Chris Noonan (born 14 November 1952) is an Australian filmmaker and
actor. He is best known for the family film Babe (1995), for which he
was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy
Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.Encouraged by his father, Noonan
made his first short film, Could It Happen Here? when he was sixteen.
It won a prize at the Sydney Film Festival and was later screened on
Australian television. On leaving school in 1970 Noonan went to work
for the Commonwealth Film Unit (now Film Australia), as a production
assistant, assistant editor, production manager and assistant director
making short films and documentaries.In 1973 Noonan was in the
inaugural intake on the directors' course (along with Gillian
Armstrong and Phillip Noyce) at the Australian Film Television and
Radio School. In 1974 he returned to Film Australia where he worked on
a number of films and documentaries, including working as assistant
director on the cult movie The Cars That Ate Paris. In 1976 he
directed Film Australia's documentary series, "Our Asian Neighbours:
India", including a film about Swami Shyam, a teacher of Vedant and
Meditation living in the Indian Himalayas.
actor. He is best known for the family film Babe (1995), for which he
was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy
Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.Encouraged by his father, Noonan
made his first short film, Could It Happen Here? when he was sixteen.
It won a prize at the Sydney Film Festival and was later screened on
Australian television. On leaving school in 1970 Noonan went to work
for the Commonwealth Film Unit (now Film Australia), as a production
assistant, assistant editor, production manager and assistant director
making short films and documentaries.In 1973 Noonan was in the
inaugural intake on the directors' course (along with Gillian
Armstrong and Phillip Noyce) at the Australian Film Television and
Radio School. In 1974 he returned to Film Australia where he worked on
a number of films and documentaries, including working as assistant
director on the cult movie The Cars That Ate Paris. In 1976 he
directed Film Australia's documentary series, "Our Asian Neighbours:
India", including a film about Swami Shyam, a teacher of Vedant and
Meditation living in the Indian Himalayas.
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