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Cathy Henkel is a South African documentary filmmaker who has twice explored the intersecting topics of deforestation and climate change with ''The Burning Season''(2008) and ''Rise of the Eco-Warriors'' (2014). Henkel was the writer and director of both projects, which involved extensive travel and documentation of the expanding palm oil plantations of Indonesia and their social and environmental impacts. Her first documentary film ''Heroes of our time'' (1991) provided the first inside look at Greenpeace during one of its 'direct action' campaigns confronting oil company Caltex. Her career in documentary film and television writing, directing and producing began in 1988. She had previously worked as an artistic director for an Australian amateur theatre company, the Shopfront Theater for Young People, for which she also wrote and directed performances. Henkel's films have received two IF Awards for Best Documentary. Personal accolades include being named SPAA Documentary Producer of the Year in 2009, receiving an ACS Award and an Emmy award nomination. In 2014 she was appointed Director of the West Australian Screen Academy at Edith Cowan University. == Career == While many of Henkel's films have explored the topic of environmental activism, others have reflected her passion for the creative arts. These include ''Show Me the Magic'' (2012) which explored the life and work of Australian cinematographer Don McAlpine and ''I told you I was ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan'' (2005). In 2003, Henkel wrote and directed her first TV documentary for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation entitled ''The man who stole my mother's face. ''The film followed Henckel's own search for justice for her mother following a traumatic sexual assault, and was awarded Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York in 2004. Henkel was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and moved to Australia when she was 18. Henkel has said that she felt ashamed of her white South African heritage, referring to it as "wearing a badge of the oppressor." In 1978, Henkel moved to Clunes and studied at Lismore's Northern Rivers College to become a teacher. She moved to Sydney in 1982 after taking a job as a director at Shopfront. Henkel's friendship with entertainer Rolf Harris grew as her creative career developed. She had first met Harris when she was 19, working as a waitress in a hotel in South Africa in the early 1970s. Four decades later their friendship was tested when she was called to testify as a witness at Rolf Harris' trial for multiple child sexual assault charges.〔 In 1992, Henkel met Jeff Canin on a sea turtle nesting beach in Queensland and they became partners in life and in work. Following the birth of their daughter Sam Lara, they formed Hatchling Productions with the intention of producing social issue and community-based documentaries. They also established a digital post-production editing studio in the northern rivers region of New South Wales. Henkel had lived in Sydney during her work at Shopfront and more recently in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia where she managed the production company, Virgo Productions.〔 In 2014 she was appointed Director of the West Australian Screen Academy at Edith Cowan University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cathy Henkel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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