Mark Joffe

Mark Joffe
Born	Mark Joffe 1956 Polotsk, Russia
Occupation	Film director, producer
Years active	1981–present

Mark Joffe (b. 1956) is an Australian film and television director.^[1] He has directed feature films, telemovies, and drama series.

Joffe "learned his trade at Crawford Productions",^[2] working on Carson's Law, Special Squad and Neighbours. His first major directing job was the first episode of The Great Bookie Robbery (1986).

He agreed to direct the Irish-American film The MatchMaker after gaining approval to have the script rewritten by Irish writer Graham Linehan, one of the writers of Father Ted^[3]

Awards

In 1987 Joffe won the Australian Film Institute award for Best Direction in Television for The Great Bookie Robbery. In 1991 he won the Peace Prize at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival^[4] for More Winners: Boy Soldiers. In 1992 he was nominated for the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Spotswood.

Filmography

Feature films

• The Man Who Sued God (2001)
• The MatchMaker (1997)
• Cosi (1996)
• Spotswood (1992)
• Grievous Bodily Harm (1988)

Television

• More Winners: Boy Soldiers (1990)
• Shadow of the Cobra (1989)
• Watch the Shadows Dance (1987)
• The Great Bookie Robbery (1986)
• The Fast Lane (1986)
• Neighbours (1985)
• Special Squad (1985)
• Carson's Law (1983)
• Skin Deep (1983)
• Holiday Island (1981)

See also

• Cinema of Australia

References

1. ^ Mark Joffe at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ The Great Bookie Robbery - Cinephilia
3. ^ Joffe, Mark : The Matchmaker - Urban Cinephile
4. ^ IMDb - Awards for Mark Joffe

External links

Mark Joffe at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Joffe, Mark
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Date of birth	1956
Place of birth	Polotsk, Russia
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