Alister Grierson

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Alister Grierson (born 1969) is an Australian film director and scriptwriter.

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Early life and education

Born in Canberra, he completed his secondary schooling at Canberra Grammar, graduated in Economics and Arts from the Australian National University and studied Japanese in Tokyo. As an under 18 Australian Rules player, he represented the ACT in the Teal Cup but later switched codes to Rugby, playing 1st grade both for his school and the ANU. Whilst at university, his interest in film-making developed, and he later gained a Master of Arts in Directing at AFTRS. He has shot 15 short films winning three Tropfest awards [1] and is the director of the feature film, Kokoda , which he co-wrote.

Career

In 2009, Grierson was invited to the Avatar set during shooting by James Cameron, and was selected to direct a 3D cave-diving drama Sanctum , using the Cameron-developed Fusion Camera System. [2] The script is inspired by the near-death experience of one of the writers, Andrew Wight, who was trapped in a cave collapse under the Nullarbor Plain. It was shot at Warner Roadshow Studios on the Queensland Gold Coast, and the film opened 4 February 2011. [3] By mid-March the film had joined the top ten Worldwide Box Office Results (Australian Films): All Time, [4] in ninth position. [5] The worldwide gross had reached $108,943,221 by 19 October 2011. [6]

He is the director of Parer's War, starring Matthew Le Nevez and Adelaide Clemens, a dramatised biopic about Damien Parer for the ABC. Although set in Sydney (for the Australian locations), much of the filming was done in Queensland. The script, by Alison Nisselle, is an adaptation of Neil McDonald's book Damien Parer’s War. [7] [8] Released on 27 April 2014, the film attracted the following comments from Graeme Blundell in the Australian: "Parer’s War is taut, intelligently constructed and sharply executed by Grierson,..." and "It’s all beautifully put together by Grierson..." [9]

Grierson directed the final three episodes of both series of the award-winning ABC serial Nowhere Boys.

He directed Tiger , written by Michael Pugliese and Prem Singh. Mickey Rourke plays Frank Donovan in the film, which is produced by Mary Aloe, [10] and co-stars Pugliese, Singh and Janel Parrish. [11] Tiger was released at the San Diego International Film Festival on 13 October 2018 where it won Best Feature Film.

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  2. ↑ IGN Movies 9 September 2009 http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/102/1022975p1.html Archived 1 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "James Cameron, Alister Grierson & Andrew Wight Interview SANCTUM 3D MOBILE EXPERIENCE | Page 68239". Collider . Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. ↑ www.smh.com.au https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/blogs/get-flickd/kings-speech-the-little-nonaussie-that-could/20110303-1bffp.html . Retrieved 16 March 2011.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ title missing ]
  5. ↑ "Sanctum". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  6. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0881320/ Retrieved 17 March 2012 [ user-generated source ]
  7. ↑ "Filming underway on Parer's War telemovie for ABC | TV Tonight". www.tvtonight.com.au. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  8. ↑ http://www.filmink.com.au/news/cameras-roll-on-telemovie-lsquoparerrsquos-warrsquo/ Archived 22 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 August 2013
  9. ↑ www.theaustralian.com.au http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/parers-war-depicts-the-mateship-and-frailty-of-men-who-fought-in-the-pacific/story-fn9n8gph-1226894559154 . Retrieved 29 September 2014.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ title missing ]
  10. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4224754/Retrieved%5B%5D 11 November 2015
  11. ↑ "Mickey Rourke Joins Sikh Boxing Movie 'Tiger'". variety.com. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
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