Robin Anderson

Robin Anderson (1950 – 2002) was an Australian award-winning documentary filmmaker. She is known for her 1996 film Rats in the Ranks.

Early life and education Robin Anderson was in born in Perth, Western Australia, in 1950.

After graduating from high school in 1967 she spent a year in Europe, including six months in Paris. Back in Australia she studied economics at the University of Western Australia and graduated three years later with honours.

Career Anderson returned to Australia after the graduating from Columbia and started to work for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Through her work at ABC she met the documentary filmmaker Bob Connolly, whom she married. Together with her husband she produced five extensively researched documentaries set in Papua New Guinea and Australia, which were positively received and garnered several awards.

Accolades In 1992 Anderson and Connolly won the Byron Kennedy Award, a lifetime achievement award presented as part of the Australian Film Institute Awards (later AACTAs). The judges stated that their "films are not only fine documentaries - they are great human dramas. They will allow no obstacle to divert their single-minded pursuit of excellence".

Personal life Anderson married director Bob Connolly and they had two daughters.

Death Anderson died aged 51 of a rare form of cancer on 8 March 2002, in Sydney. The following day her work appeared at the Sydney Film Festival.

Filmography 1982: First Contact 1989: Joe Leahy's Neighbours 1992: Black Harvest 1996: Rats in the Ranks 2001: Facing the Music