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Tony Briggs (born 3 July 1967) is an Aboriginal Australian actor. He is best known for creating the stage play The Sapphires (later a 2012 film), which tells the true story of an Aboriginal singing girl group who toured Vietnam during the war. Briggs is also a former track and field athlete.
Tony Briggs is known for his roles on Ocean Girl, The Circuit, Wentworth and The Sapphires. He also created the stage play The Sapphires, which was adapted into a film in 2012.
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Tony Briggs is an actor, writer, producer and theatre performer who created the stage play and film The Sapphires, based on his mother's life. He also appeared in TV shows such as Ocean Girl, The Circuit, Wentworth and Cleverman.
The Sapphires is a 2012 Australian musical comedy-drama film based on the 2004 stage play The Sapphires by Tony Briggs, which is loosely based on a real-life 1960s girl group that included Briggs' mother and aunt. The film is directed by Wayne Blair and written by Keith Thompson and Briggs.
So after the success of my Ocean Colour Scene book, ‘Behind the Scene’, I was inspired to publish a book of all of my favourite work, Tony Briggs, 'Smile. Please? Photography, collaboration and culture', a retrospective look back at my career, covering all my favourite work since my move from Sunderland to London in 1987.
Mar 23, 2013 · The film's plot may sound improbable — an aboriginal girl group travels from the Outback to Vietnam to entertain American troops — but writer Tony Briggs knows just how true that story is: His...
Tony Briggs is known as an Actor, Creator, Director, Writer, Adaptation, and Associate Producer. Some of his work includes Cleverman, Joey, On the Nose, Gargantua, Australian Rules, The Broken Shore, Force of Nature: The Dry 2, and Wentworth.
