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Mirrah Foulkes Mirrah Foulkes i(8268025 works by)
Gender: Female
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Actress, script-writer, and director.

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form y separately published work icon Fires The Fires Australia : Tony Ayres Productions , 2021 20851564 2021 series - publisher film/TV

'The Tony Ayres Productions (TAP) series is planned as a serialised anthology, inspired by the stories of the people who survived the catastrophe and continue to endure its aftermath.

'Each episode will be based around character studies of ordinary people caught in the unimaginable and the impossible choices they were forced to make. These will include volunteer firefighters; families who lost homes, livelihoods and loved ones; people who had to make agonising decisions about whether to stay or flee; and others who found themselves responsible for the lives of friends and strangers.'

Source: Inside Film (https://www.if.com.au/abc-tony-ayres-productions-developing-bushfire-drama/). (Sighted: 3/12/2020)

2021 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Telefeature or Mini Series
form y separately published work icon Judy & Punch ( dir. Mirrah Foulkes ) Australia : Seaside Productions , 2019 14363126 2019 single work film/TV

'When small-town puppeteer Punch accidentally kills his baby during a drinking binge, his wife Judy — having suffered a violent beating — teams up with a band of outcast heretics to enact revenge on Punch and the entire town of Seaside.'

Source: Screen Australia.

2019 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia Best Film
2019 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Original Screenplay
2019 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Film
form y separately published work icon Florence Has Left the Building ( dir. Mirrah Foulkes ) Australia : 2014 8268088 2014 single work film/TV

'It's the annual Christmas Eve concert at the Marigold House Assisted Living Facility. All her friends are dying and Florence wants out. When the facility double books two rival Elvis impersonators, Florence takes the opportunity for one last hurrah.'

Source: IMDB.

2014 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Short Fiction Film
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