Judy Rymer

Judy Rymer has been writing, directing and producing drama and documentary films for the past 25 years. Her work covers a wide range of subjects, concentrating on social and political history and science.

In 2008, Rymer made RISKING OUR KIDS for ABC primetime, in 2007 she made FRANK AND DAZ TAKE ON THE WORLD for BBC SCOTLAND/SBS and directed an episode of WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? In 2006 she made BEING CHEN KAIGE for DISCOVERY ASIA. In 2005 she made ALL POINTS OF THE COMPASS about the impact of war on one South Vietnamese family for ABC/ BBC Scotland. She has directed TIMEBOMB, a critique of the New Zealand welfare system for TVNZ; the award winning VICTORY OVER DEATH about artist, Colin McCahon (Gold Plaque at Chicago); several science and technology series including HOT CHIPS; CINEMA OF UNEASE for the British Film Institute’s CENTURY OF CINEMA series for Channel 4, officially selected for Cannes International Film Festival and Best Documentary in the 1996 NZ Film Awards. Rymer wrote and directed THE HISTORY OF THE BATHING COSTUME, screened on Discovery America; POLES APART, on the controversial Australian purchase of Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles; and MESSAGE FROM MOREE for ABC, screened in 2004 to mark NAIDOC WEEK.

Filmography

	POLES APART: The Blue Poles Controversy » This is the story of vision, politics, money and cultural leaps of faith. The year is 1973. A reforming Labor government swept into power determined to change the direction of the country...
	FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FIRE » On 8 January 1994, gripped by searing summer heat, drought and fierce northerly winds, Sydney was devastated by bushfire...
	RISKING OUR KIDS » Fiona Stanley puts forward a powerful argument for the need to protect the future of our kids. A spark ignited in Fiona Stanley, when as a young medical intern, she was unable to improve the health of a young Aboriginal boy because of the environment he lived in...
	PUNISHED NOT PROTECTED » The participants of PUNISHED NOT PROTECTED are open in their criticisms of current government policy and the lack of momentum to move on an alternate, more just and humane policy...