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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. [4] The film is directed by Wayne Blair and written by Keith Thompson and Briggs.
Blair's first recorded on-screen appearance was in a 1997 Australian TV film called The Tower.The following year he appeared on All Saints and Wildside.He has also appeared in Water Rats and Fireflies. 1998 was also the year he was one of the first four film makers to be mentored under the Metro Screen Indigenous Mentor Scheme for which he made a short film called Fade 2 Black.
Warwick Thornton is an Australian film director, ... (2020), TV documentary series about himself in ... The Sapphires (2012), feature film, directed by Wayne ...
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Jessica Mauboy, star of 2013 Australian breakout hit “The Sapphires,” returns to a leading film role for the first time in over a decade in family feature “Windcatcher.” Directed by Tanith ...
He appeared in guest roles on Water Rats (2001), East West 101 (2007), directed by Peter Andrikidis and ABC2's Soul Mates (2014). [citation needed] He made his feature film debut in Rachel Perkins' award-winning film, Bran Nue Dae (2010). [16] He appeared in Wayne Blair's The Sapphires, which screened in Official Selection at the Cannes Film ...
Shari Sebbens is an Aboriginal Australian actress and stage director, known for her debut film role in The Sapphires (2012), as well as many stage and television performances. After a two-year stint as resident director of the Sydney Theatre Company (STC), in 2023 she will be directing productions by STC and Griffin in Sydney , as well as ...
Tony Briggs was born on 3 July 1967. [2] He is the son of Laurel Robinson, one of The Sapphires, [3] and is a Yorta Yorta / Wurundjeri man. [4]He attended Scotch College, Melbourne as a boarding student from 1980 to 1985, and proved to be an outstanding athlete there.