Anthony Buckley

Anthony Buckley (born 27 July 1937) is an Australian film producer and editor.

Career

On leaving school, Buckley went to work for Cinesound Productions as a projectionist and assistant editor. He worked in Canada and Britain before returning to Australia in 1965. He went to work at Ajax Films and moved into producing.

He edited Michael Powell's Age of Consent. He had the film rights to the stage play The One Day of the Year and almost made a film with Louis F. Edelman, who made Adam's Woman with Buckley, but withdrew the project when Edelman wanted to cast American actors.

In 1974 he produced the train film A Steam Train Passes. 24 years later he produced another two train films, Savannahlander and Gulflander. He produced the mini-series The Harp in the South and its sequel Poor Man's Orange.

Honours and awards Member of the Order of Australia, for service to the media, 1977 Raymond Longford Award Lifetime Achievement Award, 2000 Ken G. Hall Award, 2000 More Winners – Mr Edmond (1990) Heroes II: The Return (1991) – mini-series Nazi Supergrass (1993) Bedevil (1993) The Celluloid Heroes (1995) - documentary series Yum Cha Cha (2001) Oyster Farmer (2004) Savannahlander (2008) Gulflander (2010) At the Coliseum Deluxe (2019)