Frank Arnold (director)

Frank Arnold (born 1938) is an Australian director and producer best known for his work in television.^[1]

In the 1970s he mostly directed drama at the ABC. In the 1980s Arnold directed a number of Australian children's series.^[2]

Arnold also served two years as a board-member of the Australian Screen Director's Association (now known as the Australian Director's Guild).^[3]

Select credits

Television series

• Delta (1969–70) - director^[4]
• Bellbird (1970) - director (five episodes)
• Dynasty (1970-71) - director
• Behind the Legend (1972-75) - director - episodes include "Caroline Chisolm", "C.Y. O'Connor", "C.T.P. Ulm", "Thomas Blamey", "Charles Fitzroy", "John Flynn", "Sidney Kidman"^[5]
• Over There (1972-73) - director
• Castaway (1974) - director
• This Love Affair (1974) - director of episode^[6]
• Riverbend (Pilot) (1974)
• Beyond the Break (2 Pilots) (1974)
• Ben Hall (1975) - director
• Rush (1976) - director
• Moynihan (1976)
• Kirby's Company (1977)
• Timelapse (1980) - director (five episodes)
• Premiere (1980) - producer
• Menotti (1981) - director^[7]
• Butterfly Island (Series 1 - 1985) - director
• Five Mile Creek (1984) - director
• The Haunted School (1986) - director^[8]
• Patrol Boat (1979) - director
• Runaway Island (1984) - director^[9]
• Butterfly Island (Series 3 - 1992) - director
• Home and Away (2000-01) - director
• All Saints (2002) - director^[10]

TV movies

• Everyone's got Wheels (1971)^[11]
• Linehaul (1973) - director^[12]
• Lindsay's Boy (1974) - producer, director
• The Champion (1974) - producer
• Record of Interview (1976) - director
• Going Home (1977) - producer, director^[13]
• Shimmering Light (1978) - producer^[14]
• Ripkin (1978) - director, producer ^[15]
• Lay Me Down in Lilac Fields (1981) - producer, director^[16]
• A Waltz Through the Hills (1988) - director^[17]
• Whose Daughter Is She? (aka Semi-Precious) (1995) - director^[18]

• Josh Kirby: Time Warrior! The Human Pets (1995)^[19]
• Josh Kirby: Time Warrior! Trapped on Toyworld (1996)^[20]
• Josh Kirby: Time Warrior! Last Battle for the Universe (1996)^[21]

Documentary

• This is NIDA (1981) - producer, director
• Death in the Afternoon (1990) - director ^[22]

Awards

• The Haunted School, Gold Plaque. Chicago International Film Festival (1987).
• A Waltz Through the Hills, First Prize - Frank Arnold. The Chicago International Festival of Children's Films (1988).
• A Waltz Through the Hills, Penguin Award. Australian Television Award for Excellence in a Children's Drama (1988).
• A Waltz Through the Hills, Pater Award for Professional Excellence in television and radio arts and sciences: children's program. The Australasian Academy of Broadcast Arts and Sciences (1988).
• Best Actor in a Telefeature: Ernie Dingo; A Waltz Through the Hills. Australian Film Institute Awards (First, First-Nations Actor to win Best Actor Award (1988).^[23]

Other interests

• Arnold and sound engineer Noel Cantrill wrote an e-book Highly Inflamably [sic] recounting their 1966 journey from Sydney to London (Karachi to London in a Kombi van) which was published by UXED Pty Ltd.^[24]