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Filmco was an Australian investment company used by producers to raise funds to invest in Australian movies. It flourished during the 10BA era.[1]
The company was formed in 1980 by Peter Fox and Bob Sanders (who merged his Pact Productions into the company). Pact Productions had provided finance for Harlequin. Breaker Morant and Sara Dane; it was a subsidiary of Adelaide Holdings. They were joined by John Fitzgerald, a former lawyer at the South Australian Film Corporation, who acted as executive producer. David Stratton wrote that "the Filmco slate consisted of some of the most dismal films ever produced in Australia" and represented "a scandalous waste of money".[2]
In June 1981 it was announced Filmco helped raise finance for Burning Man, Something Wicked this way comes, For the Term of His Natural Life, Double Deal and Billy West, and it would raise money for Turkey Shoot. [3]
Peter Fox was killed in a car accident on 1 December 1981.[4]
- ^ Pamela G Hollie (Nov 16, 1981). "Australian movies seek U.S. backing". The New York Times. ProQuest 121645217.
- ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 5
- ^ "No niz like film biz for Peter Fox". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 June 1981. p. 42.
- ^ "Getting into the movies". The Bulletin. 103: 126–138. 29 November 1983. Retrieved 28 April 2022.