Don Featherstone is an Australian filmmaker. His work includes documentaries about significant figures in Australian arts and culture, including authors David Malouf and Tim Winton, artist Brett Whiteley and dancer Robert Helpmann. Featherstone's works address social and historical issues such as beach culture, The Beach, gangs, The One Percenters about the Milperra Massacre,[1] and war, Kokoda.[2]
Featherstone's satirical mockumentary for television, BabaKiueria, has been the subject of academic comparative analysis of imperial historicity and postcolonial social progress.[3] It has also been included in cultural exchanges, for example in "Southern Exposure" between the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and the Museum Of Contemporary Art, San Diego.[4]
In 1985 Featherstone co-founded Featherstone Productions with Judy Featherstone.[1]
Featherstone's works have been screened and broadcast internationally, in many countries.[1]
Other filmmakers utilise Featherstone's work, for example James Bogle's Whiteley.[5]
Eric Rolls: Celebration of the Senses (1992); director, co-producer
Make It New: Robert Klippel (1992); director, co-producer
Right Said Fred: Fred Schepisi - Film Director (1993); director, co-producer
Creative Spirits II (1993)[b]; director, producer Featherstone Productions; Sydney
Lowering the Tone: 45 Years of Robyn Archer (1993); director, producer
Bon Bons and Roses for Dorothy: Dorothy Hewett 1993; producer
Dead Quick: Peter Corris 1993; producer
Lighting Fires: Tim Storrier 1993; producer
Creative Spirits III (1995); producer[c], director[d] Featherstone Productions; Sydney
Tall Tales but True: David Williamson (1994); director, producer
Smart's Labyrinth: Jeffrey Smart (1994); producer
The Black Swan: Meryl Tankard Choreographer (1995); producer
Wrestling The Angel: Blanche D'Alpuget (1995); director, writer, producer
Dance of Nature: The Music of Ross Edwards (1995); producer, director, writer Featherstone Productions; Sydney
Young Australian of the Year (1996); writer, director Featherstone Productions; Sydney
An Imaginary Life: David Malouf: The Inner World of an Extraordinary Writer (1997); writer, director; Linfield, Sydney, AU; Film Australia RM Associates, ABC Television
The Edge of the World: Tim Winton: Writer (1998); producer; Linfield, Sydney, AU; Film Australia RM Associates, ABC Television
Art Zone (1998); writer, director
The Maitland Wonder: Les Darcy (1998); director
American Journeys (1999); writer, director
I Witness: The Art of George Gittoes (1999); director, writer, producer Featherstone Productions; Sydney
It Happened on Holiday (2000); writer, director
The Beach (2000); coproducer, co-writer, director Centre Coast, Featherstone Productions; Sydney
Sydney Revealed (2001); writer, director
Australia Revealed (2002); writer, director
The One Percenters (2005); writer, director
Kokoda (2009); writer, director
Singapore 1942 (2010); writer, director
The War That Changed Us (2014); writer, co-director
