Humanities and Social Sciences

Cinema Studies Program

Staff Directory

Teaching Areas
CST1ITS: introduction to screenwriting (2nd semester 2008)
CST3/4VID: introduction to video practice (2nd semester 2008)
CST2/3ADS: advanced screenwriting (1st semester 2008)

Major Research Areas
Australian cinema; screenwriting; suburbia; production; genre; reception

Current Projects
Patrick White's screenplays: edited book
The McMansion - utopia/dystopia: essay and essay film
Cheating Hearts. Feature film screenplay. $15,000 AFC development funding

Recent Publications
"Doing Short Dramas". [Book chapter] A Guide to Video Production. ed. Martha Mollison. Sydney: AFTRS and Allen and Unwin, (2nd edition), 2003.
"Love Letters from Teralba Road", Senses of Cinema, 15, July-August, 2001.
Sound Post Research Project, AFTRS. Internet: http://www.aftrs.edu.au
24 entries on screenwriters for The Oxford Companion to Australian Film. Eds. Brian McFarlane, Geoff Mayer and Ina Bertrand. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1999.


Production work
Amongst his 50 film and television credits can be found the satirical puppet series Rubbery Figures, some TV soap (Neighbours, Starting Out), various TV documentaries including Deadly Harvest (Network Ten), and Nagasaki Journey (ABC). He co-wrote Eight Ball (ABC telemovie) with Ray Argall and has directed numerous sponsored documentaries though Film Victoria and Film Australia. Harry has also worked as a Script Editor though the Australian Film Commission, and has been as Assessor for the AFC's Creative Development Fund.

Other
Melbourne on Screen; Victorian Writers' Muster, Committee member, 2004.
Australian Writers Guild; Victorian Branch Committee member, 2002.
Australian Writers Guild; Victorian Branch Committee member, 1997-99.
Melbourne International Film Festival; Jury Panel, 1999.
Melbourne International Film Festival; Short Fiction selection committee, 1995-97