Queensland Film Corporation

The Queensland Film Corporation was a government funded film production company that existed in Queensland in the 1980s.

It was established by the Queensland Industry Development Act of 1977.[1] Its original brief was not to produce films but to encourage the development of the film industry in Queensland.[2]

At one stage it was run by Allan Callaghan, former press officer to Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen who was sent to gaol for misappropriating government funds.[3][4]

The organisation was eventually wound up in October 1987 having spent $5.4 million on various projects.[5][6]

The Queensland government later formed Film Queensland and the Pacific Film and TV Corporation.

Select films invested in

See also

References

  1. ↑ Queensland Industry Development Act 1977 accessed 24 October 2012
  2. ↑ "Queensland Film Corporation", Cinema Papers, January 1978 p200
  3. ↑ Philip Adams, "Joh was no statesman", The Australian, 26 April 2005 accessed 24 October 2012
  4. ↑ Greg Roberts, "Jail For Man Who Made Joh A Star", Sydney Morning Herald, 28 April, 1987 Archived January 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. accessed 24 October 2012
  5. ↑ Soctt Murray, "Richard Stewart: Director, Film Queensland", Cinema Papers, December 1993 p16-20, 58
  6. ↑ Rowan Callick, "AFTER A DECADE, THE FILM CORPORATION FINALLY FADES TO BLACK", Australian Financial Review, 22 October 1987 p 2
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