Hal McElroy (Production)

Everything Begins and Ends

Short documentary about making of "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (1975) including interviews with actors, crew and Peter Weir himself.

Release Date:2014-06-10

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Not Quite Hollywood

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.

Release Date:2008-08-28

Character:Self

Vote Count:87

Sea Patrol

Sea Patrol is an Australian television drama set on board HMAS Hammersley, a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy. The series focuses on the ship and the lives of its crew members.

Release Date:2007-07-05

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:20

Malpractice

A lawyer turns private investigator when her doctor-husband holds himself responsible for the death of a patient.

Release Date:2001-05-25

Department:Production

Job:Co-Producer

Vote Count:3

The Sum of Us

A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."

Release Date:1994-07-28

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:69

Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Wood), the men and women of Mount Thomas Police Station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. We watch their successes and their failures and learn to grow with them and their loved ones as the heart of the series develops.

Release Date:1993-09-10

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:13

A Dangerous Life

The final years of the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos' rule, from the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr. in 1983 to the People Power EDSA Revolution in 1986 that ousted Marcos. The film focuses on American TV journalist (Gary Busey), who finds himself in the middle of key events that lead to the downfall of the Marcos regime.

Release Date:1988-11-27

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:3

The Last Frontier

Following a whirlwind courtship, a single mother from Los Angeles marries an Australian cattle rancher. He returns to Australia ahead of her and her two children but dies before they arrive, leaving his widow to deal with a debt-ridden ranch and land-grabbing neighbors.

Release Date:1986-10-05

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:3

Razorback

In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.

Release Date:1984-04-19

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:187

Deadline

A journalist sets out to report on a minor earthquake in the Australian outback, and finds that the tremor was a result of a small nuclear explosion - part of an extortion threat that has the government fearing nuclear blackmail. With the help of local reporters, and despite the harassment of the security agencies, he sets out to avert the crisis.

Release Date:1982-01-01

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:3

That Dangerous Summer

A look at the work of volunteer firemen fighting bushfires in the Blue Mountains at the height of the fire season in 1980.

Release Date:1980-01-01

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

The Last Wave

Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes danger may come from his own involvement with the Aboriginal people and their prophecies.

Release Date:1977-12-15

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:193

Picnic at Hanging Rock

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

Release Date:1975-09-02

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:796

The Man from Hong Kong

Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.

Release Date:1975-07-31

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:48

The Cars That Ate Paris

After the death of his brother on the road, unemployed and unstable drifter Arthur Waldo stays for a while in the rural Australian town of Paris as the guest of the mayor, who hopes he will become a permanent member of the Paris population. Arthur soon realizes the quaint hamlet has a sinister secret: they orchestrate car accidents and rob the victims. Survivors are brought to the local hospital, lobotomized, and used for a local doctor's experiments.

Release Date:1974-10-10

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:89

Alvin Purple

Alvin is your average guy, except for the fact women find him irresistible and chase him everywhere. He tries to avoid them and get psychiatric help but gets used by the psychiatrists as a gigolo to treat other patients instead.

Release Date:1973-12-20

Department:Production

Job:Production Manager

Vote Count:18