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Graeme Isaac

Graeme Isaac has worked as a producer for over 35 years making both dramas and documentaries dealing with cross cultural issues and his films have screened in international festivals world-wide. His credits include the Indigenous feature musical and Australian box office hit Bran Nue Dae which premiered at Toronto, the iconic Aboriginal R&R road movie Wrong Side Of the Road which premiered in Mannheim, and the feature documentary Dhakiyarr VS The King which won the Reuben Mamoulian Prize at the Sydney Film Festival and screened in competition at Sundance. He has also worked as a consultant on drama and documentary productions in Indonesia, 3 of which (Tjoet Nja' Dhien, Daun Di Atas Bantal & Serambi) premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard.

He worked as a senior script consultant in the Script Office of the (then) Australian Film Commission, has been on the board of the Australian Documentary Conference, and in the mind 90's was the supervising producer for the landmark Indigenous short drama series, From Sand To Celluloid and Shifting Sands, sponsored by the national screen agency and the public broadcasters to fast track Indigenous directors into drama.

From 2006 to 2010 he was an international selector and session moderator for the INPUT Conference, the premier international conference for Public Broadcasters and program makers. He was co-director of the international INPUT event in Sydney in 2012, and continues to server as INPUT Australian co-national coordinator.

In 2023 he is actively producing documentary projects in Australia and internationally, including the feature documentary Welcome To Babel with the noted editor/director James Bradley.

Filmography

ROUGH RIDERS »

ROUGH RIDERS presents a view of country life that city folk are barely aware of and are unlikely ever to experience. The film provides an insight into an extraordinary world that lies beyond the highway...

WHISPERING IN OUR HEARTS »

The story of the 1916 massacre of Aboriginal people at Mowla Bluff, Western Australia, told in interviews with surviving Nyikina, Mangala and Karajarri peoples, as well as through dramatised re-enactments of the testimonials of Aboriginal witnesses...

KIMBERLEY MOB, THE »

Three Aboriginal brothers run a cattle station in the Kimberley. They face drought, divided tribal loyalties, government bureaucracy, diamond-mining companies and fundamentalist Christianity while trying to keep traditional Aboriginal beliefs and customs alive for their children and future generations...

WIND »

1857, Australia. In the cold, bleak terrain of the high country, a young black tracker, Jess, and his elderly sergeant move in on the trail of a killer...