Rohan Spong (born 15 September 1981) is an Australian documentary film
director best known for his films All The Way Through Evening and
Winter at Westbeth.Rohan studied film theory and practice at the
University of Melbourne. Whilst living in Los Angeles in 2008, Rohan
assembled his first feature-length documentary T is for Teacher
(2009), about the experiences of four transgender school teachers in
American schools. The film screened at a number of international
festivals alongside Oscar contenders later that year. It was named by
two Australian reviewers as amongst the best films to screen in
Australian cinemas in 2009.In late 2011, Rohan completed the feature
documentary All The Way Through Evening, about music composed in the
New York's East Village amidst the early years of the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. The film premiered in New York's East Village on 1 December
2011 (World AIDS Day). Rohan and the film's main subject (elderly
concert pianist Mimi Stern-Wolfe) were invited as guests of New York
Mayor Michael Bloomberg on World AIDS Day 2011 as part of an annual
event held at Gracie Mansion.All The Way Through Evening opened
theatrical to critical acclaim and four star reviews in Australia on
29 November 2012. Phillipa Hawker of The Age newspaper described the
film as: "A graceful story of music and memory", rating the film four
stars. Don Groves of SBS marvelled at Spong's ability to
single-handedly bring the story to cinema: "Multi-tasking as director,
producer, cinematographer and editor, Spong has crafted a
handsome-looking production despite working on a frugal budget. It’s
an impressive effort" and also gave the film four stars. Richard Watts
of Artshub also gave the film four stars and named it amongst his most
favourate films of the year, describing it as: "an important film, and
a beautiful one.". Australian magazine FilmInk surmised the film as
"an incredibly affecting and important piece of cinema".
director best known for his films All The Way Through Evening and
Winter at Westbeth.Rohan studied film theory and practice at the
University of Melbourne. Whilst living in Los Angeles in 2008, Rohan
assembled his first feature-length documentary T is for Teacher
(2009), about the experiences of four transgender school teachers in
American schools. The film screened at a number of international
festivals alongside Oscar contenders later that year. It was named by
two Australian reviewers as amongst the best films to screen in
Australian cinemas in 2009.In late 2011, Rohan completed the feature
documentary All The Way Through Evening, about music composed in the
New York's East Village amidst the early years of the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. The film premiered in New York's East Village on 1 December
2011 (World AIDS Day). Rohan and the film's main subject (elderly
concert pianist Mimi Stern-Wolfe) were invited as guests of New York
Mayor Michael Bloomberg on World AIDS Day 2011 as part of an annual
event held at Gracie Mansion.All The Way Through Evening opened
theatrical to critical acclaim and four star reviews in Australia on
29 November 2012. Phillipa Hawker of The Age newspaper described the
film as: "A graceful story of music and memory", rating the film four
stars. Don Groves of SBS marvelled at Spong's ability to
single-handedly bring the story to cinema: "Multi-tasking as director,
producer, cinematographer and editor, Spong has crafted a
handsome-looking production despite working on a frugal budget. It’s
an impressive effort" and also gave the film four stars. Richard Watts
of Artshub also gave the film four stars and named it amongst his most
favourate films of the year, describing it as: "an important film, and
a beautiful one.". Australian magazine FilmInk surmised the film as
"an incredibly affecting and important piece of cinema".
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