Choc Tops Meeting: Cinema as a reflection of society

Monday, 15 September 2008
6.30pm — 8.30pm
Fox & Lion Hotel, Entertainment Quarter
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Guest Speaker

John Scott

John Scott

John Scott is the editor of some of Australia’s most seminal feature films, as well as a wide range of features from around the world. His background includes television commercials and documentaries, as well as music clips and concert films.

The directors that John has worked with include:

• Bruce Beresford — The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
• John Duigan — One Night Stand (1984)
• Jonathan Glazer — Sexy Beast (2000)
• Philippe Mora — Mad Dog Morgan (1976), The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
• Khyentse Norbu — Phörpa (The Cup) (1999), Travellers and Magicians (2003)
• Phillip Noyce — Newsfront (1978), Heatwave (1982), Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), The Quiet American (2002)
• Fred Schepisi — Roxanne (1987)

His work has included performances by Barry Humphries, Athol Fugard, Greta Scacchi, Bill Hunter, Judy Davis, Dennis Hopper, Daryl Hannah, Michael Caine,
David Gulpilil, and Ben Kingsley, to name a few.

The numerous awards and accolades John has received include:

• Best Achievement in Editing for Newsfront — AFI Awards 1978
• Best Achievement in Editing for The Navigator — AFI Awards 1988
• Best Editing for Rabbit-Proof Fence — IF Awards 2002 (shared with Veronika Jenet)

His editing skills have taken him as far as England, America, Canada, South Africa, Spain, Denmark, and Kazakhstan.

John is regarded by some as a true luminary of the Australian film industry. In common with many leading Australian filmmakers of today, John’s early work was during the explosion of our genre film industry following the relaxation of censorship in the early 1970s. This period is brilliantly illustrated in Mark Hartley’s documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! currently screening in cinemas.