John Moore

John Moore produced awardwinning documentaries for over twenty years His programs sold to ABC TV SBS Channel 4 ARTE the Canadian History Channel and TV Ontario His programs made for the Film Australia History Scheme included Menzies Churchill at War and Monash the Forgotten Anzac His 2005 documentary about Bertram Wainer Abortion Corruption Cops was nominated at the 2005 Australian Film Institute AFI Awards and the 2006 Sydney Film Festival In 2001 John produced and directed Thomson of Arnhem Land for Film Australia and the ABC Thomson won the 15000 NSW Premiers History Award an AFI Award for Editing and was nominated for awards at Banff and Shanghai TV Festivals Johns awards included a United Nations Peace Award for Barefoot Student Army in 1994 Best Documentary at the Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals for Black Mans Houses 1993 and an Australian Film Institute Award for Best TV Documentary for Guns Roses 1991 John was also a board member of the Australian International Documentary Conference AIDC He passed away on 23 July 2019 sadly missed by the documentary community and leaving behind him a huge legacy of social documentaries which responsibly addressed key issues of the day