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'''Tom Jeffrey''' (b 26 September 1938) is an Australian film and TV producer and director. He worked at the ABC and BBC, becoming an ABC drama director in the late 1960s.<ref name="pike">Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 294</ref> In 1971 he became head of the Producers and Directors Guild of Australia. He was also a consultant on the Experimental Film Fund and on the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australian Council for the Arts.<ref name="stratton">David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p115-117</ref>
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{{infobox person
| name = Tom Jeffrey [[Member of the Order of Australia|AM]]
| birth_name= Tom Morven Jeffrey
| birth_place = {{birth_date and age|df=yes|26 September 1938}}
| occupation = Film and television producer and director
| employer = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Australia]], [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]
}}

'''Tom Morven Jeffrey''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (born 26 September 1938) is an Australian film and television producer and director. He worked at the ABC and BBC, becoming an ABC drama director in the late 1960s.<ref name="pike">Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 294</ref> In 1971, he became head of the Producers and Directors Guild of Australia. He was also a consultant on the Experimental Film Fund and on the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australian Council for the Arts.<ref name="stratton">David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980, pp. 115–117</ref>


From the early 1980s he stopped directing and concentrated on producing.<ref name="jeffrey">[http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Tom+Jeffrey&bl Interview with Tom Jeffrey, 12 November 1998] accessed 19 October 2012</ref>
From the early 1980s he stopped directing and concentrated on producing.<ref name="jeffrey">[http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Tom+Jeffrey&bl Interview with Tom Jeffrey, 12 November 1998] accessed 19 October 2012</ref>


Jeffrey was made a [[Member of the Order of Australia]] in the 1981 [[Australia Day Honours]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Morven Jeffrey |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/883124 |website=It's an Honour |accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref>
==Select Credits==

*''[[Stormy Petrel]]'' (1959) (TV series) - assistant
==Select credits==
*''Crackerjack'' (1966) (TV series) - director
*''This Day Tonight'' (1968) (current affairs TV series) - studio director
*''[[Stormy Petrel (TV series)|Stormy Petrel]]'' (1959) (TV series)&nbsp;– assistant
*''[[Pastures of the Blue Crane]]'' (1969) (TV series) - director
*''Crackerjack'' (1966) (TV series)&nbsp;– director
*''Kain'' (1967) - unit manager<ref name="kain">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-kain/|title=Forgotten Australian TV plays: Kain|first= Stephen|last= Vagg|date=June 8, 2021|access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref>
*''[[The Removalists]]'' (1975) - director
*''[[Weekend of Shadows]]'' (1978) - director
*''This Day Tonight'' (1968) (current affairs TV series)&nbsp;– studio director
*''[[The Odd Angry Shot]]'' (1979) - director
*''[[Delta (Australian TV series)|Delta]]'' (1969)&nbsp;– TV series
*''[[The Best of Friends (film)|The Best of Friends]]'' (1982) - producer
*''[[Pastures of the Blue Crane]]'' (1969) (TV series)&nbsp;– director
*''[[Fighting Back (1982 Australian film)|Fighting Back]]'' (1982) - producer
*''[[The Removalists (film)|The Removalists]]'' (1975)&nbsp;– director
*''[[Weekend of Shadows]]'' (1978)&nbsp;– director
*''[[The Odd Angry Shot]]'' (1979)&nbsp;– director
*''[[The Best of Friends (film)|The Best of Friends]]'' (1982)&nbsp;– producer
*''[[Fighting Back (1982 Australian film)|Fighting Back]]'' (1982)&nbsp;– producer
*''[[Going Sane]]'' (1985)&nbsp;– producer


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0420324}}
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420324/ Tom Jeffrey] at [[IMDB]]

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Latest revision as of 07:44, 9 August 2024

Tom Jeffrey AM
Born
Tom Morven Jeffrey

(1938-09-26) 26 September 1938 (age 86)
Occupation(s)Film and television producer and director
Employer(s)ABC Australia, British Broadcasting Corporation

Tom Morven Jeffrey AM (born 26 September 1938) is an Australian film and television producer and director. He worked at the ABC and BBC, becoming an ABC drama director in the late 1960s.[1] In 1971, he became head of the Producers and Directors Guild of Australia. He was also a consultant on the Experimental Film Fund and on the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australian Council for the Arts.[2]

From the early 1980s he stopped directing and concentrated on producing.[3]

Jeffrey was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1981 Australia Day Honours.[4]

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  1. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 294
  2. ^ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980, pp. 115–117
  3. ^ Interview with Tom Jeffrey, 12 November 1998 accessed 19 October 2012
  4. ^ "Tom Morven Jeffrey". It's an Honour. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (8 June 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV plays: Kain". Filmink. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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