Richard Mason

Richard Mason (1926–2002) was an Australian film producer and director.

He was born on the South Coast of New South Wales, the son of a parson. During the Second World War he guarded Italian Prisoners of War.

A focus on Australian Aborigines A series of short films exploring themes of Aboriginal life in Australia in the 20th century: The Change at Groote (1968), a film exploring how an isolated Aboriginal community (of Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria) coped with the discovery of Manganese on their land. The Islanders (1968), documenting the lives of the Torres Strait Islander people. God Knows Why But It Works (1976); an Australian doctor strives to help the local Aboriginal population.