John Beresford Power (20 November 1930 â€" February 2016) was an
Australian film and television director, who began his career as a
journalist.Power was born in Maitland, New South Wales. His older
brother was Dave Power, a long-distance runner who won medals at the
Olympics and Commonwealth Games. After leaving school, he joined the
Maitland Mercury as a cadet journalist, later moving to Sydney to work
for The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mirror. He was a political
journalist in Canberra at the time of the Australian Labor Party split
of 1955, events which he would later cover in the documentary film
Like a Summer Storm.Power won the AFI Award for Best Direction for the
1974 TV docudrama Billy and Percy.
Australian film and television director, who began his career as a
journalist.Power was born in Maitland, New South Wales. His older
brother was Dave Power, a long-distance runner who won medals at the
Olympics and Commonwealth Games. After leaving school, he joined the
Maitland Mercury as a cadet journalist, later moving to Sydney to work
for The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mirror. He was a political
journalist in Canberra at the time of the Australian Labor Party split
of 1955, events which he would later cover in the documentary film
Like a Summer Storm.Power won the AFI Award for Best Direction for the
1974 TV docudrama Billy and Percy.
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