Donald Crombie

Donald Crombie (b. 1942 Brisbane) is an Australian film and television director. Crombie studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1961 and started work at the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1963. Crombie has directed feature films, telemovies, mini-series, drama series, documentaries and commercials. He has written film and TV scripts. Crombie has been a Board member of the AWG, ASDACS and ASDA and the President of ASDA for over 5 years.

Filmography

Feature films directed

• Caddie (1976)
• The Irishman (1978) (also writer)
• Cathy's Child (1979)
• The Killing of Angel Street (1981)
• Kitty and the Bagman (1983)
• Playing Beatie Bow (1986)
• Rough Diamonds (1994) (also writer)
• Selkie (2000)

Television

• Do I Have to Kill My Child? (1976) (TV) (also writer)
• "Cyclone Tracy" (1986) TV mini-series
• The Heroes (1988) (TV)
• The Alien Years (1988) (TV)
• The Saint: Fear in Fun Park (1989) (TV)
• "The River Kings" (1991) TV mini-series
• Heroes II: The Return (1991) (TV)
• The Feds: Terror (1993) (TV)
• "Time Trax" (1993-1994)
• "Flipper" (1995-1997)
• "Tales of the South Seas" (1998) TV series
• "McLeod's Daughters" (2001-2002)

Other

• Aircraft at Work (1966) (documentary) (also writer)
• Is Anybody Doing Anything About It? (1967) (short) (also writer)
• Sailor (1968) (documentary)
• Top End (1968) (documentary)
• Our Land Australia (1972) (documentary) (also producer, co-writer)
• Who Killed Jenny Langby? (1974) (documentary) (also co-writer)
• Robbery Under Arms (1985) (cinema and a television mini-series release)

References

• Murray, Scott; (ed.) (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 321. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.