Albie Thoms

Albie Thoms
Born28 July 1941
Sydney, New South Wales, ,Australia
Died28 November 2012 (aged 71)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
EducationUniversity of Sydney
OccupationsFilm director, writer, producer

Albie Thoms (28 July 1941 – 28 November 2012) was an Australian film director, writer, and producer.

He was fundamental in pushing for and establishing the Australian cultural identity in the film industry, traditonally shaped by the BBC and Hollywood.

Biography

Thoms was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He studied ats at the University of Sydney

He was nominated for at the 1979 AFI Awards for Best Original Screenplay for the drama film Palm Beach. He is best known for his work with Ubu Films, the Sydney Filmmakers’ Co-operative, and the Yellow House. He made a number of short films.

As well as Polemics for a New Cinema (1978), Thoms wrote Surfmovies, (2000) a history of the Australian surfing film, published by Shore Thing, Noosa. His memoir ‘My Generation’ (2012) was published shortly after his death by Media21 publishing.

He has also contributed to The Documentary Film in Australia publication as well as providing catalogue essays for Bohemians in the Bush (1991) and Belle-Ile: Monet, Russell and Matisse in Brittany (2001), both for AGNSW, and Then and Now and Everything in Between (2010), Mosman Art Gallery,

He died in Sydney, New South Wales on 28 November 2012, aged 71

Partial Filmography

The following list represents a partial filmography of Thoms:

Year Title Notes
1963 It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
1965 Poem 25
1965 The Spurt of Blood
1966 Man and His World
1966 Rita and Dundi
1966 Blunderball, or from Dr. Nofinger with Hate
1967 Moon Virility
1967 Bluto
1967 The Film
1967 Bolero
1968 David Perry
1969 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
1969 Marinetti
1973 Sunshine City
1980 Palm Beach
1995 Akai Ghost Poems

References

  1. ↑ 1979 winners and nominees
  2. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (31 December 2019). "Top Ten Australian James Bond Homages". Filmink.
  3. ↑ Thoms, Albie (2012). My Generation. The Rocks, N.S.W.: Media21 Publishing. ISBN 9780987449801.
  4. ↑ Mudie, Peter (1997). Sydney Underground Movies: Ubu Films 1965–1970. University of Western Australia Press. pp. 124–130. ISBN 978-1875560745.