When completed, this page will list all interviews conducted by members of AMOHG (before 2019 known as FBIOHG) members, and lodged with the National Film and Sound Archive. Only some mention AMOHG in the NFSA database.
NB– NFSA has recently upgraded its Search the Collection facility,. The newer version is considerably clearer and easier to use. However, links to all of the interviews listed below still go to the older version.. To discover these interviews and others, we recommend that you visit NFSA’s Search page. If necessary, select <Person/Organisation> from the [All Fields] button, and then filter your search to <Oral History> in the [Form] options.
You can read a selection of blog articles about some of our more recent individual interviews.
Interviewed by Rod Freedman
Jessica Douglas-Henry – Producer, director 2023
Dominic Case – Film laboratory manager, communications director 2022
James Bradley – Editor, director, producer 2022
Chris Noonan – Director 2020
Seb Chan – Museums consultant 2019
Interviewed by Margaret Leask
(since 2016)
Grahame Bond, Actor – Writer, 2018
Barry Otto, Actor -2018
Hugo Weaving – Actor, 2018
Liz Mullinar – Casting Agent, 2019
Jacqueline McKenzie – Actor, 2022-23
Interviewed by Graham Shirley
(a select list of recent interviews)
Ian Barry – Director – film & television 2022
Michael (Mike) Selwyn – film distribution executive 2022
Craig Collie – TV director and manager 2021
Di Drew – director of film, television and theatre 2021
Adam Bowen – writer, performer, presenter 2020
Stuart Cunningham – Media Studies academic and policymaker 2020
Frank Heimans – Documentary Filmmaker 2019
Molly Reynolds – Digital Media Producer 2019
Malcolm Smith – Film & Television Executive 2018
Lesley Cansdell – Radio fan and autograph collector 2017
William (Bill) Gray – Film distributor, newsreel librarian, projectionist 2017
Rosslyn Sweetapple – Film crew (child actor care) 2017
Brendan Harkin – Multimedia entrepreneur and advisor 2016
Michael Thornhill – Feature film producer 2016
Tom Zubrycki – Documentary filmmaker 2015
-See also Oral Histories by Graham Shirley
Interviewed by Storry Walton
(since 2016)
Sir James Cruthers – CEO Channel 7 Perth, (for NFSA and SLWA) c. 2006
Julie James Bailey – pioneer tv producer, film industry activist. c.2016
Bill Fitzwater -pioneering tv producer, music producer. 2018
Frances Carr Boyd – early ABC television production assistant. 2018
Maurice Murphy – pioneering tv comedy producer. 2019
Malcolm Long – Managing Director SBS, Head Programs ABC. 2020
Mark Scott – Managing Director ABC. 2022
-see also Oral Histories by Storry Walton
Interviewed by Geoff Gardner
Gabrielle Shaw – New media technology specialist (2019)
Colin Bennett– – Film Critic- (Interviewed By Geoff Gardner And Peter Hourigan) (2017)
Richard Payten – Producer and Film distribution executive (2016)
Barrie Cassidy – ABC television presenter, journalist (2015)
Heather Ewart – ABC Television journalist (2015)
Russell Barton– Journalist (2014)
Colin Pitson – First interim director of NFSA (2014)
Pierre Rissient- -Activist, critic, historian, film-maker, publicist, festival organiser (2014)
Robert Wilesmith – News cameraman in Canberra at old Parliament House (2014)
John Duigan- – Film director, scriptwriter, and actor (2013)
Donald Groves – Journalist and writer on film (2013)
Tim Read -Film producer and public sector manager (2013)
Julie Rigg -Radio Presenter and Journalist (2013)
Sharon Connolly- – Film and television producer and director (2012)
Julie Flynn – Current affairs journalist (2012)
Lynn Gailey – Production Manager (2012)
Des Power- – Journalist, writer, publisher, producer (2012)
Peter Russell -Broadcaster, newsreader with Capital7 (2012)
Tristram Miall – Film Producer (2012)
Alan Ramsey – Journalist (Interviewed By Geoff Gardner And Trevor Cook)- — (2012)
Bruce Spence- -Actor (2012)
