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{{Short description|Australian film director}}
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'''Don Featherstone''' is an Australian documentary filmmaker. His work includes documentaries about many significant figures in Australian arts and culture, including authors [[David Malouf]] and [[Tim Winton]], artist [[Brett Whiteley]] and dancer [[Robert Helpmann]],. as wellFeatherstone's asworks theaddress satiricalsocial [[mockumentary]]and ''[[BabaKiueria]]''.historical issues Fromsuch 2005as tobeach 2010culture, Featherstone''The researchedBeach'', andgangs, filmed''The theOne documentaryPercenters'' about the [[KokodaMilperra (documentary)|KokodaMassacre]],<ref basedname=austlit/> onand the book bywar, [[PaulKokoda Ham(documentary)|Kokoda]].<ref>[http{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/kokoda-film-a-trail-of-bad-memories-20100421-stys.html |title=Kokoda film a trail of bad memories] |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=21 April 2010 |first=Terry |last=Smyth |access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref>
 
Featherstone's satirical [[mockumentary]] for television, ''[[BabaKiueria]]'', has been the subject of academic comparative analysis of imperial historicity and postcolonial social progress.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Weaver-Hightower |first1=Rebecca |date=2006 |title=Revisiting the Vanquished: Indigenous Perspectives on Colonial Encounters |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40339575 |journal=Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=84–102 |doi= 10.1353/jem.2006.0010|jstor=40339575 |s2cid=154828023 |access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref> It has also been included in cultural exchanges, for example in "Southern Exposure" between the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and the Museum Of Contemporary Art, San Diego.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/all-their-eggs-in-one-basket-20080510-gdsd05.html |title=All their eggs in the one basket |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=10 May 2008 |first=John |last=McDonald |access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref>
 
In 1985 Featherstone co-founded Featherstone Productions with Judy Featherstone.<ref name=austlit/>
 
Featherstone's works have been screened and broadcast internationally, in many countries.<ref name=austlit/>
 
Other filmmakers utilise Featherstone's work, for example James Bogle's ''Whiteley''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/brett-whiteley-documentary-traces-the-tumultuous-life-of-arts-hand-grenade-20170501-gvw40f.html |title=Brett Whiteley documentary traces the tumultuous life of art's 'hand grenade' |work=The SYdney Morning Herald |first=Gabriella |last=Coslovich |date=1 May 2017 |access-date=26 December 2021}}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
Selected works include:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/bush-critics-don-featherstone |title=Don Featherstone |publisher=National Film and Sound Archive |work=Australian Screen |access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref><ref name=austlit>{{cite web |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A60605 |title=Don Featherstone |work=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=University of Queensland |date=17 June 2017 |access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/c/featherstone-productions-pty-ltd/3058/ |work=The Screen Guide |title=Featherstone Productions Pty Ltd |publisher=Screen Australia |access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref>
* ''Food for Thought'' (1977); writer, director
* ''Hey Look That's Me'' (1978);director
* ''William Cobbett's Rural Rides'' (1979); director;
* ''Erte'' (1979); director;
* ''The London Programme'' (1979-1982); director
* ''The South Bank Show'' (1982-1985); director
* ''Ed McBain'' (1982); director
* ''Jack Lemmon'' (1982); director
* ''John Le Carre'' (1983); director
