# Graham Shirley

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Australian filmmaker

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**Graham Shirley** is an Australian author, researcher, curator and filmmaker best known for his work in the area of Australian film history.

He was one of the original class of the [Australian Film Television and Radio School](/source/Australian_Film_Television_and_Radio_School) and is the co-author of *Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years*, a classic history of the Australian film industry. He has also made a number of documentaries.[1][2]

## Filmography

- *For the Term of his Natural Life* (1927) – restored film in 1981

- *Allies* (1983) – archival researcher

- *[The Dismissal](/source/The_Dismissal_(miniseries))* (1983) – archival researcher

- *Bodyline* (1984) – archival researcher

- *The Cowra Breakout* (1984) – archival researcher

- *Prisoners of Propaganda* (1987) – researcher, writer, and director

- *Wharfies* (1988) – archival researcher

- *Blood, Sweat and Tears* (1988) – director (3 episodes)

- *Wings Over Australia* (1989) – archival researcher

- *Hindsight* (1990–91) – archival researcher

- *Submarine: Sharks of Steel* (1992) – archival researcher

- *Timeframe* – episode "Striking for State Aid" (1997)

- *Federation* (2001) – archival researcher

- *Colour of War: The Anzacs* (2003) – archival researcher

- *Behind the Lines: The Secret War of Z Special Unit* (2003) -writer, director

- *White Bay Power* (2003) – director

- *[Frank Hurley: The Man who Made History](/source/Frank_Hurley%3A_The_Man_who_Made_History)* (2004) – archival researcher

- *Blowing Up Paradise* (2004) – archival researcher

- *Road to Tokyo* (2005) – writer, director

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [NFSA Blog Entries by Graham Shirley](http://www.nfsa.gov.au/blog/authors/grash/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140819143416/http://www.nfsa.gov.au/blog/authors/grash/) 19 August 2014 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) accessed 9 September 2014

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Biography](http://www.ozsilentfilmfestival.com.au/cms/uploads/gs_bio_sep%20_2010.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150301055706/http://www.ozsilentfilmfestival.com.au/cms/uploads/gs_bio_sep%20_2010.pdf) 1 March 2015 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) at Oz Silent Film Festival

## External links

- [Graham Shirley](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003090/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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