Lian Lunson
Lian Lunson
Lian Lunson is an Australian actress who became an award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has also written a novel.
Biography
She was born in Ned Kelly country in Australia. She moved to Los Angeles in 1987 after working as an actress in Australia.
Her production company is based in LA and is called Horse Pictures.
She made a documentary in 1997 about Willie Nelson for the TV channel PBS.
Lian Lunson films U2 Toronto
She also made a documentary about the poet and singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen, called Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man. In 2006, she was awarded the Women in Film Dorothy Arzner Directors Award for her work on this film.[1] She has a feature film in pre-production based on her own novel. The film is called The Boom Boom Room.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | A Street To Die | Actress. Played Receptionist |
| 1985 | The Big Hurt | Actress. Played Lisa |
| 1986 | Dogs in Space | Actress. Played Grant's Girl |
| 1986 | Army Wives | Actress. Played Wendy |
| 1997 | Willie Nelson: Down Home (TV documentary) | Writer / Producer |
| 2004 | I'm Only Looking: The Best of INXS (video documentary) | Producer - segment "Time" |
| 2005 | Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man | Writer / Producer |
| 2007 | Across the Universe (film) | Special Thanks |
| 2012 | Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle | Director, Writer |
| Pre-Production | The Boom Boom Room | Producer, Director, Writer |
References
External links
- Lian Lunson's IMDB database entry
- Interview with Lunson
- Article about the documentary Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man.
- The Guardian Newspaper's profile on Lian Lunson
- Past winners of the Women in Film awards