Harry Bardwell
This list shows all the titles currently on australianscreen that include Harry Bardwell in a principal role. It is not a comprehensive filmography.
In a production role:
Backs to the Blast, an Australian Nuclear Story (1981) — producer, director
The documentary summarises nuclear testing in the 1950s in Australia and its consequences. This compilation documentary uses archival footage from both scientific recordings and newsreels of the time. ...
Lord of the Bush (1990) — executive producer
The documentary is about Lord Alistair McAlpine, bon vivant, patron of the arts and author. After falling in love with the Broome region in Western Australia in the…
Bran Nue Dae (1991) — executive producer
This documentary by Tom Zubrycki traces the development and production of the successful stage musical Bran Nue Dae. The writer of the play, Jimmy Chi, talks about how…
God’s Girls: Stories from an Australian Convent (1992) — executive producer
The documentary follows the extraordinary changes in the Sisters of Mercy order in Australia from the 1950s to the 1990s. This Roman Catholic religious order had many postulants…
For All the World to See (1992) — executive producer
A biography of Fred Hollows, an eye surgeon who was committed to reforming medical services in indigenous Australian communities and third world countries. The film follows Fred to…
Benny and the Dreamers (1992) — executive producer
A documentary about the Pintubi people’s first contact with white people, and the affects of dispossession and institutionalisation when the peoples were forced from their lands into missions.
Nazi Supergrass (1993) — executive producer
The Australian Nationalist Movement conducted a campaign of racial hatred on Perth for three years from 1986. They were opposed to Asians, Jews and Blacks. They bombed Asian…
Angst (1993) — executive producer
The film looks at the lives of three Jewish comedians who are the children of Holocaust survivors. Deb Filler is from New Zealand, Sandy Gutman (Austen Tayshus) from…
The Joys of the Women (1993) — executive producer
A group of Italian women from Fremantle, Western Australia, formed a choir called ‘The Joys of the Women’ (Le Gioie Delle Donne), to sing traditional and contemporary songs. ...
The Last Man Hanged (1993) — executive producer
The dramatised documentary traces the events leading up to the hanging of Ronald Ryan in 1967. Ryan escaped from Pentridge prison and a warder was shot dead in…
Tim Storrier, ‘Lighting Fires’ (1993) — executive producer
The documentary is a biography of Australian painter, Tim Storrier. It follows the artist as he goes to the outback to paint. He photographs subjects and creates live…
A Kid Called Troy (1993) — executive producer
Eight-year-old Troy has contracted AIDS from his mother. His father, Vince, cares for him now that his mother has died. Troy requires hospital treatment and drugs to delay…
