John Ruane (director)

John Ruane (born 1952) is an Australian film director best known for Death in Brunswick. ^{[1] [2]}

His first movie Queensland was made in 1975 when Ruane was a film school student. Ruane's next film was the telemovie Hanging Together followed by Feathers his second feature. ^{[3] [4]}

Select Credits

• Queensland (1976) - writer director ^[5]
• Blood Money (1980) - writer
• Coming of Age (1984) - cinematographer
• Hanging Together (1985) (TV movie)
• Feathers (1987) - writer, director
• Tender Hooks (1988) - script editor
• Death in Brunswick (1991) - writer, director
• Acropolis Now (1992) - writer
• Under the Skin (1994) - TV series - writer
• That Eye, the Sky (1994) - writer, director
• Dead Letter Office (1998) - director
• The Love of Lionel's Life (2000) (TV movie) - director
• Muggers (2000) - script editor

References

1. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 302
2. "Out of Melbourne comes the off-the-wall, low budget, raw & maverick feature". Filmnews. Vol. 21, no. 4. New South Wales, Australia. 1 May 1991. p. 11. Retrieved 23 March 2025– via National Library of Australia.
3. "Interview with John Ruane", Signet, 22 August 1995 accessed 20 November 2012
4. "The Film Victoria training ground". Filmnews. Vol. 21, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 1 November 1991. p. 13. Retrieved 23 March 2025– via National Library of Australia.
5. "Q & A with John Ruane, director & co-writer (with Ellery Ryan) of the film "Queensland"". Peter Kraus movie metropolis. March 2023.

External links

• John Ruane at IMDb
• John Ruane at Screen Australia