Short Changed is a 1986 Australian film directed by George Ogilvie based on a script by Bob Merritt who described it as a "black/white Kramer vs Kramer.
, 1h40 Directed byGeorge Ogilvie ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films ActorsBryan Brown, Rebecca Smart, Noni Hazlehurst, Ray Meagher Rating74% The plot revolves around an itinerant rural worker and fighter named Macauley —sometimes described as a “swagman” or “swaggie” who unexpectedly finds himself taking responsibility for his child. The film contrasts the harshness of Australian masculinity with a parent-child relationship.
, 50minutes Directed byLex Marinos, George Ogilvie, Carl Schultz GenresDrama ActorsGary Sweet, Hugo Weaving, Jim Holt, Frank Thring, Heather Mitchell, Ashok Banthia Rating83% The events leading up to the England Cricket Team's 1932-1933 Ashes tour of Australia and the tactics, of bowling directly at the batsman, used by the English cricket team to counteract the extraordinary batting prowess of Australian cricketer Donald Bradman during the Ashes series.
, 1h51 Directed byGeorge Ogilvie ActorsJohn Hargreaves, Heather Mitchell, Tushka Bergen, Willie Fennell Rating58% Young Ellie McAdam's passion and shelter is the pristine landscape surrounding the village of Kilkee on the Australian east coast where she and her father Neil, an abstracted widower, spend peaceful holidays in a ramshackle beach house disrupted by visits from their obstreperous extended family. When Neil is blinded by the sudden rediscovery of love, Ellie finds herself isolated in her opposition to a development that will destroy the landscape forever.