Ned Lander

Ned Lander
Lander at the AACTA Awards in 2015 for Last Cab to Darwin
Born	(1956-04-06) 6 April 1956 (age 69) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupations	Producer Director
Years active	1974-present
Known for	Wrong Side of the Road Last Cab to Darwin Radiance Little J & Big Cuz
Awards	AACTA Awards Jury Prize, 1981 Best Documentary, 1994 Logie Awards Most Outstanding Children's Program, 2018

Ned Lander is an Australian film producer, director, and former head of SBS Independent, from Adelaide, South Australia.

He has produced or commissioned many culturally significant programs, including the animated children's series Little J and Big Cuz (2017), Last Cab to Darwin (2015) and Radiance (1998). ^{[1] [2]}

He is best known for directing Wrong Side of the Road (1981), a drama-documentary spotlighting Aboriginal musicians, which earned the Jury Prize at the Australian Film Institute Awards. ^[3] Another notable work is 50 Years Of Silence (1994), which won the AACTA award for Best Documentary.

Filmography

Filmography

Year	Title	Producer	Director	Notes	Genre	Ref.
1980	Dirt Cheap	Yes		Co-Writer	Documentary
1981	Wrong Side of the Road		Yes		Feature	Jury Prize [4] 1982 “Starstruck” the movie. Plays the role of Robbie and band member of The Wombats. “The Restless Years” plays the character of Hodgo	1983	Molly
1987	Painting the Town	Yes					Documentary
1988	Bachelor Girl				Feature
1989	Into the Mainstream		Co-Director		Documentary
1993	Blood Brothers: Broken English	Co-Producer	Yes	Writer
	Blood Brothers: Freedom Ride	Yes
	Blood Brothers: From Little Things Big Things Grow
	Blood Brothers: Jardiwarnpa, a Warlpiri Fire Ceremony		Yes
1994	50 Years Of Silence					Best Documentary [5]
1998	Radiance				Feature
2001	Doing Dimboola	Executive			Documentary
2002	In Limbo
2003	Handle With Care
	The Riddle of the Bradshaws
	Yum Cha Cha
2005	Swapping Lives
2008	Baby Boom to Bust
2009	A Family Divided
2012	Make Hummus Not War	Co-Producer
	Singapore 1942: End of Empire	Executive
	Dangerous Remedy	Yes			Feature
2015	Last Cab to Darwin	Executive
2016	Monsieur Mayonnaise	Yes			Documentary
2017	Little J & Big Cuz (season 1)				Animated Series	Most Outstanding Children's Program [6]
2020	Little J & Big Cuz (season 2)
In Production	Little J & Big Cuz (season 3)

References

1. "Ned Lander". Screen Australia. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
2. Cockrell, Eddie (7 June 2015). "Film Review: 'Last Cab to Darwin'". Variety.
3. Beattie, Keith (Spring 2016). "Wrong Side of the Road". Metro Magazine (187).
4. "Past Awards". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
5. "Past Awards". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
6. "Little J and Big Cuz Wins 2018 Logie Award". The Australian Children's Television Foundation. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

External links

• Ned Lander at IMDb