Ned Lander Ned Lander i(A152320 works by)
Gender: Male
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'Ned Lander is an independent writer, director and producer. From 2001 to 2009 he worked at SBS as a Commissioning Editor and the as General Manager SBS Independent who was responsible for all Australian commissioning. Lander produced the feature film Radiance nominated for Best Film and won Best Actress at the 1999 AFIs it screened at Toronto, London, The Hamptons, Wellington, Vancourver, Sydney and Melbourne Internationl Film Festivals.

Lander directed and co-produced 50 Years of Silence, about the first European woman to speak out about her treatment by the Japanese military as a 'Comfort Woman'. 50 Years of Silence was broadcast in over 30 other countries. It won a Logie and the AFI Award for Best Documentary. Ned also directed the AFI Award winning feature film Wrong Side of The Road and produced the four- hour docu-drama series Blood Brothers. Ned directed two episodes including Broken English starring Hugo Weaving, Noah Taylor and Indigenous actor Lawrence Turner. In 1987 he co-produced the one-hour documentary for director Trevor Graham, Painting The Town about artist Yosl Bergner, which won the AFI for Best Documentary.' (Source: Make Hummus not War website www.makehummusnotwar.com)

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form y separately published work icon Wrong Side of the Road ( dir. Ned Lander ) Sydney : Inma Productions , 1981 Z1919503 1981 single work film/TV travel 'In this semi-fictitious account, two South Australian black rock/​ reggae bands "No Fixed Address" and "Us Mob" are followed on the road over a two day period in a loosely structured narrative based on the experiences of cast members, alluding to a number of issues including black identity and police harassment. First released in 1981.' (Source: TROVE)
1981 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Film
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