2019 – BERYL MARSDEN
Beryl Marsden is the 2019 Queensland Cinema Pioneer of the Year,
2018 – BEN DE LUCA
Most Projectionists toil away out of the public gaze, but not our QLD Cinema Pioneer of the Year for 2018. Uniquely, Ben would go on to not only find himself the projectionist, but at the same time the Theatre owner and also appearing on screen in a film he was screening. And it all happened…
2017 – Norm Salsbury
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,…
2016 – Roger and Denice Harrison
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…
2015 – Joy Strange
Joy is one of very few, if not the first nominee in Queensland, to come from the Film Distribution side of the Industry. Her early career was with a major Department store in Brisbane as Manager, Promotions and Public Relations. In that role Joy was elected President of the Institute of Sales and Marketing – an…