John Power
John Beresford Power (20 November 1930 – February 2016) was an Australian film and television director, who began his career as a journalist.
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- Name
- John Power
- Birth Name
- John Beresford Power
- Birthplace
- Maitlan, New South Wales, Australia
- Born
- 20 November 1930
- Died
- 2016 02
- Occupation
- * Film director
- Full name
- John Beresford Power.
- Nationality
- Australia
- Honours
- AACTA Award for Best Direction
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• Name — John Power • Birth Name — John Beresford Power • Birthplace — Maitlan, New South Wales, Australia • Born — 20 November 1930 • Died — 2016 02 • Occupation — * Film director • journalist • television director • Family — Dave Power (brother)
Early life and journalism career
Early life and journalism career
Power was born in Maitland, New South Wales. His older brother was Dave Power, a long-distance runner who won medals at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. After leaving school, he joined the Maitland Mercury as a cadet journalist, later moving to Sydney to work for The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mirror. He was a political journalist in Canberra at the time of the Australian Labor Party split of 1955, events which he would later cover in the documentary film Like a Summer Storm.
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• The Other Side of Innocence (1972) (documentary) - director • Like a Summer Storm (1972) (TV movie) - director, writer, producer • What did you do at school today? (1974) (documentary short) - director • Escape from Singapore (1974) (TV movie) - director, writer, producer • Billy and Percy (1974) (TV movie) - director, writer, producer • They Don't Clap Losers (1975) (TV movie) - director, writer, producer • The Picture Show Man (1977) - director • The Sound of Love (1978) (TV movie) - director, writer • A Single Life (1986) (TV movie) • The Dismissal (1983) (TV miniseries) - director • The Great Gold Swindle (1984) - director • Special Squad (1984) (TV Series) - director • Return to Eden (1986) (TV series) - director • A Single Life (1986) - director, writer • Alice to Nowhere (1986) (TV miniseries) - director • Willing and Abel (1987) (TV series) - director • Mike Willesee's Australians (1988) (TV series) - director episode "Clyde Fenton" • The Dirtwater Dynasty (1988) (TV miniseries) - director • Tanamera - Lion of Singapore (1989) (TV miniseries) - director • Father (1990) - director • Sky Trackers (1990) (TV movie) - director • All the Rivers Run 2 (1990) (TV miniseries) - director • Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992) (TV movie) - director • The Tommyknockers (1993) (TV miniseries) - director • Someone Else's Child (1994) (TV movie) - director • Betrayed by Love (1994) (TV movie) - director • Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story (1994) (TV movie) - director • A Child is Missing (1995) (TV movie) - director • Heart of Fire (1997) (TV movie) - director • Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure (1998) (TV movie) - director
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Power won the AFI Award for Best Direction for the 1974 TV docudrama Billy and Percy.
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