# Jan Sharp

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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox person 
| name = Jan Sharp
| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|5|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Cobram](/source/Cobram), Australia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|7|24|1946|5|16|df=y}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, United States
| occupation = Film producer, director and cinematographer 
| spouse = {{marriage|[Phillip Noyce](/source/Phillip_Noyce)|1979|2004}}
| children = 2
}}

'''Jan Sharp''' (16 May 1946 – 24 July 2012) was an Australian film producer, director and cinematographer.

==Biography==

===Early life===
Jan Sharp was born on 16 May 1946 in [Cobram](/source/Cobram), Australia.<ref name="imdb">[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789057/ imdb]</ref><ref name="smh">[http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/unsung-film-pioneer-found-her-place-20120909-25m57.html Unsung film pioneer found her place], ''[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)'', 10 September 2012</ref> She attended Catholic boarding schools in Australia.<ref name="imdb"/><ref name="smh"/> She graduated from the [University of Melbourne](/source/University_of_Melbourne), where she studied Fine Arts.<ref name="imdb"/><ref name="smh"/>

===Career===
She started her career at [Film Australia](/source/Film_Australia) and later worked for the [Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation).<ref name="imdb"/><ref name="smh"/> She then worked again at Film Australia, this time as an Associate Producer and Director.<ref name="imdb"/> Later, she had a weekly column in ''[The Australian](/source/The_Australian)'' and a cultural program on ''[Radio Australia](/source/Radio_Australia)''.<ref name="imdb"/> She continued to work as a film producer in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="imdb"/>

===Personal life===
She was married to Australian film producer [Phillip Noyce](/source/Phillip_Noyce) from 1979 to 2004.<ref name="imdb"/> They had one daughter, Lucia, and Sharp had a daughter, Alice, by a previous relationship with the well-known Sydney-based artist and cartoonist Michael Lodge.<ref name="imdb"/><ref name="smh"/> She resided in the former private residence of actress [Barbara Stanwyck](/source/Barbara_Stanwyck) (1907–1990).<ref name="smh"/> She died on 24 July 2012 in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="imdb"/>

===Legacy===
The 39th [Telluride Film Festival](/source/Telluride_Film_Festival) in 2013 was dedicated to her.<ref name="smh"/><ref>[http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/pdfs/39th_TFF_program_guide_v10.pdf 39th Telluride Film Festival] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927215021/http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/pdfs/39th_TFF_program_guide_v10.pdf |date=27 September 2013 }}</ref>

==Filmography==

===As a producer===
*''Sue and Mario: The Italian Australians'' (1979).<ref name="imdb"/>
*''[Peter Kenna](/source/Peter_Kenna)'s The Good Wife'' (1987).<ref name="imdb"/>
*''[Wide Sargasso Sea](/source/Wide_Sargasso_Sea_(1993_film))'' (1993).<ref name="imdb"/>
*''Damage Control'' (2008).<ref name="imdb"/>
*''Beard: Pecking Order'' (2010).<ref name="imdb"/>

===As an executive producer===
*''[Echoes of Paradise](/source/Echoes_of_Paradise)'' (1987).<ref name="imdb"/>
*''Rick Michele and Scarlett'' (2010).<ref name="imdb"/>

===As a director===
*''Jenny'' (1978).<ref name="imdb"/>
*''Damage Control'' (2008).<ref name="imdb"/>
*''Beard: Pecking Order'' (2010).<ref name="imdb"/>
*''Rick Michele and Scarlett'' (2010).<ref name="imdb"/>

===As a cinematographer===
*''Damage Control'' (2008).<ref name="imdb"/>

===As an editor===
*''Damage Control'' (2008).<ref name="imdb"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Australian Women and Leadership|WLE0182b|Sharp, Jan}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharp, Jan}}
Category:1946 births
Category:2012 deaths
Category:People from Victoria (state)
Category:Film people from Los Angeles
Category:University of Melbourne alumni
Category:Australian film producers
Category:Australian film directors
Category:Australian women film directors
Category:Australian cinematographers
Category:Australian women cinematographers

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