RUSSELL ANDERSON – NATIONAL PIONEER OF THE YEAR 2018 Commencing his career in the motion picture industry at 16, Russell joined GUO Wests Theatre in Adelaide as an Office Boy in January 1965. Not long after, he was offered a position as Assistant Projectionist at the Majestic Theatre in King William Street. Later becoming a Dispatch Clerk at United Artists, Russell…
At the NSW Branch luncheon in Sydney on Thursday 24th May, Mr. Tom Jeffrey was presented the much coveted award as the 2018 NSW Cinema Pioneer of the Year. This auspicious award was certainly well deserved by Tom for his many decades of service in the development and progress of the Australian film industry.…
Here we are pleased to present TWO heartfelt speeches on the night of the last Annual Dinner, celebrating the awarding of the Australian Pioneer of the Year for 2017 by Murray Forrest to Zareh Nalbandian. Click on the LINKS to enjoy the TWO video clips that were filmed on the night. In Sydney,…
June Richmond started her life in the cinema industry at the age of 17 as an usherette at Windsor Star Theatre, Hilton. In 1957 she moved to Port Pirie and was with husband John when he opened the Port Pirie & Kadina Drive Ins. Between having seven children she worked at the Sunset Drive-in at…
When Hopalong Cassidy rode to the rescue at Hawthorn’s Glenferrie Theatre I used to stamp my feet with all the other 10 year olds. When Tarzan plucked Jane from the jaws of death, I cheered. Tom and Jerry was a laugh from first to last. The Saturday matinee was a joyous, tribal ritual and I…
Daryl’s fascination with the motion picture industry began in his pre-school days during WW2. On hot summers evenings, music and strange voices often wafted in on the sea breeze to his Bicton home. He discovered they were coming from the nearby Mayfair picture theatre outdoor gardens. At Richmond primary school he was allowed to operate…
Longreach has its Stockman’s Hall of Fame, the Outback Heritage Centre and the Qantas Founders Museum among other iconic Queensland landmarks, but as far as we’re concerned the most important icon in Longreach is our Cinema Pioneer of the year, Norm Salsbury. Norm’s first became interested in the cinema when he was seven years old,…
Zareh Nalbandian began his career in the film industry as an intern at Australia’s then leading film post production group, Colorfilm. Already an avid photographer, he quickly developed a passion for film optical effects and worked in Colorfilm’s optical effects department on various iconic Australian films in the 1980s. Zareh took on several diverse management…
Pam’s earliest movie memory was when, at age five, her mother took her to the matinee screening at the Majestic Cinema in Kalgoolie to see “Blackboard Jungle”, starring Glenn Ford, who was one of her favourite actors. This was the start of her interest in movies and all they represented. Pam’s working life in the…
Roger and Denice Harrison are Queensland’s first Joint Cinema Pioneers of the year. In the Picture Show business Roger is a pretty rare breed – he has a history of three generations in the Industry. Not many people can claim that sort of pedigree. Denice, a Cinema Pioneer in her own right, also has a…