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Donald Charles Crombie AM (born 5 July 1942) is an Australian film and television director and screenwriter.[1]

Donald Crombie AM
Born	(1942-07-05) 5 July 1942 (age 80) Brisbane, Australia
Education	National Institute of Dramatic Art Anglican Church Grammar School
Occupation	Film and television director
Children	Fiona Crombie

Born in Brisbane, Crombie was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School[2] and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Crombie started work at the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1963. He has directed feature films, telemovies, mini-series, drama series, documentaries and commercials, and has also written film and television scripts. Crombie has been a board member of the AWG, ASDACS and ASDA and the president of ASDA for over 5 years.[3]

He is the father of costume and production designer Fiona Crombie.[4]

Filmography

Feature films directed

• The Choice (1971)
• Caddie (1976)
• The Irishman (1978) (also writer)
• Cathy's Child (1979)
• The Killing of Angel Street (1981)
• Kitty and the Bagman (1983)
• Playing Beatie Bow (1986)
• Rough Diamonds (1994) (also writer)
• Selkie (2000)

Television

• Do I Have to Kill My Child? (1976) (TV) (also writer)
• "Cyclone Tracy" (1986) TV mini-series
• The Heroes (1988) (TV)
• The Alien Years (1988) (TV)
• The Saint: Fear in Fun Park (1989) (TV)
• The River Kings (1991) TV mini-series
• Heroes II: The Return (1991) (TV)
• The Feds: Terror (1993) (TV)
• "Time Trax" (1993–1994)
• The Celluloid Heroes (1995) (TV)
• "Flipper" (1995–1997)
• "Tales of the South Seas" (1998) TV series
• "McLeod's Daughters" (2001–2002)

Other

• Aircraft at Work (1966) (documentary) (also writer)
• Is Anybody Doing Anything About It? (1967) (short) (also writer)
• Sailor (1968) (documentary)
• Top End (1968) (documentary)
• Our Land Australia (1972) (documentary) (also producer, co-writer)
• Who Killed Jenny Langby? (1974) (documentary) (also co-writer)
• Robbery Under Arms (1985) (cinema and a television mini-series release)

References

External links

• Donald Crombie at IMDb

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