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Laurie McInnes is an Australian writer, director, and cinematographer known for art films like Broken Highway and Dogwatch. Her work has been compared to Jim Jarmusch's.[1]

Laurie McInnes
Born	Australia
Occupation	Cinematographer, director

McInnes has said that she grew up a lonely child who was bad at school, and she channeled those early feelings (the "ghosts" of her childhood) into her debut feature, Broken Highway.[2]

Although her last effort as a director was with 1999's Dogwatch, she's continued to be active in the Australian film industry, working as a second-unit director and cinematographer for films like Look Both Ways and Night.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Broken Highway—McInnes' breakthrough film—was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1993, but it lost to Jane Campion's The Piano.[1][3] It was nominated for five AFI awards that year. Her earlier short, Palisade, won the top prize at Cannes in 1987.[4]

Selected filmography

• Dogwatch (1999) (writer, director)
• Broken Highway (1993) (writer, director)
• With Time to Kill (1987) (cinematographer)
• On Guard (1983) (cinematographer)

References

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