Jeni Thornley
Known For: Directing
Biography
Jeni Thornley is a documentary filmmaker, writer and film valuer. Her poetic essay documentaries: Maidens (1978), collaborative feature film and Penguin book, For Love or Money: a history of women and work in Australia (1983), To the Other Shore (1996) and Island Home Country (2008) are landmark films in Australian independent and feminist cinema, widely distributed and also broadcast on ABC TV and SBS. Her films are available online and DVD via beamafilm, Ronin Films and Anandi Films.
Filmography
2023
- Memory Film: A Filmmaker's Diary as Self
2022
- Senses of Cinema as Self
2008
- Island Home Country as Narrator
1996
- To The Other Shore ... (Director)
1993
- Breathing Under Water ... (Script Editor)
1988
- Thanks Girls and Goodbye ... (Script Consultant)
1983
- For Love or Money ... (Director)
1978
- Maidens ... (Producer)
1974
- Still Life ... (Director)