
Leo Berkeley
Australia
2024
English
Indigenous & Community Access
Credits & Director
Producer
Leo Berkeley
Screenwriter
Leo Berkeley
Cinematography
Ptolemy Culvenor
Editor
Ptolemy Culvenor
Original Music
Isobel D’Cruz, Hantu

Leo Berkeley
Leo Berkeley’s films include Holidays on the River Yarra (1990), which screened at the Vancouver film festival in 1991 and was an official selection for the Cannes Film Festival. In 2002, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). His personal website is at leoberkeley.com, which includes many of his films and an interview conducted by Jake Wilson. Wilson describes him as ‘one of the most original and neglected figures in Australian cinema’.
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