Anthony Buckley (born 27 July 1937) is an Australian film producer and editor.
Career
On leaving school, Buckley went to work for Cinesound Productions as a projectionist and assistant editor. He worked in Canada and Britain before returning to Australia in 1965. He went to work at Ajax Films and moved into producing.David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p11
He edited Michael Powell's Age of Consent. He had the film rights to the stage play The One Day of the Year and almost made a film with Louis F. Edelman, who made Adam's Woman with Buckley, but withdrew the project when Edelman wanted to cast American actors.
In 1974 he produced the train film A Steam Train Passes. 24 years later he produced another two train films, Savannahlander and Gulflander. He produced the mini-series The Harp in the South and its sequel Poor Man's Orange.
Honours and awards Member of the Order of Australia, for service to the media, 1977 Raymond Longford Award Lifetime Achievement Award, 2000 Ken G. Hall Award, 2000 Officer of the Order of Australia, for "distinguished service to the cinematic arts as a producer, director and editor, and to film preservation", 2025
Partial filmography
As editor The Stowaway (1958) (assistant) Age of Consent (1969) Adam's Woman (1970) Wake in Fright (1971) Don Quixote (1973)
As producer Forgotten Cinema (1967) – documentary Snow, Sand and Savages Caddie (1976) A Steam Train Passes (1974) The Night the Prowler (1978) The Killing of Angel Street (1981) Bliss (1985) The Harp in the South (1986) Poor Man's Orange (1987) The Heroes (1989) – mini-series
More Winners – Mr Edmond (1990) Heroes II: The Return (1991) – mini-series Nazi Supergrass (1993) Bedevil (1993) The Celluloid Heroes (1995) - documentary series Yum Cha Cha (2001) Oyster Farmer (2004) Savannahlander (2008) Gulflander (2010) At the Coliseum Deluxe (2019)
References
External links
Anthony Buckley's films at the National Film and Sound Archive