Nigel Buesst

Nigel Buesst (born 30 April 1938) is an Australian filmmaker from Melbourne.[1] After graduating B.Com in 1960 from Melbourne University he headed overseas to London and worked as an assistant editor at Shepperton Studios.[2]

On returning to Melbourne in 1962 he worked for some months at the ABC's Ripponlea newsroom,[1] and freelanced as a cameraman on various productions. He also started directing his own films, beginning with “Fun Radio” in 1963.

After the success of his film "Rise and Fall of Squizzy Taylor" [3] he began teaching at the Swinburne University of Technology (1970-1984) [2] while continuing to make films on a diverse range of subjects.

He was also a co-founder and the artistic director of the St Kilda Film Festival from 1986 to 1990.[4]

Buesst has been described as "a living legend of Melbourne's film scene" [5] and was a figure in the "Carlton wave" of Australian filmmaking.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Nigel Buesst". Melbourne Independent Filmmakers.
  2. ^ a b "Filmnews (Sydney NSW: 1975-1995)". Filmnews. Vol. 13, no. 7. New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Darkest Before the Dawn: Australian films of the 1960s". Ozflicks.
  4. ^ "The St. Kilda Film Festival: Looking Back". Senses of Cinema.
  5. ^ Martin, Adrian (May 2003). "Carlton + Godard = Cinema". Film Critic.
  6. ^ Bruce Hodson, 'The Carlton Ripple and the Australian Film Revival', Screening the Past Archived 2013-02-18 at the Wayback Machine accessed 17 Sept 2012