Hal McElroy (Producer)

Everything Begins and Ends

In this archival documentary, coproducer Hal McElroy, director of photography Russell Boyd, actress Helen Morse (Mademoiselle de Poitiers), coproducer Jim McElroy, actress Anne Lambert (Miranda), and executive producer Patricia Lovell discuss the production history of ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ and the unique story it tells.

Release Date2014-06-10

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

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 Date2008-08-28

Charactersd Self

Vote Count91

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 Date1993-09-10

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count13

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 Date2007-07-05

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count25

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 Date1980-01-01

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

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 Date1973-12-20

DepartmentProduction

JobProduction Manager

Vote Count20

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 Date1975-07-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Vote Count53

The Last Wave

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.

Release Date1977-12-15

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count203

Razorback

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

Release Date1984-04-19

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count203

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 Date1975-09-02

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count840

Malpractice

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

Release Date2001-05-25

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Producer

Vote Count3

The Cars That Ate Paris

The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.

Release Date1974-10-10

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count95

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 Date1986-11-03

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count2

Vote Count3

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 Date1988-11-27

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count3

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 Date1994-07-28

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count70

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 Date1982-01-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count3