Fiona Cochrane

Fiona Cochrane graduated from Monash medical school before following her passion - film. She took courses and worked on film crews, learning her trade as continuity person, first assistant director and production manager before taking on roles as director and producer.

With a young child to look after she found it easier to work as a producer.
Her low-budget independent Australian feature films included HOLIDAYS ON THE RIVER YARRA (1991) which was selected for the 'Un Certain Regard' Section of Cannes Film Festival, and NIRVANA STREET MURDER (1990).

Her main interest has always been directing and more recently she has been trying to primarily direct (or direct and produce) both dramas and documentaries. In 2007 she completed a feature-length intimate observational documentary called RACHEL: A PERFECT LIFE which premiered at the Sydney Film Festival, and in 2008 she completed an ultra low-budget feature film called FOUR OF A KIND which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival. Most of her films have screened internationally at numerous festivals and have won an array of awards.

In 2019 she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for service to the visual arts as an independent film producer.

Her recent films include the feature-length documentaries CAN ART STOP A BULLET, WOMEN ARE THE ANSWER, JOE CAMILLERI and AUSTRALIA'S MALTESE FALCON, as well as television documentaries PATOU IN BLACK & WHITE, STRANGE TENANTS: SKA'D FOR LIFE, 25 TRACKS, ALL IN HER STRIDE, MUSIC OF THE BRAIN, OPERA THERAPY, TUG OF WAR and SCREAMIN' WHEELIES.

Fiona is also medically trained and continues to work as a doctor in Melbourne.

Filmography

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