Louise Alston

Last updated

Louise Alston is an Australian film director and producer best known for the movies All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane and Jucy .

Contents

Biography

Alston was born in Wagga Wagga,[ citation needed ] and studied at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School after which she created and produced two television series, The Variety Show at the End of the World and Brilliant Lives. [1] She made her debut as feature film director with the romantic comedy All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane which was released to Australian cinemas in 2007. [2]

Her follow-up feature, the comedy Jucy , had its international debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010. [3] [4]

She has lectured at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, [1] and has directed episodes of Neighbours . [5]

In 2018 she commenced production on her third feature as director, Back of the Net . [6]

In September 2019, Alston will be directing a film adaption of " The Will " by Kristen Ashley for Passionflix. [7]


Filmography

Feature films

TV

Short films

Theatre

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clea DuVall</span> American actress

Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall is an American actress, director and screenwriter. Her film appearances include The Faculty (1998); But I'm a Cheerleader; Girl, Interrupted ; Ghosts of Mars (2001); Identity;21 Grams ; The Grudge (2004); Zodiac (2007); and Argo (2012). On television, DuVall starred as Emma Borden in Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014) and its miniseries spinoff, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015). Her other credits include Carnivàle (2003–2005), Heroes (2006–2007), American Horror Story (2012–2013), Better Call Saul (2015–2017), Veep (2016–2019), and The Handmaid's Tale (2018–2022). She also voiced Elsa on Fox's HouseBroken, which she co-created, from 2021 to 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristen Bell</span> American actress (born 1980)

Kristen Anne Bell is an American actress. She began her acting career starring in stage productions, while attending the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She made her Broadway stage debut as Becky Thatcher in the comedy musical The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2001) and appeared in a Broadway revival of The Crucible (2002). She then appeared in the action thriller film Spartan and received praise for her performance in the television drama film Gracie's Choice.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caitlin Stasey</span> Australian actress (born 1990)

Caitlin Jean Stasey is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Rachel Kinski in Neighbours. Previously she played Francesca Thomas in The Sleepover Club, although her breakthrough film role came in Tomorrow, When the War Began, a 2010 film adaptation of the teen novel of the same name in which she played lead protagonist Ellie Linton. She also played Lady Kenna in the CW series Reign from 2013 to 2015 and had a recurring role in the ABC2 series Please Like Me from 2013 to 2016. In 2017, Stasey starred as Ada on the Fox television drama APB, which was cancelled after one season in May 2017. In 2020, she starred in the short film Laura Hasn't Slept and had a brief role as the same character in the feature film version Smile (2022).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacob Tierney</span> Canadian actor and director

Jacob Daniel Tierney is a Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for playing Eric in Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–1992) and as the co-writer, director, and executive producer of the sitcom Letterkenny (2016–2023), in which he also plays Pastor Glen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Ferguson</span> Australian comedian and writer

Timothy Dorcen Langbene Ferguson is an Australian comedian, film director, screenwriter, author and screenwriting teacher.

Simone Louise Buchanan is an Australian film and television actress, and television director. She is best known for her television roles as Debbie Kelly in the situation comedy Hey Dad..! and Samantha Fitzgerald in the soap opera Neighbours.

<i>My Brilliant Career</i> (film) 1979 Australian film

My Brilliant Career is a 1979 Australian period drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong, and starring Judy Davis, Sam Neill, and Wendy Hughes. Based on the 1901 novel of the same name by Miles Franklin, it follows a young woman in rural, late-19th-century Australia whose aspirations to become a writer are impeded first by her social circumstance, and later by a budding romance.

<i>All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane</i> 2007 Australian film

All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane is a 2007 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Louise Alston and written by Stephen Vagg. It follows Anthea, a 25-year-old girl who hates her job and has to sit back and watch as all her friends move away from her hometown, Brisbane, to make a better life. In 2013, The Guardian referred to it as a "cult film" inspired by "a typically Brisbane lament... the departure of people in their late 20s to Sydney, Melbourne, London or New York."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nelle Lee</span> Australian actress, producer and writer

Nelle Lee is a Brisbane-based actress, producer and writer best known for theatre work.

