Frank Howson Email & Phone Number

Film & theatre director, writer, songwriter, producer and published poet. In 1987 he wrote and produced the movie Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1988) which was nominated for 7 AFI Awards including Best Film. It eventually won two. From there, Howson wrote and produced Heaven Tonight (1989), What the Moon Saw (1990), Hunting (1991) (which he also directed), Beyond My Reach (1990), Flynn (1996) (also directed) and others. During that time he discovered Guy Pearce as a movie actor and starred him in his first 3 films. In 1989 he was presented with the Producer of the Year Award from Film Victoria. His films have been sold to such companies as Miramax, Disney, Warner, Village Roadshow, Paramount, J&M Entertainment, Filmstar, ABC, Hoyts, Skouras, etc.He then moved to Los Angeles in 1997 and stayed for 9 years working in the entertaintment industry. Along with his business associate John Grimaldi, Howson conceived and devised the original idea for "G'Day L.A", the annual weeklong event in Los Angeles that celebrates everything Australian. Howson & Grimaldi presented the idea to the Australian Consul, the Honourable John Olsen, and the rest is history. It remains the most successful Australian promotion ever. Upon returning to Australia, Howson was invited to be President of the Jury for the Melbourne Underground Film Festival in 2005. In September 2005 he directed the Melbourne premiere of Caryl Churchill's acclaimed play, "A Number" to rave reviews. It was revived due to public interest at Chapel Off Chapel in July 2006 for a return season, this time starring Alex Scott and Ross Ditcham. Keith Potger's new album "SUNDAY" contains 6 songs co-written with Howson. In March 2008 Frank Howson was inducted into the Cinema Pioneers. His new film "Remembering Nigel" stars Martin Landau, Thea Gill & Steven Berkoff. He has just written the successful book on the life of Rhonda Burchmore "Legs 11" and Andre Rieu has recorded his song "Andre" on his new album.The big-budget musical he wrote, "DREAM LOVER" was nominated for several Helpmann Awards including "Best Musical" and won one for "Best Actor" - David Campbell. The show was a smash hit in Sydney and broke all historic attendance records at Melbourne's State Theatre. His latest short play "THE ACTRESS" won Kristen Condon the Best Actress Award at the Cracked Actors' Theatre's Summer Reading season. Specialties: Directing for film, theatre & TV, screenwriting, producing, poetry, author, songwriting.

Listed skills include Songwriting, Production, Screenwriting, Poetry, and 45 others.