# David Pledger

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{{Short description|Australian artist and director}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = David Pledger
| image         = David Pledger.jpg
| caption       = Pledger in 2010
| birth_date    = {{circa|1962}}
| occupation    = Artist, director, arts advocate
| known_for     = Interdisciplinary performance; arts policy work
| notable_works = Melbourne Festival (2004)<br />''[Lake Mungo](/source/Lake_Mungo_(film))'' (2008)<br />Multimedia Performance (2012)
}}
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'''David Pledger''' (born {{circa|1962}})<ref name="Waldon">{{cite news |last1=Waldon |first1=Steve |title=Set the mind running |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/set-the-mind-running-20080605-2mcg.html |access-date=22 October 2019 |work=The Age |date=6 June 2008 |location=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref> is an Australian artist, director and occasional actor. Pledger notably appeared in the Australian [cult](/source/cult_film) horror film ''[Lake Mungo](/source/Lake_Mungo_(film))'' (2008) as Russell Palmer, the grieving father of protagonist Alice Palmer.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |last=Anderson |first=Joel |date=18 June 2008 |title=[Lake Mungo](/source/Lake_Mungo_(film)) |url= |trans-title= |format= |work= |type=motion picture |language=English |location=[Sydney](/source/Sydney), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia |publisher=Arclight Films |time= |access-date=}}</ref>

He has won several awards, including the [Victorian Arts Centre](/source/Victorian_Arts_Centre)'s 1999 [Kenneth Myer Medallion for the Performing Arts](/source/Kenneth_Myer_Medallion_for_the_Performing_Arts),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37670185/appreciation_david_pledger_by_dina/|title=David Pledger: Appreciation.|last=Ross|first=Dina|date=11 Aug 1999|work=The Age |location=Melbourne, Victoria|page=8}}</ref> and in 2000 the A$25,000 [Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award](/source/Sidney_Myer_Performing_Arts_Awards).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37670322/a_bit_of_creative_thinking_takes_the/ |title=A bit of creative thinking takes the prize|last=Morgan|first=Joyce|date=4 Feb 2000|work=Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney, N.S.W.|page=13}}</ref>

He established the Collaboration Project between the [Australia Council for the Arts](/source/Australia_Council_for_the_Arts) and the IETM.{{explain|date=September 2022}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/call-for-rolling-national-strikes-by-marginalised-artists/story-e6frg8n6-1226689741054|title=Call for rolling national strikes by 'marginalised' artists|last=Douglas|first=Tim|date=2 Aug 2013|work=The Australian |location=Canberra, A.C.T.|page=14}}</ref> In 2004 he directed two shows at the Melbourne Festival.<ref>{{Cite news|title=It's the journey that counts|last=Smith|first=Michael|date=17 Oct 2004|work=Sunday Age |location=Melbourne, Victoria|page=32}}</ref>

Pledger's work is featured in ''Melbourne Now Limited Edition'' (NGV, Australia, 2013); ''Multimedia Performance'' (Macmillan, UK, 2012) and ''Making Contemporary Theatre'' (MUP, UK, 2010).<ref>{{cite book|last=Papastergiaidis|first=Nikos|title=As Melbourne in the World|date=2013|publisher=in Melbourne Now|location=National Gallery of Victoria|pages=26–28}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Rosemary |last1=Klich |first2=Edward |last2=Scheer|title=The Theatre of Images Revisited|date=2012|publisher=Multimedia Performance|location=Macmillan, UK|pages=59–66}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Peter |last1=Eckersall |first2=Jen |last2=Harvie |first3=Andy |last3=Lavender|title=Unmaking Blowback – a visceral process for a political theatre (Making Contemporary Theatre series)|date=2010|publisher=Manchester University Press, UK|pages=202–221}}</ref>

He works as an advocate for artists.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Minnows urge end to funding framework|last=Westwood|first=Matthew|date=11 Oct 2019|work=The Australian |location=Canberra, A.C.T.|page=15}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 2008, he attended the 2020 Summit as a delegate in the Creative Australia stream.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pledger|first=David|title=Canaries in a coalmine: Realising the value of the artist|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandartsdaily/canaries-in-a-coalmine3a-realising-the-value-of-the-artist/4849524|work=ABC|publisher=Miyuki Jokiranta|access-date=17 January 2014|date=2013-07-28}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=October 2019|reason=unclear what the 2020 summit is, not mentioned in he source, nor is the "Creative Australia" stream}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.theaterschriftlucifer.nl/|title=Theater Schrift Lucifer|publisher=theaterschriftlucifer.nl|access-date=25 January 2014}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.realtimearts.net/article/issue88/9210|title=RealTime Arts – Magazine –  issue 88 – jailbreak|publisher=realtimearts.net|access-date=25 January 2014}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/artworks/artworks-feature-the-art-of-being-europe-pt2--the/3002752|title=Artworks Feature: The Art of Being Europe Pt.2 The Economy of Culture – Artworks – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|publisher=abc.net.au|access-date=25 January 2014|date=2011-03-10}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.notyet.com.au|title=Not Yet It's Difficult : performance, theatre and cross-artform projects : Melbourne Australia|publisher=notyet.com.au|access-date=25 January 2014}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.icinema.unsw.edu.au/projects/eavesdrop/project-overview/|title=Project Overview|publisher=icinema.unsw.edu.au|access-date=25 January 2014}}

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