Simon Target (/ˈtÉ'Ë rÊ'eɪ/; born 22 January 1962) is a
British-Australian filmmaker. He is best known for a series of
television documentaries he made for the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation which include King's School (on The King's School,
Sydney), Flight for Life (about the Royal Flying Doctor Service of
Australia), The Academy (on the Australian Defence Force Academy), and
Rough Justice (about the legal profession). Uni, his study of a group
of dissolute arts students at Sydney University, featured Charles
Firth, Craig Reucassel and Andrew Hansen, who formed the comedy group
The Chaser. Hansen later satirised Target in CNNNN, where he played
the network's British correspondent who was also called Simon
Target.Target was born in Tonbridge in the United Kingdom. He was
educated at Westminster School, London, where he attended from 1975 to
1979, and starred in a 1979 BBC television documentary about the
school called Public School directed by Jonathan Gili. He then read
English and Music at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1980 to 1983. He
later obtained an MA in Film Production from Britain's National Film
and Television School in 1986.Target wrote and directed the feature
film Backsliding, starring Tim Roth, with an original score by
Australian composer Nigel Westlake, and the TV series Operatunity Oz -
a nationwide talent search to find an ‘undiscovered’ opera singer.
Target has also directed live opera for the stage in England and the
United States, with artists such as Simon Keenlyside, Simon Russell
Beale and conductor Andrew Parrott.
British-Australian filmmaker. He is best known for a series of
television documentaries he made for the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation which include King's School (on The King's School,
Sydney), Flight for Life (about the Royal Flying Doctor Service of
Australia), The Academy (on the Australian Defence Force Academy), and
Rough Justice (about the legal profession). Uni, his study of a group
of dissolute arts students at Sydney University, featured Charles
Firth, Craig Reucassel and Andrew Hansen, who formed the comedy group
The Chaser. Hansen later satirised Target in CNNNN, where he played
the network's British correspondent who was also called Simon
Target.Target was born in Tonbridge in the United Kingdom. He was
educated at Westminster School, London, where he attended from 1975 to
1979, and starred in a 1979 BBC television documentary about the
school called Public School directed by Jonathan Gili. He then read
English and Music at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1980 to 1983. He
later obtained an MA in Film Production from Britain's National Film
and Television School in 1986.Target wrote and directed the feature
film Backsliding, starring Tim Roth, with an original score by
Australian composer Nigel Westlake, and the TV series Operatunity Oz -
a nationwide talent search to find an ‘undiscovered’ opera singer.
Target has also directed live opera for the stage in England and the
United States, with artists such as Simon Keenlyside, Simon Russell
Beale and conductor Andrew Parrott.
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