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David Keith Williamson AO (born 19 February 1942) is one of Australia's best-known playwrights. He has also written screenplays and teleplays.
David Williamson was born in Melbourne and brought up in Bairnsdale, Victoria. He initially studied mechanical engineering at the University of Melbourne from 1960.[citation needed] His early forays into the theatre were as an actor and writer of skits for the Engineers' Revue at Melbourne University's Union Theatre at lunchtime during the early 1960s.
After a stint as a lecturer for Swinburne University, he turned to writing plays in 1967.
Williamson rose to prominence in the early 1970s, with works such as Don's Party (later turned into a 1976 film), a comic drama set during the 1969 federal election; and The Removalists (1971). He also collaborated on the screenplays for Gallipoli (1981) and The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). Williamson's work as a playwright focuses on themes of politics, loyalty and family in contemporary urban Australia, particularly in two of its major cities, Melbourne and Sydney.
Actors: Jeff Delaney (actor), Karl Horstmann (producer), Karl Horstmann (producer), Erin Bethea (actress), Carrie B. Thompson (actress), Justin Tolley (producer), BJ Davis (composer), Justin Tolley (producer), Grant Mitchell (miscellaneous crew), Jerilyn Bickford (miscellaneous crew), Dale Weller (producer), Fuad Reveiz (actor), Alyssa Addison (actress), Alyssa Addison (producer), Alyssa Addison (writer),
Plot: Somewhere in the city, inside a small loft apartment, three unsuspecting people are about to encounter something very strange...but they just might find the meaning of life. This is a character driven-dramedy about an eccentric, altruistic woman, Iris, who comes to live with a self-absorbed, compulsive, snobby roommate, Natalie, who is her complete opposite. Iris's hilarious antics and Christ-like sacrificial love, totally transform everyone she meets.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Catherine Cobb (miscellaneous crew), Marion Kerr (actress), Jackie Debatin (actress), Laura Spencer (actress), Christine Gwillim (actress), Danielle Parker (actress), Tom Connolly (actor), Eric M. Cyphers (writer), Eric M. Cyphers (director), Greg Ainsworth (actor), Robb Derringer (actor), Michael 'Bones' Buono (editor), Sara Glasser (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Adam LeFevre (actor), Bill Sage (actor), Daniel Duncan (editor), Emily Fradenburgh (actress), Bryan McClure (actor), Jamie Elman (actor), Matt Harwell (actor), Sharon Kay Seim (miscellaneous crew), Wade Lux (miscellaneous crew), Zach LeBeau (producer), Daniela Lavender (actress), Zach LeBeau (writer), Zach LeBeau (director), Zach LeBeau (editor), Steve Horner (composer),
Plot: The Scientist follows a brilliant physicist, Dr. Marcus Ryan (Bill Sage), who anguishes over the tragic death of his wife and daughter while secretly constructing a mysterious energy generator in his basement. The multi-dimensional energy unleashed by the machine triggers a series of events that propels Ryan toward a higher level of consciousness.
Keywords: alternative-energy, infinite-energy, machine, quantum-entanglement, quantum-physicsActors: Diane Lane (actress), Gary Lucchesi (producer), Todd A. Robinson (actor), Tom Rosenberg (producer), Cliff Fleming (miscellaneous crew), Michael J. Harker (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Young (composer), Hawk Koch (producer), Jennifer Bydwell (miscellaneous crew), Billy Burke (actor), Tim De Zarn (actor), Mary Beth Hurt (actress), Colin Hanks (actor), Todd Fullerton (miscellaneous crew), Richard S. Wright (producer),
Plot: A secret service agent, Jennifer Marsh, gets caught in a very personal and deadly cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer who knows that people (being what they are - both curious and drawn to the dark side of things) will log onto an "untraceable" website where he conducts violent and painful murders LIVE on the net. The more people who log on and enter the website, the quicker and more violently the victim dies.
Keywords: abduction, accomplice, acid-death, american-flag, animal-cruelty, arrest, badge-pinned-to-one's-chest, balloon, basement, battering-ramActors: Harold Dennis (actor), Brent Allen Caputo (actor), Robert Diggy Morrison (composer), Corvet Williams (actress), Michelle Ivy (actress), Kristy Johnson (actress), Lori Duncan (actress), Michelle D. Ivy (actress), David Niviere Fontane (director), David Niviere Fontane (writer), David Niviere Fontane (producer), William Pierce (editor), Zack Hawkins (actor), Sergey Turzhanskiy (actor), Debbie Ruzicka (actress),
Plot: Two women, on the verge of accomplishment, lives forever change when they receive the unexpected results of a pregnancy test. Seventeen year old, Ashley, is raped and tries to abort her unwanted pregnancy, but her ultra-religious parents interferes. Meanwhile Terri, a law student, fears that a child would obstruct with her career aspirations and thus considers having an abortion - much to the dismay of her husband.
