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Born: Established: 1981 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
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1 form y separately published work icon A Thin Life Frank Howson , ( dir. Frank Howson ) Melbourne : Boulevard Films , 1996 8296689 1996 single work film/TV

Trapped in a house, a man on the run reflects on his life and his pursuers close in.

1 form y separately published work icon The Final Stage Frank Howson , ( dir. Frank Howson ) Melbourne : Boulevard Films , 1995 8296492 1995 single work film/TV

'Frank Howson’s most personal and introspective work deals with a group of people trapped in a surreal purgatory world of seemingly no escape, where the past sins of former lives are redeemed, dissected and repeated ad infinitum.'

Source: Melbourne Underground Film Festival (http://www.muff.com.au/vault/2005/content/oz.html). (Sighted: 6/2/2015)

1 form y separately published work icon Crimetime Crime Time Bruce Venables , ( dir. Marc Gracie ) Melbourne : Boulevard Films , 1993 6962952 1993 single work film/TV crime detective

'Policemen Robin Decker and John Little begin to realize that they are probably the only two honest cops left in the force. The corruption goes all the way to the top. Decker comes up with a plan while Little becomes increasingly concerned for their safety as they begin to turn up the heat and shake the tree.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 28/1/2014)

1 form y separately published work icon A Slow Night at the Kuwaiti Cafe Marc Gracie , Christopher Thompson , ( dir. Marc Gracie ) Melbourne : Boulevard Films , 1992 8296654 1992 single work film/TV

A Vietnam veteran takes a cafe owner hostage on the eve of the Gulf War.

1 form y separately published work icon Come Rain or Shine Frank Howson , ( dir. Frank Howson ) Melbourne : Boulevard Films , 1992 8296261 1992 single work film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon Flynn Frank Howson , Alister Webb , ( dir. Frank Howson ) Australia United States of America (USA) : Boulevard Films Century Park Pictures , 1992 7369952 1992 single work film/TV

'The story of Errol Flynn's early years, depicting his childhood in Tasmania and his wild teenage years in New Guinea. Before he was 21, he stood trial for murder. He was a thief, a liar, a gigolo, a gambler, a sailor, a streetfighter, a soldier of fortune. He was Errol Flynn.'

Source: Screen Australia.

1 form y separately published work icon The Intruder Frank Howson , ( dir. Richard Wolstencroft ) Melbourne : Boulevard Films , 1991 8295793 1991 single work film/TV

Described as an erotic thriller.

A couple arrive home to find not only that their house has been broken into, but that the intruder is still inside.

1 form y separately published work icon Hunting Frank Howson , ( dir. Frank Howson ) Australia : Boulevard Films Century Park Pictures , 1991 8295068 1991 single work film/TV thriller

An executive secretary, unhappy in her marriage to an unemployed artist, begins a passionate affair with one of her firm's most prestigious clients, an American man who is not what he seems on the surface.

1 form y separately published work icon What the Moon Saw Frank Howson , ( dir. Pino Amenta ) Melbourne United States of America (USA) : Boulevard Films Century Park Pictures , 1990 Z1865953 1990 single work film/TV fantasy children's

Steven Wilson travels to Melbourne to visit his grandmother, a former Tivoli showgirl and dancer. Here, he becomes obsessed with the theatre--particularly the production of Sinbad at the Athenaeum. Under the steady influence of grease-paint and illusion, Steven succumbs to theatrical magic and actually becomes Sinbad, on his greatest adventure ever.

1 1 form y separately published work icon Heaven Tonight Frank Howson , ( dir. Pino Amenta ) 1990 Melbourne : Boulevard Films , 1990 Z382765 1990 single work film/TV A 1960s' rock star attempts a comeback in the 1980s, creating tension with his teenage son, who is also in a rock band.
1 form y separately published work icon Beyond My Reach Philip Dalkin , Frank Howson , ( dir. Dan Burstall ) Melbourne : Boulevard Films , 1990 8295456 1990 single work film/TV

'Two struggling Australian movie makers, Chris Brookes (David Roberts) and Alex Gower (Alan Fletcher), score a success with a production called Downtime.

'Hollywood is interested, and for a while the future looks rosy for the Aussie battlers. But of course the Americans, in the shape of studio head Steve Schafler (Nicholas Hammond) and his inevitably beautiful and seductive assistant, Terri Neilson (Terri Garber), want to bend the film to suit US audiences.

'There lies the substance of the drama. Alex, who has a girlfriend back home, sticks by the principles of his art. Chris, footloose and with an eye for Terri, decides to throw in his lot with the Hollywood dream factory.'

Source:

'Croc Dundee, but No Laughs', Canberra Times, 29 March 1993, p.10 [television supplement].

1 form y separately published work icon Boulevard of Broken Dreams Frank Howson , ( dir. Pino Amenta ) Australia : Boulevard Films , 1988 8294464 1988 single work film/TV

'TOM Garfield is up on top but that's not where he wants to be. A brilliant writer with a string of hits to his name, he has achieved something most people dream about — success and all its trappings — but not without a cost. His wife, Helen, has left him. Their daughter, Jessie, is growing up without him. His friends have slipped away. The years have blurred together under the influence of excessive alcohol.

'Alone and burnt out in Los Angeles, he realises that the only passion left in his life is his overwhelming desire to be reunited with his family. Fired by the dreams he lost track of in the fast lane, Tom returns to Melbourne, only to find that he cannot pick up where he left off.'

Source:

'John Waters Playing It a Bit Rich', Canberra Times, 20 October 1988, p.28.

1 form y separately published work icon Backstage Frank Howson , Jonathan Hardy , ( dir. Jonathan Hardy ) Australia : Boulevard Films Burrowes Film Group , 1988 8293905 1988 single work film/TV

An American pop star appears in an Australian theatrical production (The Green Year Passes) as a means of kickstarting an acting career.

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