Donald Crombie

Donald Crombie (born 1942 in Brisbane) is an Australian film and television director.^[1]

He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School^[2] and studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Crombie started work at the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1963. He has directed feature films, telemovies, mini-series, drama series, documentaries and commercials, and has also written film and television scripts. Crombie has been a board-member of the AWG, ASDACS and ASDA and the President of ASDA for over 5 years.^[3]

Filmography

Feature films directed

• The Choice (1971)
• 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.