DUIGAN, John 1949–

PERSONAL

Full name, John Lawless Duigan; born June 19, 1949, in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England; brother of Virginia Duigan (an actress and writer) and Rhoisin Beresford (a writer); uncle of Trilby Beresford (an actress and writer); brother–in–law of Bruce Beresford (a director). Education: University of Melbourne, M.A., philosophy.

Addresses:

Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Director, producer, and writer. Instructor at the University of Melbourne and the Latrobe University.

Member:

Directors Guild of America.

Awards, Honors:

Australian Academy Award nominations, Australian Film Institute, best director and best film (with Jon Sainken), both 1978, for Mouth to Mouth; Australian Writers Guild Award, and Australian Film Institute Award nominations, best director and best screenplay, all 1981, and Golden Prize Award nomination, Moscow International Film Festival, 1983, all for Winter of Our Dreams; Australian Film Institute awards, best director and best screenplay, and Australian Workers Guild Award, all 1987, for The Year My Voice Broke; Penguin Television Award, best director, c. 1988, for Vietnam; Raymond Longford Award, outstanding contributions to Australian film, 1990; Byron Kennedy Award, Australian Film Institute, 1991; Audience Award, Athens International Film Festival, Audience Choice Award, Stockholm Film Festival, Best Film Award nomination, Catalonian International Film Festival, and nomination for Grand Prix des Ameriques, Montreal World Film Festival, all 1997, Golden Raven Award and Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver, both Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, and Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold, Fantafestival, all 1998, all for Lawn Dogs.

CREDITS

Film Director:

The Firm Man (short film), Australian Film Institute, 1975.

The Trespassers, Vega, 1975.

Mouth to Mouth, Vega, 1978.

Dimboola, Greater Union, 1979.

Winter of Our Dreams, Enterprises/Satori, 1981.

Far East, Filmco Australia, 1982.

One Night Stand, Astra Film Productions, 1983.

The Year My Voice Broke, Avenue, 1987.

Romero, Four Seasons, 1989.

Flirting, Samuel Goldwyn, 1990.

Wide Sargasso Sea, Fine Line Features, 1993.

Sirens, Miramax, 1994.

The Journey of August King, Miramax, 1995.

The Leading Man, J & M Entertainment, 1996.

Lawn Dogs, Strand Releasing, 1997.

Molly, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1999.

Paranoid, Portman Entertainment Group, 2000.

The Parole Officer, MCA/Universal, 2001.

Head in the Clouds, Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.

Film Producer:

The Firm Man (short film), Australian Film Institute, 1975.

The Trespassers, Vega, 1975.

Mouth to Mouth, Vega, 1978.

Film Appearances:

Bonjour Balwyn, 1972.

Diner, The Firm Man (short film), Australian Film Institute, 1975.

Dalmas, 1985.

Earnest minister, Sirens, Miramax, 1994.

Television Director; Miniseries:

"Room to Move," Winners, [Australia], 1985.

(With Chris Noonan) Vietnam, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1987.

Television Director; Movies:

Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer, Ten Network (Australia), 1988.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Room to Move," WonderWorks, PBS, 1987.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Elevator attendant, "And Now the Fearing …," Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, BBC, 2001.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Bonjour Balwyn, 1972.

The Firm Man (short film), Australian Film Institute, 1975.

The Trespassers, Vega, 1975.

(With Jon Sainken) Mouth to Mouth, Vega, 1978.

Winter of Our Dreams, Enterprises/Satori, 1981.

Far East, Filmco Australia, 1982.

One Night Stand, Astra Film Productions, 1983.

The Year My Voice Broke, Avenue, 1987.

Flirting, Samuel Goldwyn, 1990.

(With others) Wide Sargasso Sea (based on the novel by Jean Rhys), Fine Line Features, 1993.

Sirens, Miramax, 1994.

Paranoid, Portman Entertainment Group, 2000.

Head in the Clouds, Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.

Teleplays; Series:

(With others) Three of a Kind, BBC, 1981 and 1983.

Teleplays; Miniseries:

"Room to Move," Winners, [Australia], 1985.

(With others) Vietnam, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1987.

The Dirtwater Dynasty, Ten Network (Australia), 1988.

Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer, Ten Network, 1988.

Teleplays; Episodic:

"Room to Move," WonderWorks, PBS, 1987.

Novels:

Badge, Macmillan, 1975.

Room to Move, Puffin, 1985.

Players, c. 1988.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

New York Times, November 6, 1992.