Terry Christopher Bourke (19 April 1940 â€" 29 June 2002) was an
Australian journalist, screenwriter, producer and director.He worked
as a show business journalist and production assistant in Hong Kong
for a number of years before returning to Australia in 1971. He made
several movies and also worked in television. Phil Avalon called him
"one of Australia's first maverick filmmakers".Bourke was a newspaper
journalist for The Australian and The China Mail in the Crown Colony
of Hong Kong. He entered the world of feature films in 1965 by raising
$320,000 for actor Jeffrey Stone's first and last East-West Motion
Picture Ltd production Strange Portrait (1966) with Bourke credited as
an associate producer. He continued in Hong Kong shot films being
credited as a production manager in Harry Alan Towers' film The
Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) directed by Lindsay Shonteff.
Australian journalist, screenwriter, producer and director.He worked
as a show business journalist and production assistant in Hong Kong
for a number of years before returning to Australia in 1971. He made
several movies and also worked in television. Phil Avalon called him
"one of Australia's first maverick filmmakers".Bourke was a newspaper
journalist for The Australian and The China Mail in the Crown Colony
of Hong Kong. He entered the world of feature films in 1965 by raising
$320,000 for actor Jeffrey Stone's first and last East-West Motion
Picture Ltd production Strange Portrait (1966) with Bourke credited as
an associate producer. He continued in Hong Kong shot films being
credited as a production manager in Harry Alan Towers' film The
Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) directed by Lindsay Shonteff.
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