David De Vries David De Vries i(A76555 works by)
Born: Established: 1961 Wellington, Wellington (Region), North Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region,
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Gender: Male
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1 form y separately published work icon I Kept The Beat Michael Crismani , David De Vries , Australia : National Indigenous Television Media Resource Centre , 2016 15411228 2016 single work film/TV

'“My father was an Opal Miner. My mother was a child of the Stolen Generation. From the Red Centre to the streets of LA, I chased fame and glory. I found so much more.” Michael, an 8 year old child in the outback town of Coober Pedy embraces the drums. Becoming a professional musician, his quest for fame and glory takes him to the streets of LA, where he learns so much more.'  (Production summary)

1 form y separately published work icon Carmilla Hyde David De Vries , ( dir. David De Vries ) Adelaide : Dark Mirror Pictures , 2010 Z1870917 2010 single work film/TV horror fantasy

'Millie Jackson, a nerdish introverted virgin, shares an old crumbling mansion with fellow uni student Sara. Sara's friend Britt, desperate to move in, hatches a cruel and cunning plot to push Millie out. Party drugged, Millie is seduced by Sara's boyfriend Nathan, to awake, naked and confused, with no memory of the night before. Deep in denial, Millie is confronted by startling images of her night of passion, filmed and mailed through the internet.

'Distraught, confused and plagued by conflicting emotions, Millie seeks help from her family psychiatrist Dr Charles Webster. During hypnosis, Dr Webster unwittingly awakes Millie's repressed alter ego, unleashing the wild, sexy Carmilla Hyde. Armed by a post-hypnotic trigger, Millie now has the perfect vehicle to take her revenge... to beat her tormentors at their own game of cruel deception.

'But the battle is with more than just her housemates. Plagued by childhood memories, and with her alter ego Carmilla slowly taking over, she returns to Dr Webster in a desperate bid to regain control'.

Source: Official website (http://www.darkmirrorpictures.com/synopsis.php). (Sighted: 29/6/2012)

De Vries's title evokes two influential earlier horror texts: Robert Louis Stevenson's novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and Jospeh Sheridan Le Fanu's vampire short story 'Carmilla' (1872).

1 form y separately published work icon Legacy of the Silver Shadow Chris Anastassiades , Ray Boseley , Philip Dalkin , Robert Greenberg , Susan MacGillicuddy , Christine Madafferi , Stephen Bates , Cameron Clarke , David De Vries , Ray Boseley , Chris Anastassiades , ( dir. Ray Boseley et. al. )agent Fitzroy : Australian Children's Television Foundation , 2002 Z1844126 2002 series - publisher film/TV science fiction children's

Four children stumble into the secret underground lair of a long-dead super-hero, the Silver Shadow. Defeated (and killed) by his arch-nemesis, The Crab, in the 1950s, the Silver Shadow lives on as a digital recording in his base's computer. Just as he convinces the four to take up his role as the city's defender, The Crab, now an old man in a retirement village, trains his grand-daughter to be his own successor.

As with other programs produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF), Legacy of the Silver Shadow concentrated strongly on questions of self-identity, peer pressure and conformity, and individualism.

Australian Screen includes some clips from Legacy of the Silver Shadow: http://aso.gov.au/titles/tv/legacy-silver-shadow-feral/clip1/ (Sighted: 23/2/2012). The program is also available on DVD via the ACTF.

1 3 y separately published work icon Round the Twist : Featuring Pink Bow Tie and Nails Paul Jennings , Ringwood : Puffin , 1993 Z1051291 1993 selected work children's fiction children's
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