Bruce Redman
Bruce Redman is an Australian academic, filmmaker, film critic, media relations director and radio personality. He is based in Brisbane, Queensland.
Bruce Redman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Melbourne, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Academic, filmmaker, TV commercial director, media director, editor-in-chief |
Life and career
Redman holds a PhD in Media from The University of Queensland. His area of study was Guerrilla Documentary production.
Redman was born in Melbourne and lived in Glenroy, Brunswick West, Bulleen and Templestowe before moving to Brisbane in the 1970s. After his schooling at Everton Park State High School he studied Education at QUT majoring in music and photography.
After teaching for three years he began work at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a trainee where he learned film, television and radio skills over three years. After working as an editor and sound recordist on ABC Current Affairs such as Nationwide and the 7.30 Report and ABC documentaries, Redman worked for Education Queensland as a producer, director and writer of documentary programs for teachers and students.
The opening of the Warner Brother's Movie World Studios saw Redman working on the international TV series Mission Impossible as a Production Manager and First Assistant Director of 2nd Unit before he started a career as First Assistant Director on several feature films and TV drama series.
He spent five years shooting TV commercials all over Australia and also in the US and Asia. He made over 300 commercials. He produced the feature film city loop in 1999 which screened at Toronto International Film Festival in 2000 as well as NHK Sundance, Mumbai and Sydney Film Festivals. City loop was released theatrically in Australia through Dendy Films.
Redman wrote, produced and directed the short film Seed in 2000 was awarded numerous Australian and International awards. In 2005 he made the highly acclaimed observational documentary Family First – A Federal Crusade for ABC-TV.
Redman has taught at Bond University, QUT and Griffith University. He taught at the School of Journalism and Communication for five years at the University of Queensland.
Filmography
- Family First – A Federal Crusade[1] (2005), producer / director / writer / DOP – ABC documentary
- Up and Down (Horem Padem)[2] (2004), line producer (Australia) international feature film, director: Jan Hřebejk
- Big Brother (2001–02), producer / director / writer – reality TV series
- Seed[3] (2000), producer / director / writer – short film
- City Loop[4] (1999), producer – feature film
- Black Man Down (Sand to Celluloid) (1995), producer
- Something Wicked[5] (1992), producer / director
- Broken Highway[6] (1992), first assistant director
- Animal Park (1991), first assistant director
- Dead Sleep[7] (1990), first assistant director
- Bloodmoon[8] (1989), first assistant director
References
External links
- Bruce Redman at IMDb