Ray Alchin

Ray Alchin (22 May 1941 – 18 April 1998) was an Australian editor and producer who had a long association with the ABC. He produced a number of international co productions. He ran the ABC studios at French's Forest. Alchin left the ABC in 1988 to become head of the Revom Group.[1] He died of a heart attack playing tennis.[2]

Alchin began his career the mail room at MGM when he was 14.[3]

Select credits

• Four Corners (1961) - assistant editor
• Contrabandits (1967) - editor
• The Lady and the Law (1972) - editor
• Seven Little Australians (1973) - editor
• Night of Fear (1973) - editor
• Armchair Cinema - Tully (1975) - editor
• Games for Parents and Other Children (1975) - director
• No Room to Run (1977) - editor
• Golden Soak (1979) - producer
• The Timeless Land (1980) - producer
• Sporting Chance (1981) - producer
• 1915 (1982) - producer
• The Coral Island (1983) - producer, director
• Patrol Boat (1979, 1984) - producer, director
• The Boy in the Bush (1984) - producer
• Tusitala (1986) - producer
• The Haunted School (1986) - producer
• Great Expectations: The Untold Story (1987) - producer
• Flight into Hell (1987) - producer
• Captain James Cook (1987) - producer
• The Alien Years (1988) - producer
• Act of Betrayal (1988) - producer
• Naked Under Capricorn (1989) - producer
• The Private War of Lucinda Smith (1991) - producer, director
• Whipping Boy (1996) - producer
• The Hostages (1997) - producer
• Reprisal (1997) - producer
• Without Warning (1999) - producer

References

1. "ABC's King of drama defects to the French". The Age Green Guide. 31 March 1988. p. 1.
2. "Obituaries Ray Alchin". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 May 1998. p. 32.
3. Murray, James (16 September 1985). "It's the producer who makes or break it". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 48.

External links

• Ray Alchin at IMDb
• Ray Alchin at Screen Australia
• Ray Alchin at BFI