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Self-Taught Filmmaker Builds Career Covering War Zones

9/7/2026

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Story summary

He began his film career after being hired as a trainee sound-recordist.
He arrived in Australia in 1983, shortly after his mother died in a car crash.
While working night-shift blast-furnace jobs, a friend played Elvis records that shaped his soundtrack memory.
He taught himself shooting and edited for the BBC.
He covered war zones, toured with Oasis, and produced for ABC and SBS.

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Story summary

He began his film career after being hired as a trainee sound-recordist.
He arrived in Australia in 1983, shortly after his mother died in a car crash.
While working night-shift blast-furnace jobs, a friend played Elvis records that shaped his soundtrack memory.
He taught himself shooting and edited for the BBC.
He covered war zones, toured with Oasis, and produced for ABC and SBS.