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Ken Quinnell (born 1939) is an Australia screenwriter and film director. Journalism. Quinell has a background in publishing and freelancejournalism, including working for Screen International and Rolling Stone. In the 1960s he was a member of the WEA Film Study Group, where he met writers Michael Thornhill [1] and Frank Moorhouse .
Ken Quinnell was born in 1939 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a writer and director, known for Hoodwink (1981), The City's Edge (1983) and Short Changed (1986).
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The City's Edge is a 1983 Australian film co-written by Aboriginal Australian writer Bob Merritt. [1] Plot. Andy comes to Sydney and falls in love with the sister of a heroin addict . Cast. Tommy Lewis. Hugo Weaving as Andy White. Katrina Foster. Mark Lee as Jim Wentworth. Joanne Samuel as Prostitute 1. Production.
The City's Edge: Directed by Ken Quinnell. With Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lewis, Shirley Cameron, Mark Lee. Small film about a young man (Weaving) who moves into a boardinghouse in a marginal part of Sydney in an effort to come to terms with his father's death and become a writer.
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Hoodwink is a 1981 Australian thriller film directed by Claude Whatham and written by Ken Quinnell. It stars John Hargreaves and Judy Davis with Geoffrey Rush in his feature film debut. The film is based on the true story of a well-publicised Australian con artist.
Ken Quinnell. Writer: Hoodwink. Ken Quinnell was born in 1939 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a writer and director, known for Hoodwink (1981), The City's Edge (1983) and Short Changed (1986).
90mins. Status: Completed. In 1973 a Greek-born naturalised Australian, John Baikas, left Sydney with his three-year-old daughter, Maris, bound for Athens. He left the country with a forged passport for Maris, thus removing her from the protection of an Australian court.
