John Lawless Duigan, (born June 19, 1949 in Hampshire, England) is a film director. He emigrated to Australia in 1961, having been born to an Australian father. June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Hampshire (abbr. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
He is related to many Australian performers, being the brother of Bruce Beresford, brother-in-law to Virginia Duigan and uncle of Trilby Beresford. Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford (born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director, and to a much lesser extent writer, producer and actor. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...
He has directed 23 films, including The Year My Voice Broke and The Parole Officer. The Year My Voice Broke is a 1987 film by director John Duigan starring Noah Taylor and Loene Carmen about a young boy. ...
JohnDuigan was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in action during WW1.
Duigan's application for the Commonwealth prize was rejected because he missed the close of entries in March 1910.
JohnDuigan and his younger brother Reginald had spent nearly a year building his aircraft, which was made from wood, wire taken from an old piano, and steel bands usually used for baling wool.
Director JohnDuigan first attracted attention with such low-budget films as The Trespassers (1976) and Mouth to Mouth (1978), which he also wrote and directed.
Duigan's The Year My Voice Broke (1988) is perhaps the best of his many explorations of the painful coming-of-age process; its sequel, the 1991 Flirting was similarly effective in its portrayal of disaffected teens in love.
Duigan also varied his subject matter with Romero (1989), a heartfelt but objective biography of controversial Salvadorian clergyman Oscar Romero, and Wide Sargasso Sea (1992), an adaptation of Jean Rhys' tale of madness and seduction.
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