Gillian Armstrong

Biography

Born 12/18/1950

This gifted award-winning Australian director first garnered attention with her debut feature, "My Brilliant Career" (1979), about a female writer who chooses her career over marriage. At the film's release, Gillian Armstrong held the distinction of being the first woman to helm a feature-length...
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Awards

  • In 1996, received Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary
  • In 1987, received Festival International de Creteil Grand Prix
  • In 1987, received Houston Film Festival Best Film Award

Highlights

  • In 1997, Directed the adaptation of Peter Carey's award-winning novel "Oscar and Lucinda"
  • In 1996, "Not Fourteen Again", a feature version of her documentaries that followed three women from their teens to adulthood released in Australia
  • In 1994, Helmed the remake of "Little Women"

Family & Companions

  • John Pffefer: father of her two daughters
  • father: worked in real estate
  • brother: works in real estate

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