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Richard Lowenstein Richard Lowenstein i(A59835 works by)
Gender: Male
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Film maker and screen writer. Son of Wendy Lowenstein (q.v.)

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form y separately published work icon Mystify : Michael Hutchence ( dir. Richard Lowenstein ) Australia : Ghost Pictures , 2019 16092047 2019 single work film/TV biography

'In the 1980s and ‘90s, Michael Hutchence was flying high and topping the charts as the lead singer of the hugely successful Australian rock band INXS. There was, however, a darkness that always hovered behind the spotlight. Hutchence, a man who saw rock and roll as “liberation,” was a natural performer who channeled his unique brand of exuberant vocals and charismatic sex appeal onto the stage until his untimely death at the age of 37.

'Through a treasure trove of rarely seen archival footage and insights from those closest to Hutchence, director Richard Lowenstein creates a documentary that is both kinetic and intimate, delving into the singer’s complicated upbringing, his rise to fame, the devoted love affairs with women such as Helena Christensen, Kylie Minogue, and Paula Yates, a growing drug problem, the traumatic brain injury that changed the course of his life, and his never-ending struggle to make peace with himself.'

Source: Tribeca Film Festival.

2020 nominated AFCA Film Awards Best Documentary
2019 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia Best Feature Documentary
2019 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Feature Length Documentary
form y separately published work icon He Died with a Felafel in His Hand ( dir. Richard Lowenstein ) Australia : Notorious Films Fandango Australia , 2001 Z896368 2001 single work film/TV

'A seemingly unresolvable love triangle between three people doomed to chase each other through shared accommodation hell in a never-ending, unrequited daisy-chain of desire.'

Source: Screen Australia.

2002 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia Best Screenplay - Adapted
2001 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Adapted Screenplay
form y separately published work icon Strikebound ( dir. Richard Lowenstein ) Australia : Ghost Pictures , 1984 7908937 1984 single work film/TV

'Based on historical events on the Victorian goldfields in 1936. It tells the story of a small group of miners and their wives who carried out the first successful 'stay-in' strike in Australia.'

Source: Screen Australia.

1984 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Adapted Screenplay
1984 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Film
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