Rachel Perkins

Rachel Perkins is a film and television director, film and television producer and a writer. She is known for her films Bran Nue Dae, Radiance and One Night the Moon. Perkins is an Arrernte woman from Central Australia, who was raised in Canberra by parents Eileen and Charles Perkins. Her father was an aboriginal activist.^[1]

Rachel Perkins was also curator for the 2009 Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival. This tenth anniversary of the festival held at the Sydney Opera House featured the premiere of Fire Talker, a documentary film about Charlie Perkins by Australian filmmaker Ivan Sen.^[2][3]

• 1 Filmography
• 2 Awards
• 3 External links
• 4 References

Filmography

• Blood Brothers (1993) - producer, director, writer
• Radiance (1998) - director
• One Night the Moon (2001) - director, writer
• Flat (2002) - producer
• Mimi (2002) - producer
• First Australians (2008) - producer, director, writer, narrator
• Bran Nue Dae (2010) - director, writer

Awards

Australian Film Institute

• 1998 - AFI Award Best Achievement in Direction: Radiance (1998) (nominated)
• 2002 - Byron Kennedy Award

Australian Writers' Guild

• 2001 - Awgie Award Television - Television Original: One Night the Moon (2001)
• 2001 - Major Award: One Night the Moon (2001)

Canberra International Film Festival

• 1998 - Audience Award: Radiance (1998)

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

• 2002 - Special Achievement Award: One Night the Moon (2001)

IF Awards

• 2001 - IF Award Best Direction: One Night the Moon (2001) (nominated)

Melbourne International Film Festival

• 1998 - Most Popular Feature Film: Radiance (1998)

New York International Independent Film & Video Festival

• 2001 - Genre Award Best Feature Film - Musical: One Night the Moon (2001)

Tudawali Film and Video Awards

• 1994 - The Tudawali Award: Blood Brothers (1993)
• 2000 - Best direction: Radiance (1998)

External links

• About Blackfella Films Rachel Perkins' biography on the blackfella films website
• ABC - Indigenous Programs Unit Rachel Perkins bio
• Urban Cinefile Perkins, Rachel: Radiance
• Senses of Cinema One Night The Moon: Interview with Rachel Perkins
• The Canberra Times Unearthing our first voices
• Rachel Perkins IMBb
• First Australians (DVD)

References