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Michael Lee (b. 1949)

Birthplace:
Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Born:
October 15, 1949

Biography from TheMovieDB

Michael Lee came to Melbourne in 1968 to study at Swinburne College, then the only film-making school in Australia. He became involved in the blossoming avant-garde film scene in Melbourne.  He was a member of the founding board of the Melbourne filmmakers Co-operative and later served on the board of the Modern Image Makers Association.  He has produced over a dozen 16mm films. Apart from some shorter films concerned with formal structure and the parameters of the motion picture medium, my main thematic concern has been the search for meaning. My big efforts were The Mystical Rose (1976, 65 mins), which expresses the confused dissolute narcissism of my youth, Turnaround (1983, 60 mins), which illustrates the search for a centre or foundation, and A Contemplation of the Cross (1989, 27 mins), which communicates the acceptance of Christian faith

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Film Production

Cinematography:
1983  Turnaround

Director:
1969  FUNDEATH
1971  Black Fungus
1972  National Geographic
1973  Contemplation of the Rose
1976  The Mystical Rose
1980  Meditation Upon Impermanence
1983  Turnaround
1985  Dance for Love
1985  Rock Heart Fire
1989  A Contemplation of the Cross
1992  Razzle Dazzle Rhapsody
1994  Juggling Time
1994  Screen
2019  Frolic
2019  Power Lines
2020  Various Energies
2021  On The Way
2021  The Quiet Game

Editor:
1969  FUNDEATH
1971  Black Fungus
1972  National Geographic
1973  Contemplation of the Rose
1976  The Mystical Rose
1980  Meditation Upon Impermanence
1983  Turnaround
1985  Dance for Love
1985  Rock Heart Fire
1989  A Contemplation of the Cross
1992  Razzle Dazzle Rhapsody
1994  Juggling Time
1994  Screen
2019  Frolic
2019  Power Lines
2020  Various Energies
2021  On The Way
2021  The Quiet Game

Producer:
1969  FUNDEATH
1971  Black Fungus
1972  National Geographic
1973  Contemplation of the Rose
1976  The Mystical Rose
1980  Meditation Upon Impermanence
1983  Turnaround
1985  Dance for Love
1985  Rock Heart Fire
1989  A Contemplation of the Cross
1992  Razzle Dazzle Rhapsody
1994  Juggling Time
1994  Screen
2019  Frolic
2019  Power Lines
2020  Various Energies
2021  On The Way
2021  The Quiet Game

Sound:
1969  FUNDEATH
1971  Black Fungus
1972  National Geographic
1973  Contemplation of the Rose
1976  The Mystical Rose
1980  Meditation Upon Impermanence
1983  Turnaround
1985  Dance for Love
1985  Rock Heart Fire
1989  A Contemplation of the Cross
1992  Razzle Dazzle Rhapsody
1994  Juggling Time
1994  Screen
2019  Frolic
2019  Power Lines
2020  Various Energies
2021  On The Way
2021  The Quiet Game

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