Fred Schepisi

Fred Schepisi

December 26, 1939 · 86 years old

Frederic Alan Schepisi AO (born 26 December 1939) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Schepisi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

15 titles
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Roxanne

Roxanne

1987 · 1h 47m · Movie

The large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks.

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I.Q.

I.Q.

1994 · 1h 40m · Movie

A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist Albert Einstein, with help from him and his friends.

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Fierce Creatures

Fierce Creatures

1997 · 1h 33m · Movie

Zookeepers struggle to deal with the policies of changing directors.

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Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation

1993 · 1h 52m · Movie

An affluent New York City couple finds their lives touched, intruded upon, and compelled by a mysterious young black man who is never quite who he says he is.

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The Russia House

The Russia House

1990 · 2h 3m · Movie

Bartholomew "Barley" Scott Blair, a British publisher torn between moral conviction and self-preservation, is drawn into MI5 and CIA surveillance as he pursues a mysterious Russian contact tied to nuclear manuscript intelligence s...

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Words and Pictures

Words and Pictures

2014 · 1h 51m · Movie

An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.

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A Cry in the Dark

A Cry in the Dark

1988 · 2h 0m · Movie

A mother whose child was killed in a dingo attack in the Australian Outback fights to prove her innocence when she is accused of murder.

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Last Orders

Last Orders

2001 · 1h 49m · Movie

A group of old friends reminisce about their lives over the years after the death of one of their crew.

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Iceman

Iceman

1984 · 1h 40m · Movie

A prehistoric Neanderthal man found frozen in ice is revived by an arctic exploration team, who then attempt to use him for their own scientific means.

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It Runs in the Family

It Runs in the Family

2003 · 1h 49m · Movie

This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile.

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Plenty

Plenty

1985 · 2h 1m · Movie

A young Englishwoman spends twenty years to make whatever kind of life for herself, at the expense of others around her, in post-World War II England.

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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

1978 · 1h 48m · Movie

After suffering racist abuse throughout his life - which intensifies following his marriage to a white woman - a half-Aboriginal farmhand finds himself driven to murder.

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The Eye of the Storm

The Eye of the Storm

2011 · 1h 54m · Movie

Elizabeth Hunter controls all in her life - society, her staff, her children; but the once great beauty will now determine her most defiant act as she chooses her time to die.

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The Devil's Playground

The Devil's Playground

1977 · 1h 47m · Movie

Fred Schepisi's first feature is this lushly photographed period drama detailing a young boy's coming-of-age in a strict Catholic seminary in 1950s Australia.

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Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible

Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible

2018 · 1h 18m · Movie

A documentary about internationally renowned film editor Jill Bilcock, that charts how an outspoken arts student in 1960s Melbourne became one of the world's most acclaimed film artists.

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