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Taylor Media is an Australian film and television production company founded in 1991 by Sue Taylor Sue Taylor. The company has produced children's dramas ( Minty , Southern Cross, Time Trackers ), mini-series ( The Shark Net ), documentaries ( Courting With Justice ), feature films ( Last Train to Freo , Looking for Grace, The Tree and Three Summers. [1] ) [2]

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Founder

Sue Taylor has been a filmmaker for over twenty five years, She established her own company, Taylor Media in Australia in 2001. A graduate in Anthropology from London University, she began her career as a journalist in the UK before moving to Perth, Australia and into television production in the early 1980s.

Documentary

Sue Taylor later produced a book documenting the recollections from childhood to old age of Ethel May Elvin who was born in 1906 in a poor working-class family and lived to the start of the 21st century. [3]

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References

  1. Ward, Sarah (13 August 2017). "'Three Summers': Melbourne Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. Lodge, Guy (3 September 2015). "Venice Film Review: 'Looking for Grace'". Variety. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. Jellied Eels and Zeppelins

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