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Storry Walton AM is an Australian academic, writer, producer and director. He produced and directed many television plays and serials, including My Brother Jack. He has directed ABC documentaries on art and on rural matters. While based in London, made programs for the BBC-TV social documentary series, Man Alive.

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He was an early director of the Australian Film and Television School and had a long relationship with the National Institute of Dramatic Art. [1]

In 1984 Walton was made a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to the Australian film industry, particularly as director of the Australian Film and Television School". [2]

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References

  1. Biography at Currency Press
  2. "Alexander Storry WALTON". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 2020-11-06.