Queensland Film Corporation

The Queensland Film Corporation was a government funded film production company that existed in Queensland in the 1980s.

It was established by the Queensland Industry Development Act of 1977.[1] Its original brief was not to produce films but to encourage the development of the film industry in Queensland.[2]

At one stage it was run by Allan Callaghan, former press officer to Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen who was sent to gaol for misappropriating government funds.[3][4]

The organisation was eventually wound up in October 1987 having spent $5.4 million on various projects.[5][6]

The Queensland government later formed Film Queensland and the Pacific Film and TV Corporation.

Select films invested in

See also

References
  1. Queensland Industry Development Act 1977 accessed 24 October 2012
  2. "Queensland Film Corporation", Cinema Papers, January 1978 p200
  3. Philip Adams, "Joh was no statesman", The Australian, 26 April 2005 accessed 24 October 2012
  4. Greg Roberts, "Jail For Man Who Made Joh A Star", Sydney Morning Herald, 28 April, 1987 Archived January 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine accessed 24 October 2012
  5. Soctt Murray, "Richard Stewart: Director, Film Queensland", Cinema Papers, December 1993 p16-20, 58
  6. Rowan Callick, "AFTER A DECADE, THE FILM CORPORATION FINALLY FADES TO BLACK", Australian Financial Review, 22 October 1987 p 2
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