Australian Film Institute awards,
ANZAAS Orbit Award, Creative Excellence Awards US
David Corke (born 13 February 1930) is an Australian documentary film maker, naturalist and educational author.
He filmed first-encounter between Europeans and the aboriginal
Pintupi people, and was the first person to film the birth of a red kangaroo.[1]
Career
Corke began making wildlife and natural history films in 1952, alongside colleagues Peter Bruce,
Graham Pizzey and
Gil Brealey. Films included Raak about
Wedge-tailed eagles, Edge of The Deep about the pattern life along the tidelines; Baama about bird life along the edge of the
Murray River; and Sunset Country.
Corke has also made several freelance natural history films (including the
AFI Jedda award-winning film Late in a Wilderness,[16]Shed Tears for the River,[22][23] and Eudyptula minor![24]) and written several series of books for school history and social studies programs. He has also written about the
Burke and Wills expedition including books[25]
and journal articles[26][27] and was the founding president of the Burke and Wills historical society.[28]
Late in a Wilderness (1972)[16] about wildlife at a waterhole near
Broken Hill,
AFI Jedda award-winning film
The Waterhole (1973)[37] an edited, educational version of the film Late in a Wilderness;[16]
Shed Tears for the River (1973)[22] about "the degradation and destruction of the natural environment of the Murray river system in South Australia by human activities"[23]
Australian Film Institute awards,
ANZAAS Orbit Award, Creative Excellence Awards US
David Corke (born 13 February 1930) is an Australian documentary film maker, naturalist and educational author.
He filmed first-encounter between Europeans and the aboriginal
Pintupi people, and was the first person to film the birth of a red kangaroo.[1]
Career
Corke began making wildlife and natural history films in 1952, alongside colleagues Peter Bruce,
Graham Pizzey and
Gil Brealey. Films included Raak about
Wedge-tailed eagles, Edge of The Deep about the pattern life along the tidelines; Baama about bird life along the edge of the
Murray River; and Sunset Country.
Corke has also made several freelance natural history films (including the
AFI Jedda award-winning film Late in a Wilderness,[16]Shed Tears for the River,[22][23] and Eudyptula minor![24]) and written several series of books for school history and social studies programs. He has also written about the
Burke and Wills expedition including books[25]
and journal articles[26][27] and was the founding president of the Burke and Wills historical society.[28]
Late in a Wilderness (1972)[16] about wildlife at a waterhole near
Broken Hill,
AFI Jedda award-winning film
The Waterhole (1973)[37] an edited, educational version of the film Late in a Wilderness;[16]
Shed Tears for the River (1973)[22] about "the degradation and destruction of the natural environment of the Murray river system in South Australia by human activities"[23]