* ''Msistlav Rostropovich'' (1983); director
* ''Barry Flanagan'' (1983); director
* ''David Hockney'' (1983); director
* ''Ivo Pogorelich'' (1984); director
* ''Robert Lowell'' (1984); director
* ''Alan Bleasedale'' (1985); director
* ''The Science of Winning'' (1985); director
* ''Arthur Boyd: Figures in the Landscape'' (1985); director, producer Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''Babakiueria'' (1986); director
* ''Heal or Hoax'' (1986); director
* ''Aussies'' (1987); director
* ''Beautiful Lies: A Film About Peter Carey'' (1986); producer, co-writer, director; Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''Dreamtime, Machinetime'' 1987; director, producer, writer Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''Slow Boat from Surabaya'' (1988); director
* ''Creative Spirits'' (1989){{efn|2 episodes}}; producer, director Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''Difficult Pleasure: A Portrait of Brett Whiteley'' (1989) producer, director
* ''Astonish Me, Graeme Murphy'' (1989); producer
* ''There's No Time, Peter Sculthorpe'' (1989); producer
* ''The Wizard From Oz, James Morrison'' (1989); producer
* ''God or Politics', Tom Keneally'' (1989); producer, director
* ''The Peoples' Diva', Joan Carden'' (1989); producer
* ''Tales of Helpmann'' (1990); co-producer, director Primetime, Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''Billy Tea and Goulash'' (1991); director
* ''The Daylight Moon: A Portrait of the Poet Les Murray'' (1991); producer, writer, director Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''Fast Forward Exposed'' (1992); director
* ''Masterpiece'' (1992); co-producer, director; SBS, Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''Oondamooroo: [[Ernie Dingo]]'' (1992); director, co-producer
* ''Eric Rolls: Celebration of the Senses'' (1992); director, co-producer
* ''Make It New: Robert Klippel'' (1992); director, co-producer
* ''Right Said Fred: Fred Schepisi - Film Director'' (1993); director, co-producer
* ''Creative Spirits II'' (1993){{efn|1 episode}}; director, producer Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''Lowering the Tone: 45 Years of Robyn Archer'' (1993); director, producer
* ''Bon Bons and Roses for Dorothy: Dorothy Hewett'' 1993; producer
* ''Dead Quick: Peter Corris'' 1993; producer
* ''Lighting Fires: Tim Storrier'' 1993; producer
* ''Creative Spirits III'' (1995); producer{{efn|series}}, director{{efn|1 episode}} Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''Tall Tales but True: David Williamson'' (1994); director, producer
* ''Smart's Labyrinth: Jeffrey Smart'' (1994); producer
* ''The Black Swan: Meryl Tankard Choreographer'' (1995); producer
* ''Wrestling The Angel: Blanche D'Alpuget'' (1995); director, writer, producer
* ''Dance of Nature: The Music of Ross Edwards'' (1995); producer, director, writer Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''Young Australian of the Year'' (1996); writer, director Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''An Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer'' (1997); writer, director; Linfield, Sydney, AU; Film Australia RM Associates, ABC Television
* ''The Edge of the World: Tim Winton: Writer'' (1998); producer; Linfield, Sydney, AU; Film Australia RM Associates, ABC Television
* ''Art Zone'' (1998); writer, director
* ''The Maitland Wonder: Les Darcy'' (1998); director
* ''American Journeys'' (1999); writer, director
* ''I Witness: The Art of George Gittoes'' (1999); director, writer, producer Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''It Happened on Holiday'' (2000); writer, director
* ''The Beach'' (2000); coproducer, co-writer, director Centre Coast, Featherstone Productions; Sydney
* ''Sydney Revealed'' (2001); writer, director
* ''Australia Revealed'' (2002); writer, director
* ''The One Percenters'' (2005); writer, director
* ''Kokoda'' (2009); writer, director
* ''Singapore 1942'' (2010); writer, director
* ''The War That Changed Us'' (2014); writer, co-director
* ''100 Days to Victory'' (2018); writer, co-director
 
