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Shirley Barrett

Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Died August 3, 2022 (61 years)
Shirley Barrett (1961 – 3 August 2022) was an Australian film director, screenwriter and author. Her first film Love Serenade won the Caméra d'Or at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.

She has written and directed two other feature films Walk the Talk (2000) and South Solitary (2010). Barrett's script for South Solitary was awarded multiple prizes, including the Queensland Premier's Prize and the West Australian Premier's Prize.

Her first novel Rush Oh! (2016) was shortlisted for the 2016 Indie Awards for Debut Fiction and the 2016 Nita May Dobbie Award, and long-listed for the 2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Her second novel The Bus on Thursday was released in 2018.
Known For
  • Love Serenade
  • Offspring
  • A Place To Call Home
  • Winter
  • Heartbreak High
  • South Solitary
  • Wild Boys
  • Five Bedrooms
  • Love My Way
  • Mr & Mrs Murder
  • Packed to the Rafters
  • Love Child
  • House Husbands
  • Walk the Talk
  • Home and Away
  • Boys From The Bush
  • Police Rescue
  • A Country Practice
  • Cherith

Filmography

2019
Five Bedrooms (TV Series)
2015
Winter (TV Series)
2014
Love Child (TV Series)
2013
2013
Mr & Mrs Murder (TV Series)
2012
House Husbands (TV Series)
2011
Wild Boys (TV Series)
2010
Offspring (TV Series)
2010
2008
2004
Love My Way (TV Series)
2000
1996
1994
Heartbreak High (TV Series)
1991
Boys From The Bush (TV Series)
1989
Police Rescue (TV Series)
1988
1988
Home and Away (TV Series)
1981
A Country Practice (TV Series)

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