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.

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