<i>Jucy</i> (film) 2010 Australian film

Jucy is an Australian comedy feature film produced in 2010 about the womance between two best female friends. The film was written by Stephen Vagg, directed by Louise Alston and produced by Kelly Chapman. It is the second in a planned "quarter life crisis" trilogy from Vagg and Alston following the 2007 romantic comedy All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane.

Stephen Vagg is an Australian writer. He wrote the films All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane, based on his play, and Jucy, as well as a number of plays and episodes of the television soaps Home and Away and Neighbours. He is the author of Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood, a biography of actor Rod Taylor, as well as a number of articles on film and theatre history. He received an AFI nomination for All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane. At the 2014 AWGIE Awards, Vagg won Best Script for a Television Serial for "Episode 6857" of Neighbours.

Francesca Gasteen is a Brisbane-based actress best known for playing the lead role in the 2010 film Jucy, which was partly based on the real-life friendship between herself and co-star Cindy Nelson. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Cindy Nelson is a Brisbane-based actor best known for playing the lead role in the 2010 film Jucy, which was partly based on the real-life friendship between herself and co-star Francesca Gasteen. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Caitlin Yeo is an Australian musician and film composer, whose credits include the feature film Jucy, All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane, and The Rocket. Yeo is a graduate of the Australian Film Television and Radio School and Sydney University. Her work has won a number of awards including 2007 APRA AGSC Screen Music Award for Best Music for a Documentary and 2011 APRA Professional Development Award and received nominations in 2008, 2010 and 2012. She also teaches composition and film music theory at The Australian Institute of Music.

Meyne Wyatt is an Aboriginal Australian actor, known for his stage, film, and television roles.

Matt Zeremes is an Australian creator, actor, writer, director known for his television, theatre and film work. He was the co-creator and co-writer of the International Emmy Award-winning kids comedy TV Series Hardball for ABCME. He acted in, and directed on Season 2 of Hardball. https://if.com.au/emmy-win-for-northern-pictures-hardball/

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josh Greenbaum</span> American film director

Josh Greenbaum is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has won an MTV Movie Award, CINE Golden Eagle and Emmy Award. He directed the feature documentary The Short Game, winner of the SXSW Audience Award, which was acquired by Netflix to launch their Originals film division. He also directed Becoming Bond, a documentary about George Lazenby, which won SXSW's Audience Award in the Visions category, as well as the critically acclaimed Too Funny to Fail, a documentary about The Dana Carvey Show. He is also the creator, director and executive producer of Behind the Mask, which earned Hulu its first ever Emmy nomination. He made his narrative feature debut with Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sophie Hyde</span> Australian film producer, writer and director

Sophie Hyde is an Australian film director, writer, and producer based in Adelaide, South Australia. She is co-founder of Closer Productions and known for her award-winning debut fiction film, 52 Tuesdays (2013) and the comedy drama Animals (2019). She has also made several documentaries, including Life in Movement (2011), a documentary about dancer and choreographer Tanja Liedtke, and television series, such as The Hunting (2019). Her latest film, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, premiered at the Sundance Festival in 2022. Her upcoming film Jimpa stars Olivia Colman and John Lithgow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristen Ashley</span> American author

Kristen Ashley is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 75 books in 14 languages, with over three million copies sold. Two of her novels have been adapted into film.

Ellen Grimshaw is an Australian actress and writer of theatre. She is known for her roles in films and television dramas. Her performance as Chaar in Bad Behaviour garnered her the "Best Supporting Actress" accolade at the 2010 Melbourne Underground Film Festival. In 2021, she played Casey in the Australian drama series Jack Irish. In 2024, Grimshaw joined the cast of the soap opera Neighbours, playing Veronica McLain.

References

  1. 1 2 "Teaching staff details | Louise Altson". AFTRS. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011.
  2. Molloy, Shannon (9 November 2011). "Movie to appeal to lonely hearts". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. "Louise Alston (Jucy) Interview". www.tributemovies.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. "Jucy Details: Louise Alston Interviewed by Rachel Turk". Lumina. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  5. "Directors | Louise Alston". Film Victoria Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  6. White, Peter (28 March 2018). "'Andi Mack' Star Sofia Wylie Scores Big Screen Role With Australian Soccer Feature 'Back Of The Net'". Deadline. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  7. "Production to Begin on Film Adaptation of New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Ashley's 'The Will'". PR Newswire. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.