Keywords: abortionActors: Bharat S. Shah (miscellaneous crew), Amitabh Bachchan (actor), Amitabh Bachchan (actor), Prem Chopra (actor), Dharmendra (actor), Vikram Gokhale (actor), Moushumi Chatterjee (actress), Dimple Kapadia (actress), Suhasini Mulay (actress), Sanjoy Chowdhury (composer), Raviranjan Maitra (editor), Hansika Motwani (actress), Talat Rekhi (writer), Abhijit Lahiri (actor), Seema Rahmani (actress),
Plot: After the mysterious disappearance of her maid, butler, and gardener, Mrs. Sandra Williams, the wife of Major Frank, who lives in a palatial house with two children, Sara and David, writes a letter to the local employment agency to get replacements. Martha Pinto, in the company of Edgar and Maria, a dumb woman, apply for these vacancies. Sandra hires them, explains that her children's eyes may be damaged by sunlight, the curtains are to be drawn at all times, as she gets migraines by any loud noise everyone must remain quiet, there is no electricity and all work must be done during the daytime, and the entire house is candle-lit. The staff get busy with their work, and it is then Sarah tells her mom that she has noticed other people in the house that are visible to her only, and she draws the picture of a male, a female (his wife), their son, Vicky, and an elder woman with magical powers. Sandra disbelieves her, but when she starts feeling someone's presence in her house, as well as hearing noises, she decides to investigate. She finds out that the letter she had to the employment agency is still lying in the mailbox. She must now find out how Martha, Edgar and Maria came to know of the vacancies, and of the presence of a album with dead people's photos. Watch as events beyond her control unfold, leading her, Sara and David face to face with the other unseen people in this household.
Keywords: army, children, mansion, remake, suspenseActors: Louis Di Bianco (actor), Bill Lake (actor), Courtney B. Vance (actor), Aron Tager (actor), Lisa Shamata (miscellaneous crew), Mace Neufeld (producer), Zachary Bennett (actor), Charles S. Dutton (actor), Peter MacNeill (actor), Shawn Lawrence (actor), Kadeem Hardison (actor), Warner Strauss (miscellaneous crew), Victor Ertmanis (actor), James Purcell (actor), Richard Yearwood (actor),
Plot: In 1957, black lawyer John Williams has to defend his nephew Charlie, who is accused of strangling a white boy to death. John doesn't believe Charlie did it, and although Charlie confesses, John wants to find out the real truth.
Keywords: brother-brother-relationship, courtroom, gay-interest, hate-crime, homosexual, independent-film, murderActors: Mary-Jane Reyner (costume designer), Andrew Schofield (actor), Paul Williamson (actor), Stephen Walters (actor), Jeff Bowen (miscellaneous crew), Dicken Ashworth (actor), Aneirin Hughes (actor), Kevin Knapman (actor), Kevin Lester (editor), Alan Bleasdale (producer), Emma Mager (miscellaneous crew), Andy Holt (miscellaneous crew), Jake Abraham (actor), Noreen Kershaw (actress), Fiachra Trench (composer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Milton Selzer (actor), Vincent Schiavelli (actor), Walter Barnes (actor), Christopher Lloyd (actor), Francis Huster (actor), Charles Horvath (actor), Rance Howard (actor), Richard Farnsworth (actor), James Caan (actor), James Caan (actor), Bernard Behrens (actor), Burton Gilliam (actor), Michael Berryman (actor), Geneviève Bujold (actress), Jacques Villeret (actor),
Plot: A photographer, who has been hired to photograph the wild west of America where he has lived his entire life, tells his client of a photograph he has that was taken one hundred years ago by his French great-grandmother that epitomizes what he is trying to capture. The story behind the photographer's heritage and that photograph... In the early 1870s, photographer Francis Leroy and who would eventually becomes his wife, Jeanne Leroy née Perriere, a baker's daughter and an aspiring photographer in her own right, move from Paris, where strife has taken hold due to Napoleon's loss in the Franco-Prussian War, to the American west, where the light is more conducive for their photography work. The move is despite not knowing about life at their destination and not knowing how to speak English. Veterinarian David Williams and his wife Mary Williams love each other, but their wants in life are incompatible with each other, David who loves his work treating real animals on farms and ranches, while Mary would rather live in Philadelphia where she was raised, especially as she feels isolated more often than not being alone on their remote farm. Several years later after both Francis and Mary are tragically killed in separate incidents, Jeanne and David meet for the first time as they both drop their respective children off at the same boarding school run by its unconventional teacher, Alice. Despite Jeanne and David's attraction to each other, a second chance at love for both may be impeded by the memories of their respective first spouse, for David especially as Mary's murderers were never caught.
Keywords: 1870s, 1970s, 19th-century, 20th-century, emigrant, france, franco-prussian-war, photography, united-states, western-united-statesActors: Michael Dugan (actor), Douglas Carter (actor), John Doucette (actor), Willis Bouchey (actor), Marshall Bradford (actor), Wade Crosby (actor), Jimmy Ames (actor), Harry Cheshire (actor), Ken Christy (actor), Heinie Conklin (actor), Henry Corden (actor), Wendell Corey (actor), Roy Butler (actor), James Arness (actor), Ralph Dumke (actor),
Plot: This is the story of David Marshall 'Marsh' Williams, the real life inventor of the world famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in WWII. It all started when Marsh, who was one to do things his way, was caught distilling moonshine, and was accused and convicted of shooting a federal officer in the process. This at first placed him in the chain gang which labeled him as a hard case. Later, to make room for those more deserving, he was moved to a prison farm, where he came under the direction of Captain H.T. Peoples. The Captain was a mild mannered warden, who did not shy from discipline when necessary, but also believed that given the opportunity, most men will respond to good. Believing that Marsh was just such a person, the Captain gave him every opportunity to reform, so much so, that he eventually allowed Marsh to work in the tool shop on his spare time to develop and build by hand, a working rifle, inside the prison farm itself.
Keywords: carbine, chain-gang, character-name-in-title, deputy-sheriff, invention, inventor, m1-carbine-rifle, prison, prison-warden, rifle