==Awards and recognition==
Film awards and recognition include:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Competition
! Work
! Status
! Ref
|-
| 2019
| Best Sound in a documentary
| AACTA Awards
| ''100 Days to Victory''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2019
| Best Docu Drama
| ATOM Awards
| ''100 Days to Victory''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2019
| Best History Documentary
| Canadian Screen Awards
| ''100 Days to Victory''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2014
| Best Docu Drama
| ATOM Awards
| ''The War That Changed Us''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2014
| Most Outstanding Factual Program
| Logie Awards
| ''The War That Changed Us''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2012
| Best Documentary Series
| [[AACTA Awards]]
| ''Singapore 1942''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/2nd-aacta-awards/ |title=2nd AACTA Awards |work=AACTA Winners & Nominees |date=2012 |publisher=Australian Film Institute |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| Gold - Dramatised Documentaries
| South Australia & Western Australia ACS Awards
| ''Singapore 1942'' series - episode 2: ''End of the Empire''
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://cinematographer.org.au/award-winners/ |title=Award winners |publisher=Australian Cinematographers Society |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| Best Direction
| Asian Television Awards
| ''Singapore 1942''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2012
| Best Editing
| Asian Television Awards
| ''Singapore 1942''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2011
| Best History Production
| History Makers Awards New York
| ''Kokoda''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2010
| Best Documentary Series
| [[AACTA Awards|AFI Awards]]
| ''Kokoda'' series
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="afi2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/range/2000-2010/year/2010/ |title=AFI Awards 2010 |work=AACTA Winners & Nominees |date=2010 |publisher=Australian Film Institute |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
| Best Documentary Sound
| AFI Awards
| ''Kokoda'' series - episode 1: ''The Invasion''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="afi2010"/>
|-
| 2010
| Best Documentary History, Social & Political Issues
| [[ATOM Awards]]
| ''Kokoda'' series
| {{CFinalist}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1008/S00111/2010-atom-award-finalists-announced.htm |title=2010 ATOM Award Finalists Announced |publisher=Australian Teachers of Media |date=9 August 2010 |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| Outstanding Achievement Award
| IECF Hi-def Festival Tokyo
| ''The Beach''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1998
| Best International Documentary
| [[Hot Docs]] Festival in Toronto
| ''An Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1998
| Best Arts Documentary
| San Francisco Film & TV Festival
| ''An Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1998
| Best Arts Documentary
| Festival International du Film sur l'Art - Montreal
| ''An Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer''
| {{CFinalist}}
|
|-
| 1998
| Best Original Score in a documentary
| Australian Composers Guild
| ''An Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1997
| Best Arts Documentary
| Banff International TV Festival
| ''An Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer''
| {{CFinalist}}
|
|-
| 1997
|
| Greater Union Dendy Awards
| ''An Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer''
| {{CFinalist}}
|
|-
| 1997
|
| New York Film & TV Festival
| ''An Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer''
| {{CFinalist}}
|
|-
| 1997
| Best Arts Documentary
| Festival International du Film sur l'Art - Montreal
| ''Ross Edwards''
| {{CFinalist}}
|
|-
| 1996
| Best Arts Documentary
| Banff International TV Festival
| ''Ross Edwards''
| {{CFinalist}}
|
|-
| 1996
|
| IMZ Dance Screen Festival
| ''Meryl Tankard''
| {{CFinalist}}
|
|-
| 1996
| Best Film
| Grand Prix Video Dance Paris
| ''Meryl Tankard''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1995
| Best film
| Dance on Camera Film Festival, New York
| ''Meryl Tankard''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1994
| Best Television Documentary
| AFI Awards
| ''Creative Spirits 2'' series - episode: ''Lowering the Tone: 45 Years of Robyn Archer''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/range/1990-1999/year/1994/ |title=AFI Awards 1994 |work=AACTA Winners & Nominees |date=1994 |publisher=Australian Film Institute |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 1993
|Best Arts Documentary
| Festival International du Film sur l'Art-Montreal
| ''The Daylight moon: A portrait of the poet Les Murray''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1992
| Awgies Award
|
| ''The Daylight moon: A portrait of the poet Les Murray''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 1991
| Gold Plaque Award
| Chicago International Film Festival
| ''The Daylight moon: A portrait of the poet Les Murray''
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/81674--the-daylight-moon-a-film-about-the-poet-les-murray/ |title=The Daylight moon: a film about the poet Les Murray |access-date=19 December 2021 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
|
| New York Film & TV Festival
| ''The Daylight moon: A portrait of the poet Les Murray''
| {{CFinalist}}
|
|-
| 1991
| [[United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Prize |United Nations Media Peace Prize]]
|
| ''Billy Tea and Goulash''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 1990
| International Emmy
| New York
| ''Robert Helpmann''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 1990
| Gold Hugo Award
| Chicago Film Festival
| ''Difficult Pleasure: A portrait of Brett Whiteley''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="wcdp">{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225420367 |title=Difficult Pleasure: a portrait of Brett Whiteley |via=WorldCat |oclc=225420367 |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 1990
| Best Arts documentary
| Banff Television Festival
| ''Difficult Pleasure: A portrait of Brett Whiteley''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="wcdp"/>
|-
| 1990
| Best Television Documentary
| AFI Awards
| ''Difficult Pleasure: A portrait of Brett Whiteley''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="afi1990">{{cite web |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/range/1990-1999/year/1990/ |title=AFI Awards 1990 |work=AACTA Winners & Nominees |date=1990 |publisher=Australian Film Institute |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 1990
| Best Television Documentary
| AFI Awards
| ''Astonish Me, Graeme Murphy''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="afi1990"/>
|-
| 1989
| Best Arts Documentary
| Banff Television Festival
| ''Tom Keneally''
| Selected
|
|-
| 1988
| Best Documentary
| ATOM Awards
| ''Peter Carey''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1986
| [[United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Prize |United Nations Media Peace Prize]]
|
| ''BabaKuieria''
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://aso.gov.au/titles/shorts/babakiueria/notes/ |title=Babakiueria |work=Australian Screen - Short Films |publisher=National Film and SoundArchive |access-date=19 December 2021 |first=Kate |last=Matthews}}</ref>
|-
| 1996
|
| New York Film & TV Festival
| ''Arthur Boyd''
| {{CFinalist}}
|
|-
| 1985
| Special Jury Prize
| San Francisco Film Festival
| ''Ed McBain''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1985
| Silver Award
| New York Film & TV Festival
| ''Ed McBain''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1983
| Best Arts Documentary
| BAFTA Award
| ''David Hockney''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 1983
| Silver Award
| New York Film & TV Festival
| ''John LeCarré''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1982
| Silver Award
| New York Film & TV Festival
| ''King Cone''
| {{won}}
|}
 
==Notes==
{{notelist}}
 
==References==
{{Reflistreflist}}
* https://aso.gov.au/people/Don_Featherstone/
 
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.featherstoneproductions.com/}}
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