (2004), The Sleepover Club (2006-2007), The Circuit (2009), K9 (2009-2010), and Lockie Leonard (2007-2010).

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon Whiteley ( dir. James Bogle ) Australia : Northern Pictures , 2017 11161387 2017 single work film/TV

'A visual journey into the life and legacy of one of Australia’s most celebrated artists, Brett Whiteley. Through archive, drama and visual effects, this raw and intimate film shows Whiteley’s driving passion to express himself through his art.' (Synopsis)

2017 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia Best Feature Documentary
form y separately published work icon Closed for Winter ( dir. James Bogle ) 2008 Australia : Goalpost Pictures Kojo Pictures RB Films South Australian Film Corporation , 2009 Z1564380 2008 single work film/TV mystery

'How can you understand one day without understanding the day before? At the beach one summer day, a little girl goes missing. Twenty years on, her sister finds the courage to rearrange the pieces of her broken life...and create a new beginning.'

Source: Screen Australia.

2008 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Best Film Script Awarded under the title 'Elise'.
form y separately published work icon Lockie Leonard ( dir. Tony Tilse et. al. )agent Sydney : Nine Network Essential Viewing , 2007-2010 Z1389794 2007- series - publisher film/TV children's

Based upon the novels by Western Australian author Tim Winton, the series revolves around 12-year-old Lockie Leonard, a surf rat whose family moves to the most remote town on Earth, Angelus. Lockie's convinced that this is a total disaster. He has no friends, a new school, and a house that is truly in danger of disappearing into a swamp. But then Lockie spots the one thing that makes it all okay. This weird little town has the best surf he has ever seen.

2012 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Children's Program
2008 winner Logie Awards Most Outstanding Children's Program
2007 winner Australian Film Institute Awards Best Children's Television Drama
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