Golden Globe winning director Fred Schepisi is best known for films like 'Six Degrees of Separation', 'Roxanne', 'Plenty', 'Last Orders', 'Empire Falls' and more recently 'The Eye of the Storm' and 'Words and Pictures'.
Lee Rogers: “Fred is a real character and a great conversationalist, he delivers a veritable masterclass in film-making in this podcast…”
The film legend who directed Meryl Streep and Kirk Douglas, still has the fire in the belly to make uncompromising films…
Golden Globe winning director Fred Schepisi is best known for Six Degrees of Separation, Roxanne, Plenty, Last Orders, Empire Falls and more recently The Eye of the Storm and Words and Pictures.
Fred directs Juliette Binoche in Words and Pictures
We have lost one of the greats.
Fred was honoured to be part of the Australian contingent at the Marrakech International Film Festival, which dedicated its country tribute to Australia. Read more at Variety
It was a great honour to be one of the judges for the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. A wonderful event celebrating a very popular culture of the world. Photo courtesy of IFF
With six AFIs, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Nomination, the Indian Film Festival Melbourne 2019 awards welcomes Fred Schepisi aboard our second jury… Read more
“Michael Caine’s best films – ranked” looks at ‘Last Orders’…
“…filmmaking at its absolute finest… all Academy members should watch every year before voting on Best Picture.” Greg Wright of New-Release Tuesday looks at ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ – read more
Australian filmmakers say an influx of foreign directors into advertising is robbing local talent of opportunities…
“Now there’s a person whose yin and yang are beautifully integrated… He’s understood visually so much of how I understood perceptions…”
“Ever thought the world has become like a Coles store for culture, where everything is going down, down, down…”
Fred Schepisi talks to EW about Words and Pictures, Roxanne, Six Degrees of Separation, and working with Paul Newman on Empire Falls.
Fred with Paul Newman on the set of Empire Falls
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