Anthony Buckley

Anthony Buckley AO
Born	(1937-07-27) 27 July 1937
Occupation(s)	Film producer, editor
Years active	1958–2010

Anthony Buckley AO (born 27 July 1937) is an Australian film editor and producer.

Career

On leaving school, Buckley went to work for Cinesound Productions as a projectionist and assistant editor. He worked in Canada and Britain before returning to Australia in 1965. He went to work at Ajax Films and moved into producing.

He edited Michael Powell's Age of Consent.

In 1974 he produced the train film A Steam Train Passes. 24 years later he produced another two train films, Savannahlander and Gulflander. He produced the mini-series The Harp in the South and its sequel Poor Man's Orange.

Awards

• 1977 Order of Australia

Partial filmography

As editor

• The Stowaway (1958) (assistant)
• Age of Consent (1969)
• Adam's Woman (1970)
• Wake in Fright (1971)
• Don Quixote (1973)

As producer

• Forgotten Cinema (1967) – documentary
• Snow, Sand and Savages
• Caddie (1976)
• A Steam Train Passes (1974)
• The Night the Prowler (1978)
• The Killing of Angel Street (1981)
• Bliss (1985)
• The Harp in the South (1986)
• Poor Man's Orange (1987)
• The Heroes (1989) – mini-series
• Roads Without Wheels. Man on the Rim: The Peopling of the Pacific. Landmark Media. 1989.
• More Winners – Mr Edmond (1990)
• Heroes II: The Return (1991) – mini-series
• Nazi Supergrass (1993)
• Bedevil (1993)
• The Celluloid Heroes (1995) - documentary series
• Yum Cha Cha (2001)
• Oyster Farmer (2004)
• Savannahlander (2008)
• Gulflander (2010)

External links

• Anthony Buckley at IMDb
• Anthony Buckley's films at the National Film and Sound Archive