PeterThompson – ABC radio and television presenter and journalist (2012)
Phillip Adams – Producer, writer (Interviewed By Geoff Gardner And Rod Bishop) (2011)
Rod Bishop – Film producer, critic and educator (2011)
Meg Clancy – Actor (2011)
Sue Murray – Film producer and executive- (2011)
David Stratton- – Film critic, writer and presenter (2011)
Ross Tzannes – Film administrator (2011)
Mitsuo Yanagimachi – Japanese film director. (Interviewed By Geoffrey Gardner And Lesley Stern)- — (1982)
Satyajit Ray – Indian film-maker (1968)
Interviewed by Martha Ansara
(since 2010)
Brian Trenchard-Smith – Film producer and director. (2018)
John Hughes -Documentary film maker (2018)
Trevor Graham – Director/Producer (2017)
Freda Glynn – A director of Central Australian Arts Media Association (CAAMA) and actor. (2017)
Tina Kaufman – Freelance writer on film and media issues (2017)
Jeni Thornley – Filmmaker, academic, writer and activist (2017)
Michael Thornhill – Film and telemovie producer and director. (2016)
Calvin Gardiner – Cinematographer (2015)
Louis Irving – Cinematographer (2015)
Rob Mcauley – Documentary producer, director, writer and cinematographer. (2013)
Mike Molloy – Cinematographer (2013)
Errol Sullivan – Film producer (2013)
Nita Gardiner – Film examiner and assistant to editors at Cinesound (2013)
Ron Johanson – Cinematographer (2012)
Dick Marks – Director, cinematographer (2012)
Pieter de Vries – cinematographer (2011)
Pat Fiske – Director, producer and sound recordist. (2010)
Philip Hearnshaw – Assistant Director, Producer(2010)
Elizabeth Parer-Cook – Film producer/sound recordist (2010)
David Parer – Documentary cinematographer and director, (2010)
Interviewed by Malcolm Smith
Freedman, Rod – Documentary film maker (2019)
Griffith, Colin – Digital strategy specialist (2019) *
Richards, Kate – Cinematographer and editor (2019)
Butterworth, John – Digital industry advocate (2017) *
Davey, Sandra – Digital Industry manager (2017) *
Elliott, Megan – Creative entrepreneur, digital media (2016) *
Gadney, Guy – Digital media leader (2016) *
Greenstein, Shirley (2016)
Winter, Chris – Media and Communications Industry professional (2016) *
Delaney, Patrick – CEO, Fox Sports (2013) ^
Feeney, Jacqui ABC and Foxtel TV executive (2013) ^
James, Andy Lloyd – TV producer and executive (2013) ^
Rose, Peter Film and Television producer and executive (2013) ^
Tonagh, Peter – COO, Foxtel (2013) ^
Weir, Deanne – Media lawyer and producer (2013) ^
Niblock, Kym – Foxtel Digital platforms manager (2012) ^
Payne, Nell Foxtel Director of Broadcast Technology (2012) ^
Campbell, Peter Foxtel Director of Sports (2012) ^
Frangopoulos, Angelos – CEO, Sky News (2012) ^
Furness, Mark Journalist and Foxtel executive (2012) ^
Delaney, Patrick Foxtel Executive Sales Director (2009) ^
Lynette Ireland Foxtel Director, Legal Affairs (2009) ^
Richards, Debra Executive Director, ASTRA (2009) ^
Smith, Jeffrey (2009) TV Executive ^
Eastment, Trevor TV producer and Executive (2008) ^
Campbell, Peter Television Executive (2008) ^
Fitzhardinge, Michael CH9 and Foxtel Manager (2008) ^
Iffland, Tony UKTV and other channels TV executive (2008) ^
Rowley, Justin – Television Executive (2008) ^
Smart, Peter CTO, Foxtel (2008) ^
Vecera, Kim Film and TV Executive (2008) ^
* these interviews form part of AMOHG’s New Media project
^ these interviews form part of the FOXTEL Reflections Oral History project
Interviewed by Dominic Case
Chris Noonan – Director (1993)
Harold Dews – Newsreel editor. Producer at Movietone (1993)
Yoram Gross – Animation producer, director and scriptwriter (1993)
Dennis Noonan – Manager of camera rental company (1993)
Stephen Smith & Matt Butler : Manager of film post-production facility / Camera effects specialist (1993)
Read a selection of blog articles about some of our more recent individual interviews.