Nigel Buesst
Nigel Buesst (born 30 April 1938) is an Australian filmmaker from Melbourne.[1] After graduating B.Com in 1960 from Melbourne University he headed overseas to London and worked as an assistant editor at Shepperton Studios.[2]
On returning to Melbourne in 1962 he worked for some months at the ABC's Ripponlea newsroom,[1] and freelanced as a cameraman on various productions. He also started directing his own films, beginning with “Fun Radio” in 1963.
After the success of his film "Rise and Fall of Squizzy Taylor" [3] he began teaching at the Swinburne University of Technology (1970-1984) [2] while continuing to make films on a diverse range of subjects.
He was also a co-founder and the artistic director of the St Kilda Film Festival from 1986 to 1990.[4]
Buesst has been described as "a living legend of Melbourne's film scene" [5] and was a figure in the "Carlton wave" of Australian filmmaking.[6]
Select credits
DIRECTOR on all titles, unless otherwise noted.
- Fun Radio (1963)
- Dancing Class (Dir: Tom Cowan 1964) – photography
- The Twentieth (1966)
- The Making of a Gallery, NGV (1967) – photography
- The Rise and Fall of Squizzy Taylor (1969)
- Nothing Like Experience (1970) – photography
- Bonjour Balwyn (1970)
- Dead Easy (1970)
- Destruction of St Patrick's College (1971)
- Come Out Fighting (1973)
- Jacka VC (Dir: Ross Cooper 1977) – photography
- Glenn's Story (Dir: Arnold Zable 1979) – photography
- Jazz Scrapbook (1983) [7]
- Compo (1989)
- Benny Featherstone (Prince Good Fellows) (1996) [8]
- Black Sheep Gather No Moss (1997)
- The Loved One - Gerry Humphrys (2000)
- Talking With Ade (2000) [9]
- Carlton + Godard = Cinema (2003) [10]
- Darwin Harbour (2010)
- Ballarat Jazz Convention (2015)
- Point Lonsdale Plaque Unveiling (2018) – editor
References
- "Nigel Buesst". Melbourne Independent Filmmakers.
- "Filmnews (Sydney NSW: 1975-1995)". Filmnews. Vol. 13, no. 7. New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Darkest Before the Dawn: Australian films of the 1960s". Ozflicks.
- "The St. Kilda Film Festival: Looking Back". Senses of Cinema.
- Martin, Adrian (May 2003). "Carlton + Godard = Cinema". Film Critic.
- Bruce Hodson, 'The Carlton Ripple and the Australian Film Revival', Screening the Past Archived 2013-02-18 at the Wayback Machine accessed 17 Sept 2012
- "JAZZ Scrapbook". Filmnews. Vol. 13, no. 7. New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- "BENNY FEATHERSTONE: PRINCE OF GOOD FELLOWS" (PDF).
- "Talking with Ade".
- Wilson, Jake. "Carlton + Godard = Cinema: An Interview with Nigel Buesst". Senses of Cinema.
External links
- Nigel Buesst at IMDb
- 2003 Interview at Senses of Cinema
- Nigel Buesst profile at Inner Sense
- Tribute to Nigel Buesst
- Nigel Buesst at Australian Screen Online
- Nigel Buesst at Screen Australia
- Nigel Buesst at AustLit
- Nigel Buesst at Letterbox DVD
- Nigel Buesst at BFI