Cirrus@Austlit

'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)