Gillian Armstrong

Gillian Armstrong (born December 18, 1950 in Melbourne, Australia) is a film director.

Career

Gillian Armstrong graduated from Swinburne technical college in 1968 in art and later graduated from the Australian Film and Television School. Her feature length film My Brilliant Career (1979), an adaptation of Miles Franklin's novel of the same name, was the first Australian feature length film to be directed by a woman for 46 years. Since then, Armstrong has specialised in period drama, directing films including Oscar and Lucinda (1997) and Charlotte Grey (2001).

Related Topics:
1968 - My Brilliant Career - 1979 - Miles Franklin - Oscar and Lucinda - 1997 - 2001

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