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Tim Burstall AM (20 April 1927 – 19 April 2004) was an English Australian film director, writer and producer, best known for hit Australian movie ''Alvin Purple'' (1973). A key figure in Australian postwar cinema, Burstall was instrumental in rebuilding the Australian film industry at a time when it had been effectively dead for over a decade. He created groundbreaking Australian films including ''Stork'', ''Alvin Purple'', ''End Play'', ''Eliza Fraser'', ''The Last of the Knucklemen'' and the 1987 adaptation of D.H. Lawrence novel ''Kangaroo''. Burstall's films featured early appearances by many legendary Australian actors including Jack Thompson, Bruce Spence, Jacki Weaver, ''Alvin'' star Graeme Blundell, John Waters and Judy Davis. Burstall's wife, Betty Burstall, an important figure in her own right, founded the pioneering La Mama Theatre in Melbourne in the late 1960s, with which Tim was involved. Speaking just after Burstall's death, Williamson said that Burstall "couldn't stomach" Australia's lack of a film industry. "He was determined to do something about it and he had the energy and spirit to do it. (He) was a very important cultural figure: highly intelligent, widely read, with a succinct and often highly controversial opinion on everything." ==Life== Burstall was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England in 1927. His family came to Australia in 1937 after his father took up a chair as professor of engineering at the University of Melbourne. Attending Geelong Grammar, Burstall was taught by historian Manning Clark. When his parents returned to England after World War II he remained in Australia. He graduated with an Honours Arts degree from the University of Melbourne in 1946. He met Betty, whom he married, at the university. They built a mud brick house at Eltham, Victoria.〔 The family home from 1967-2013 was 148 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy (sold, 2013〔http://news.domain.com.au/domain/real-estate-news/fitzroy-cradle-of-creativity-20131017-2vni1.html〕). Burstall originally wanted to be a novelist and thought that if he worked in film it might be a way to move into writing.〔Murray p491〕 He went to work for the National Film Library with a view to getting a job at the Commonwealth Film Unit as a scriptwriter. He worked on a series of documentaries, editing and writing for the Antarctic Division. He became interested in film making after seeing 1953 French film ''White Mane'' at the Melbourne International Film Festival.〔 He and Patrick Ryan established Eltham Films in 1959.〔David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p21〕 In February 2012 sections of Burstall's personal journals from 1953–1955 were published by Melbourne University Press, under the title ''Memoirs of a Young Bastard''.〔(MUP publication presentation )〕〔(Hilary McPhee personal blog )〕〔(ABC-TV appreciation )〕〔(ABCRadio National-LateNightLive )〕 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「Tim Burstall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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