David Stratton
Film historian
Writer
Actor
September 10, 1939 – August 14, 2025
Credits:
Books:
Australia at the Movies:
The ultimate guide to modern Australian cinema (2024); I Peed on Fellini:
Recollections of a Life in Film (2008); My Favourite Movies: From a century of
films and the world's best directors (2021); The Avocado Plantation: Boom and
Bust in the Australian Film Industry (1990); The Insiders' Guide to Las Vegas (1997);
The Last New Wave (1980).
Movies and television:
7th
AACTA Awards (2017); A Woman's Tale (1991); Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight
(2011); Advance Australian Film (2014); At the Movies (2004–2013); Australian
Story (1997 / 2020); Celia: David Stratton interviews Ann Turner (1989); Cosi:
Interview with screenwriter Louis Nowra (2022); Dance Academy (2013); David
Stratton on 'The Last Wave' (2010); David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017); David
Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema (2017); Edmond: Interview with Director
Stuart Gordon (2006); FAQ (2017); First Tuesday Book Club (2013); Golden Braid
(1990); Green Card: Interview with director Peter Weir and actor Gérard
Depardieu (1991); Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002); In Conversation with Bryan
Brown (2012); In Conversation with Ennio Morricone (2012); In the Cannes (2007);
Inside Film Awards (2011); Introduction to Genre: An Introduction (2020); Lawrence
Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure (2009); Mad Max: Film Phenomenon (2002); 'Malcolm'
at the AFI Awards (1986); Malcolm: Interviews with Cast and Crew (2001); Mel
Gibson: God's Lethal Weapon (2004); Movie of the Week (1980–1985); Never
Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (2019); On Borrowed Time (2011); Palace
of Dreams (1984); Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (2007); Reel to Reel (1993–1994);
Return Home: SBS Movie Show (2005); Review with Myles Barlow (2008–2010); Rove
Live (2004); Showreel (2013); Smut Hounds (2015); Stone Forever (1999); Sunshine
and Shadows: 70 Years of Australian Cinema (1976); The 53rd Annual TV Week
Logie Awards (2011); The Bazura Project (2011); The Chaser Decides (2004); The
Chaser's War on 2020 (2020); The Chaser's War on Everything (2006–2007); The
Faking Game (2006); The Hamster Wheel (2011–2012); The Making of Nothing (1993);
The Movie Show (1995–1997); The Telegram Man (2011); The Tracker: Director Rolf
De Heer Interviewed by David Stratton (2003); The Tracker: IF Awards 2002 (2003);
The Tracker: World Premiere Adelaide Festival of Arts 2002 (2003); Yes We
Canberra! (2010).
