Gillian Armstrong
- Directing
- December 18, 1950 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Biography
Gillian May Armstrong (born 18 December 1950) is an Australian director, who specializes in period drama. Her films often feature female perspectives and protagonists. Many of her movies are historical dramas. She has won multiple awards including an AFI Best Director Award, and has been nominated for numerous other awards including a Palme D'Or and two Golden Bear Awards. She has received multiple Honorary Doctorates including an Honorary Doctor of Letter Degree from University of Sydney, and an Honorary Doctorate from Swinburne University of Technology.
Known for
Filmography
- Revealed: Otto By Otto · Self
- Senses of Cinema · Self
- Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché · Self
- Women He's Undressed · Director, Producer
- Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women · Self
- Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery · Self
- Love, Lust & Lies · Director, Producer
- Death Defying Acts · Director
- Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst · Director
- Puttin’ on the Show: The Making of Starstruck
- Charlotte Gray · Director
- Oscar and Lucinda · Director
- Not Fourteen Again · Director, Producer
- Little Women · Director
- The Last Days of Chez Nous · Director
- Fires Within · Director
- Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces · Self, Director
- High Tide · Director
- Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert · Director
- Mrs. Soffel · Director
- Having a Go · Director
- Starstruck · Director
- Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better · Director
- More Smokes Less Lollies · Director, Producer
- Touch Wood · Director, Producer
- My Brilliant Career · Director
- The Singer and the Dancer · Writer, Producer
- Promised Woman · Art Direction
- Smokes and Lollies · Director
- The Removalists · Assistant Set Designer
- One Hundred a Day · Director, Writer
- Satdee Nite · Mary (Uncredited), Director
- Caravan Park · Production Office Assistant
- Gretel · Director
- The Roof Needs Mowing · Director
- Old Man and Dog · Director
- Sat'dee Night · Director