My Brilliant Career
1979
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Gillian May Armstrong (born 18 December 1950) is an Australian feature film and documentary director, best known for My Brilliant Career, Little Women, The Last Days of Chez Nous, and Mrs. Soffel. She is a Member of the Order of Australia.
Gillian Armstrong was born on 18 December 1950 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is a director and producer, known for My Brilliant Career (1979), Not Fourteen Again (1996) and Little Women (1994). She is married to John Pleffer. They have two children.
Apr 30, 2024 · Gillian Armstrong, Australian film director who was known for her carefully observed strong female characters. Many of her films are historical dramas. She gained acclaim for her first feature, My Brilliant Career, and her other movies included Mrs. Soffel, Little Women, and Oscar and Lucinda.
Mar 6, 2020 · In the case of “Little Women,” while adaptations by George Cukor (1933) and Mervyn LeRoy (1949) had their fans, it’s Gillian Armstrong's 1994 iteration that truly sunk its teeth into the story's spirit.
Dec 23, 2019 · In 1994, Gillian Armstrong broke and mended an entire generation’s hearts with her adaptation of Little Women, a warm little snow globe of a movie with an absolutely stacked cast: Winona Ryder...
Gillian Armstrong was born on 18 December 1950 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is a director and producer, known for My Brilliant Career (1979), Not Fourteen Again (1996) and Little Women (1994).
Jan 9, 2020 · Gillian Armstrong and Her Brilliant, Free-Spirited Protagonists Redefined the Modern Movie Heroine. By David Edelstein. The Undersung. Our critics on great artists who might’ve been lost to the...
