Australian Motion Picture Yearbook 1983 by Peter Beilby and Ross Lansell

February–March 1983, no. 48

Thomas Nelson/Roscope Publishers (Four Seasons, in association with Cinema Papers), directories, illus., 480 p., $25.00 pb

Australian Motion Picture Yearbook 1983 by Peter Beilby and Ross Lansell

by Jack Clancy •

February–March 1983, no. 48

This is the third edition of the Australian Motion Picture Yearbook, a production of the leading Australian film magazine Cinema Papers, which is itself solidly established with Issue No. 41 currently on sale, and a circulation of over 12,000 per issue. The Yearbook is one of a number of publications to come from Cinema Papers Pty Ltd, their range – from The New Australian Cinema and The Documentary Film in Australia to the Film Expo Seminar Report – indicating the task the magazine sets itself.

Jack Clancy

Jack Clancy (1934-2014) taught film studies at RMIT for many years and was instrumental in the institutionalization of the discipline in Australian universities. In addition to his work inside the university, Clancy served on the Melbourne panel for the Experimental Film Fund established by Prime Minister John Gorton in an initiative intended to spur the Australian film production industry industry. The Jack Clancy Lecture at RMIT was established to honour his contributions to both the university and Australian cinematic culture.