Tom Jeffrey

Tom Morven Jeffrey (born 26 September 1938) is an Australian film and television producer and director. He worked at the ABC and BBC, becoming an ABC drama director in the late 1960s. In 1971, he became head of the Producers and Directors Guild of Australia. He was also a consultant on the Experimental Film Fund and on the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australian Council for the Arts.

From the early 1980s he stopped directing and concentrated on producing.

Jeffrey was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1981 Australia Day Honours.

Select credits Stormy Petrel (1959) (TV series) – assistant Crackerjack (1966) (TV series) – director Kain (1967) - unit manager This Day Tonight (1968) (current affairs TV series) – studio director Delta (1969) – TV series Pastures of the Blue Crane (1969) (TV series) – director The Removalists (1975) – director Weekend of Shadows (1978) – director The Odd Angry Shot (1979) – director The Best of Friends (1982) – producer Fighting Back (1982) – producer Going Sane (1985) – producer