Carl Schultz
{{short description|Hungarian-Australian film director (born 1939)}}
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Carl Schultz (born 19 September 1939) is a Hungarian-Australian film director.
Early life and works
He left his native Budapest during the uprising of 1956 with his brother Otto Schultz. They fled to England, and after arriving in London they moved to Manchester. In 1958, Schultz emigrated to Australia by himself, where he worked for Australian TV, first as a cameraman, and then as a director.Peter Beilby & Rod Bishop, "Carl Schultz", Cinema Papers, Jan-Feb 1979 p207-209, 242
Professional career
In 1978, he directed his first feature film, Blue Fin, starring Hardy Kruger.{{Citation|last=Krüger|first=Hardy|title=Blue Fin|date=1977|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/44625885|publisher=Adelaide : South Australian Film Corporation|language=English|access-date=2019-11-20|last2=Schultz|first2=Carl|last3=McElroy|first3=Hal|last4=Borg|first4=Sonia|last5=Rowe|first5=Greg|last6=Thiele|first6=. Blue fin, Colin|last7=Corporation|first7=South Australian Film}} His more notable film credits include Careful, He Might Hear You,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/15/arts/film-careful-he-might-hear-you.html|title=Film: 'Careful He Might Hear You'|last=Canby|first=Vincent|date=1984-06-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-20|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} winner of eight Australian Film Institute Awards, including Best Director and Best Film; Travelling North, with Leo McKern;{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-05-06-8803140784-story.html|title=DIRECTION MAKES `TRAVELLING NORTH` SPECIAL|last=critic|first=Dave Kehr, Movie|website=chicagotribune.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-20}} and The Seventh Sign, starring Demi Moore and Jürgen Prochnow.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/video/11715139959/The-Seventh-Sign-Carl-Schultz|title=The Seventh Sign: Carl Schultz|website=Guide|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}
Awards
- 1982 — Nominated AFI Award Best Direction for: Goodbye Paradise (1983)
- 1983 — Won AFI Award Best Director for: Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
- 1990 — Nominated for International Fantasy Film Award Best Film for: The Seventh Sign (1988)
- 1997 — Nominated AFI Award Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Sourcefor: Love in Ambush (1997) (TV)
Filmography
Television
- The Misanthrope (1974)
- A Touch of Reverence (1974)
- Ride on Stranger (1979)
- A Place in the World (1979)
- Levkas Man (1981)
- Young Indiana Jones (1992-1993)
Film
- Blue Fin (1978)
- Goodbye Paradise (1983)
- Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
- Travelling North (1987)
- Bullseye (1987)
- The Seventh Sign (1988)
- Love in Ambush (1997)
- To Walk with Lions (1999)
References
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External links
- Carl Schultz at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776209/
- IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776209
- Film Database - http://www.citwf.com/person53779.htm
- BBC - Movie review http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/04/10/to_walk_with_lions_2000_dvd_review.shtml
- New York Times - http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1164302/Carl-Schultz?scp=2&sq=carl%20schultz&st=cse
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Category:Hungarian film directors
Category:Australian film directors