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Shirley Barrett (1961-2022) was a versatile and award-winning Australian filmmaker who also wrote novels. She is best known for her debut film Love Serenade, which won the Cannes Camera d'Or, and her novel Rush Oh!, based on a true story of whalers and killer whales.
- Exploring Desire in Wayward Places
- From The screen to The Page
- A Source of Inspiration
Barrett’s films presented a unique perspective on love, desire, and the workings of life at the margins – both social and geographic – of Australian society. Between 1996 and 2010 Barrett wrote and directed three films, an accomplishment in the Australian industry where second features can be difficult to make(especially for women). From the isolat...
In 2014 Barrett released her first novel, Rush Oh!, with a backdrop telling the true story of a symbiotic relationship between a whaling town on the NSW south coast and a pod of killer whales, which aided the whalers’ work. The story of Eden had begun life as a film script, developed through the years that Barrett worked on seeing South Solitary to...
In 2018 I was lucky enough to meet Shirley Barrett, when we screened Love Serenade as the opening night film of the Melbourne Women in Film Festival. Barrett, alongside the film’s producer Jan Chapman and editor Denise Haratzis, introduced their film and spoke with audience members at the after-film party. Although brief, this meeting had an impact...
Shirley Barrett is an award-winning filmmaker and author of Rush Oh! and The Bus on Thursday. She has also written and directed comedy and drama for television, such as Offspring and Five Bedrooms.
Aug 5, 2022 · Acclaimed director and screenwriter Shirley Barrett has died aged 60. She is known for her work across TV and film, including her debut feature Love Serenade, which was awarded the Camera D’Or at Cannes in 1996.
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Shirley Barrett (1961-2022) was an Australian director and writer, known for Love Serenade, Cherith and South Solitary. She died of breast cancer in Sydney, NSW, and was married to Chris Norris.
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Aug 8, 2022 · Shirley Barrett, who died of cancer at 60, was a Cannes Film Festival winner and a subversive storyteller of desire and isolation. She also wrote novels and TV dramas, and was a generous mentor to emerging filmmakers.
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Oct 13, 2018 · Writer and director Shirley Barrett was editing her second novel, about a woman who has survived cancer, when she herself was diagnosed with incurable breast cancer.
