Alice Foulcher

Alice Foulcher is an Australian writer and actress.

Career

Foulcher is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, School of Film & TV, Melbourne, Australia. She has collaborated on several films with her husband, director/writer Gregory Erdstein.[1] Their work together includes feature film That's Not Me, the controversial short film Picking up at Auchwitz,[2] Tropfest finalist A Bit Rich,[3] and Paris Syndrome.

In 2014 Foulcher and Erdstein spent 8 months in an artist residency at the Cité des Arts Internationale, Paris. During this period they made the short film Paris Syndrome,[4] and wrote the screenplay for their first feature film, That's Not Me.[5]

Filmed in Melbourne, Australia and Los Angeles, USA in 2015 and 2016,[6] That's Not Me had its World Premiere at the 2017 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.[7] The film had its Australian Premiere in June 2017 at the Sydney Film Festival,[8] where it came Fourth at the Foxtel Movies Audience Awards[9], and will also screen in August at the 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival[10]. As well as co-writing the film with Erdstein, Foulcher stars in the film as Polly Cuthbert - an aspiring actress whose dreams are thwarted by the success of her identical twin sister.[11] Appearing in every scene of the film, sometimes twice, Foulcher's performance has been met with critical acclaim. Andy Howell of Ain't It Cool praised Foulcher's lead performance, writing: “[Alice Foulcher] shoulders all the drama and gives one of the best twin performances I’ve ever seen... Having nuanced drama embedded in a comedy is a tightrope walk, but she’s got the skills to land it.”[12] Foulcher was also lauded by Film Alert 101, writing that she "may well be the comic talent of her age"[13], by radio station 2ser 107.3 as "absolutely superb throughout"[14], and with Junkee Media writing that "it really is Foulcher's show"[15].

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2016 That's Not Me Polly / Amy Cuthbert Also co-writer
2015 Paris Syndrome Unnamed lead Also co-writer
2014 A Bit Rich Autumn Also co-writer
2013 Why Ryan is on Detention Director / writer
2012 Picking up at Auschwitz Unnamed lead Also co-writer
2011 Harold Holt is Dead Director / writer
2009 Going, Going Director / writer

References

  1. ↑ "Interview: Gregory Erdstein and Alice Foulcher on their new Australian comedy That’s Not Me". Cinema Australia. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  2. ↑ Villella, Fiona. "St Kilda Film Festival: final weekend highlights". The Age. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. ↑ "Tropfest finalists announced". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  4. ↑ "Alice Foulcher: In The City Of Lights With Paris Syndrome". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  5. ↑ "Screen Australian: The Screen Guide "That′s Not Me"". Screen Australia. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Indie comedy ″That′s Not Me″ wraps filming". if.com.au. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  7. ↑ "SBIFF 2017: Films to Find". www.independent.com. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  8. ↑ Maddox, Garry (2017-04-05). "Sydney Film Festival announces Casey Affleck, Whitney Houston and werewolf films". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  9. ↑ Gray, Richard (2017-06-21). "SFF 2017: ‘Ali’s Wedding’ and ‘Roller Dreams’ take Audience Awards". The Reel Bits. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  10. ↑ Maddox, Garry (2017-06-07). "New Top of the Lake in first glimpse of Melbourne International Film Festival". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  11. ↑ "Six Young Aussies Who Are Doing Awesome Stuff In Film". 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  12. ↑ Copernicus. "Copernicus is a fan of THAT'S NOT ME at SBIFF". Aint It Cool News. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  13. ↑ 101, Film Alert (2017-06-11). "Film Alert 101: Sydney Film Festival (12) - New Australian Films - WE DONT NEED A MAP, THAT'S NOT ME, ALI'S WEDDING, ELLIPSIS". Film Alert 101. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  14. ↑ "SFF 2017: Review - That's Not Me - 2ser". 2ser. 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  15. ↑ "Sydney Film Festival Review: ‘That’s Not Me’". Junkee. 2017-06-24. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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