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. [6] [7] She is a Member of the Order of Australia .
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Gillian Armstrong. Director: My Brilliant Career. 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).
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Apr 30, 2024 · Gillian Armstrong (born December 18, 1950, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian film director who is known for her carefully observed strong female characters. Many of her movies are historical dramas. Armstrong grew up near Melbourne and studied art and film at Swinburne Technical College (now Swinburne University of Technology).
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Dec 23, 2019 · Gillian Armstrong talks about her adaptation of Little Women, a classic film about young women writers and their families. She shares her memories of working with Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, and Kirsten Dunst, and how she was able to make men cry.
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Mar 6, 2020 · The resonance of Armstrong's "Little Women" can be directly connected to her career of telling stories about intricate, imperfect, and bursting-at-the-seams-with-curiosity female characters. Armstrong’s work is versatile, moving through genre. The linking factor in all of her work being the women she’s chosen to shine a light on, the ...
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Gillian Armstrong. Director: My Brilliant Career. 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).
Aug 29, 2016 · Gillian Armstrong Armstrong has spent her career resisting being characterised as a “feminist director”, a term that has dogged her since her acclaimed feature debut, My Brilliant Career, in 1979.
