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Gillian Armstrong [1950-0] Australian

Rank: 102
Director, Film director

Gillian May Armstrong is an award-winning Australian feature film and documentary director, who specializes in period-drama. Her films often feature female perspectives and protagonists.

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Australia is much more liberal in accepting de facto relationships than the U.S.		101
When I was a young filmmaker starting out, I was really snobby about all the affirmative action for women filmmakers because I felt it should be about your talent, and I made a film that won awards, and people wanted me.		102
We need more drama on Australian TV. We've actually dropped the ball on that.		103
It's really actually been pretty shoddy and appalling, the amount of local content, Australian drama, on ABC TV.		104
I have worked with some of the most amazing costume designers in the world.		105
Australia has produced amazing costume designers that are unheralded.		106
I was a young film student around the time of the new wave in film in the 1970s; old Hollywood was naff and over. For me, as a film student, I was going to see French and Italian cinema; American cinema was 'Easy Rider' and 'Taxi Driver.' Everything was gritty.		107
Cable television stations in America are now producing such smart, in-depth, non-formula, character-based dramas. Film has turned more and more into big action or cartoons.		108
I do think the moral line you walk all the time about putting something in for the sake of the film and not being affected by people's lives is a very tough one.		109
It often takes a couple of years to get a script right and then takes a couple of years to get financing together.		110
Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make.		111
I have major credibility as a hip, out-there documentary filmmaker, and I'm not going to say, 'I'm only a drama filmmaker' anymore.		112
Hollywood is hard on women.		113
There are really only a handful of directors who have a final cut clause in Hollywood. You only get that power if you've made a couple of hundred-million-dollar successes.		114
There's nothing like a fresh scone.		115
'Little Women' has interesting gender connotations. There are generations of women who love the book. But there are a lot of men who think it's sentimental, gooey stuff.		116
I don't consciously go out looking for themes. They attach themselves to me.		117
I put on 'Starstruck' for my kids, and they started getting bored. I was so upset, I took it off. They preferred 'Home Alone.'		118
Boys are lacking in female skills, dropping out of schools and ending up in jails and unemployed because they lack these skills.		119
I would never do a sexist script.		120
Frankly, I get sick of being considered a 'young woman filmmaker' rather than an individual artist, as a man would be.		121
Sure, you always put some of your own experience into a film.		122
Maybe women should leave time for themselves and their relationships and just have some fun.		123
I never worried about topping myself.		124
The question I always ask is: 'Where are all the women directors in America?' You know, where's the female Martin Scorsese, the female David Lynch?		125
Maybe not many women are going to film school.		126
Hollywood is a very old and very structured situation. There's still a lot of old boys at the top who have the money.		201
When I was 18 years old, I had never before seen Australian film on the big screen.		202
It only happens once - that an actor is suddenly recognised as the star they are.		203
After Sept. 11, there was a reticence and worrying about films that touched on war, and even more on terrorism.		204
You rarely, in the professional world, have the chance to express yourself as an individual.		205

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