Fred Schepisi

Fred Schepisi was born on 26 December 1939 in Richmond, near Melbourne. He spent eighteen months at the Marist Brothers' juniorate in Macedon, then joined a Melbourne advertising agency, where he wrote and directed commercials. In 1966, with two partners, he bought the Victoria branch of Cinesound, which he had been running, and renamed it The Film House, which made commercials and documentaries. After two feature films at home, he left for the United States, where he made many films, and returned to work in Australia on several occasions. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2004.

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• CinemaThe Chant of Jimmie BlacksmithFred Schepisi · 1978Cinema