Phillip Avalon

Phillip Avalon (b 24 February 1955) is an Australian writer, producer, director and actor of films and TV.

Film writer Scott Murray wrote in 1993 that:

If Australia has any producer-cum-auteurs, then Phillip Avalon is certainly one... Avalon's films are preoccupied with violence bubbling to the surface in a lower-middle-class society repressed by Christian and materialist values. He has a decided affinity for the topsider, for those who refuse to play society's games, and whose anti-social attitudes may, in fact, conceal a soul well attuned to life's pulses.[1]

Biography

Avalon first came to public attention as a model, then he moved into acting.[2] He produced and starred in Summer City (1977), a drama set around a surfing town which became a hit, and was Mel Gibson's first movie.[3][4] He was later called in to help make the film Little Boy Lost (1978).[5][6]

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References

  1. ↑ Scott Murray, "Fatal Bond", Cinema Papers, January 1993 p45
  2. ↑ "Centrefold Phil turns a page". The Australian Women's Weekly. 43, (49). Australia, Australia. 5 May 1976. p. 48. Retrieved 4 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "WHO'S DOING WHAT". Filmnews. 7, (3). New South Wales, Australia. 1 April 1977. p. 14. Retrieved 4 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN FILMS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON". Filmnews. 8, (1). New South Wales, Australia. 1 January 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 4 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "IS LITTLE BOY LOST LOST?". Filmnews. 8, (6). New South Wales, Australia. 1 June 1978. p. 3. Retrieved 4 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Little Boy Lost may shy off the first-night glitter". The Australian Women's Weekly. 46, (23). Australia, Australia. 8 November 1978. p. 11. Retrieved 4 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.


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