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Philip Brophy |
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1959 |
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Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia
Education: Studied Film Theory and Philosophy at Latrobe University
Occupation: Director (d), Screenwriter (sc), Editor (e), Sound Designer (sd), Score Composer (c), Short Film (sh), Feature (f).
A former lecturer in Media Arts at RMIT University Melbourne, Brophy has also produced extensive work (both practical and theoretical) in film sound design and composition. Beginning in 1997, he founded the annual Cinesonic International Conference on Film Scores and Sound design, and is also editor of three books published from these conferences. He also writes and lectures on Japanese Animation and has published two books for the BFI including 100 Anime (to be released this year) and 100 Modern Soundtracks.
The following filmography does not include the many video art installations and video clips Brophy has produced over the length of his career. For details about these projects go to his website at:
www.philipbrophy.com
Filmography:
1986 - No Dance (sh.) (d, c, sd)
1988 - Salt, Saliva, Sperm and Sweat (sh.) (d, sc, e)
1993 - Body Melt (f) (co-sc, d)
1995 - Only the Brave (sh.) (sd, c)
1995 - Maidenhead (sh.) (sd, c)
1996 - Otherzone (sh.) (sd)
1998 - Paradise (sh.) (sd, c)
2000 - Mallboy (f) (sd, c)
2001 - Blow (sh.) (sd, c)
2004 - Words in My Mouth/ Voices in My Head No. 1 (Anna) (sh.) (d, sc, e)
2004 - The Sound of Milk (Prologue) (sh.)(d, sc, c, e) |
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journal - Thats Exploitation! Snobs Filmviews. p.Author Unk |
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This article criticises the âhigh-browâ tone of Australian film culture, and how this approach to film stifles the film industry, investing in a narrow a...[full record]
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journal - Thats Exploitation: Turkeys Filmviews. p.Author Unk |
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This article continues Philip Brophyâs discussion about film culture in Australia and the Australian film industry (following on from the article âThatâ...[full record]
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journal - The Body Horrible Interventions |
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This article looks at the concept of Body Horror within the Horror genre. Breaking it down into various categories such as Body Principles, Disembodiment, ...[full record]
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chapter - The Horror Reader : The Terror of Pleasure - The Contemporary horror film and postmodern theory . 00-00-2000. pp.285 - 293 |
Ken Gelder,
Tania Modleski
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This article looks at the Contemporary horror film and its postmodern aesthetic, dealing with issues such as the schizophrenic body and popular culture in re...[full record]
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web - Melbourne Independent Filmmakers : Philip Brophy . 01-04-2005 |
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Biographical resource on Brophy, which explores his history as a filmmaker and his work as the director and instigator of the Cinesonic Conference on Film So...[full record]
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web - Philip Brophy : My Dreadful Failure as an Australian Filmmaker . 00-00-2004 |
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Reflective but sarcastic analysis of the failure of Brophy's film Body Melt and his future attempts to 'fit into' the norm of Australian film culture.[full record]
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newspaper - An Entrail tale with plenty of guts The Age. 10-06-1994. p.16 |
Mike Daly
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This article is a review of the film Body Melt and an interview with the film's director, Philip Brophy. It discusses the film's context as a satirical horro...[full record]
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newspaper - Bodymelt: more bit parts for your money The Sun. 07-04-1996 |
David Bongiorno
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This newspaper article discusses the release of Body Melt on video, and names its long cast list of Aussie soap stars, used in an attempt to make it like an ...[full record]
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newspaper - Dead Ringer Beat. 01-06-1994 |
Craig Mathieson
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An interview with Philip Brophy about his film Body Melt, the article discusses Brophyâs âphilosophical victoryâ over the AFC, whom he had to convince ...[full record]
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book - Film, Horror and the Body Fantastic . 00-00-1995 |
Linda Badley
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This book details features of the Contemporary horror genre, in particular, body horror. It analyses films from this period of time and disucsses their relat...[full record]
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web - Melbourne Independent Filmmakers : Philip Brophy . 01-04-2005 |
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Biographical resource on Brophy, which explores his history as a filmmaker and his work as the director and instigator of the Cinesonic Conference on Film So...[full record]
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web - NMA Publications : Philip Brophy : 22 Contemporary Australian Composers . 00-00-1988 |
John Jenkins
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Basic biography of Brophy's career as a composer, sound designer and his work with the collective tsk tsk tsk[full record]
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web - Philip Brophy : My Dreadful Failure as an Australian Filmmaker . 00-00-2004 |
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Reflective but sarcastic analysis of the failure of Brophy's film Body Melt and his future attempts to 'fit into' the norm of Australian film culture.[full record]
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web - Senses of Cinema : Strange Things: Body Melt Senses of Cinema. 00-00-2001 |
Adrian Martin
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This article looks at Body Melt and its context within the Horror genre. Martin comments on its volatile myriad of narrative directions 'littered with booby ...[full record]
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journal - Snot Funny - Its Body Melt Fangoria. pp.24-28 |
Michael Helms
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This article contains an interview with Philip Brophy and Rod Bishop, the director and producer of the film Body Melt, while shooting the film on location. I...[full record]
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journal - Thats Exploitation! Snobs Filmviews. p.Author Unk |
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This article criticises the âhigh-browâ tone of Australian film culture, and how this approach to film stifles the film industry, investing in a narrow a...[full record]
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journal - Thats Exploitation: Turkeys Filmviews. p.Author Unk |
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This article continues Philip Brophyâs discussion about film culture in Australia and the Australian film industry (following on from the article âThatâ...[full record]
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book - The BFI Companion to Horror . 00-00-1996 |
This text profiles films, personalities an subgenres of the horror movies[full record]
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book - The Films of Gillian Armstrong . 00-00-1999 |
Felicity Collins
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100-page timely collection and cross-analysis of Gillian Armstrong's films as part of The Moving Image ATOM Series. [full record]
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chapter - The Horror Reader : The Terror of Pleasure - The Contemporary horror film and postmodern theory . 00-00-2000. pp.285 - 293 |
Ken Gelder,
Tania Modleski
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This article looks at the Contemporary horror film and its postmodern aesthetic, dealing with issues such as the schizophrenic body and popular culture in re...[full record]
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newspaper - Titans of Trash Independent Monthly. 01-03-1995. pp.88-89 |
Adrian Martin
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This article points to the pretentious nature of Australian film culture through its absent praise for successful Australian directors of the action, horror ...[full record]
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