Lian Lunson

Lian Lunson (born 3 February 1959) is an Australian actress who became a filmmaker and author.

Biography Lian Lunson was born in Victoria, Australia. After attending The Ensemble drama school in Sydney and working as an actor, she moved to Los Angeles in 1987 to join the film industry. Lunson produced commercials and music videos, and in 1997 opened her own production company based in LA, Horse Pictures.

She also produced The Passion of the Christ: Songs Inspired By, an alternate soundtrack to the Mel Gibson film. Gibson would go on to produce Lunson's documentary about the poet and singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen, called Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Which released in 2005. During production, she met Kate & Anna McGarrigle, subject of Lunson's next documentary, Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle. Released in 2012, the film chronicles a tribute concert that happened in New York following Kate's 2010 death, and was produced by Kate's musician son Rufus Wainwright. In 2006, she was awarded the Women in Film Dorothy Arzner Directors Award for her work on this film. Lunson made her feature film debut with Waiting for the Miracle to Come, filmed in Willie Nelson's hometown of Spicewood, Texas, and features Nelson, Charlotte Rampling and Sophie Lowe. Wim Wenders and Bono were executive producers, with Bono also contributing a song performed by Nelson.

Filmography

Actress Year Title Credit Type 1985 A Street to Die Receptionist Feature film 1985 The Big Hurt Lisa Feature film 1986 Dogs in Space Grant's Girl Feature film 1986 Army Wives Wendy TV series

Crew Year Title Credit 1997 Willie Nelson: Down Home (TV documentary) Director/Writer/Producer 2004 I'm Only Looking: The Best of INXS (video documentary) Producer (segment: "Time" ) 2005 Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Director/Writer/Producer 2007 Across the Universe Special Thanks 2012 Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle Director/Writer 2016 Waiting for the Miracle to Come Director/Writer/Producer