Melanie hogan biography
Melanie Hogan
Australian film director and producer
Melanie Hogan | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Documentary filmmaker |
| Years active | Since 2004 |
| Known for | Documentaries about life in remote Aboriginal communities |
| Notable work | "Kanyini" |
Melanie Hogan is a film director and producer of Australian documentaries. Her directorial debut Kanyini premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in 2006.
Overview
Since 2004, Hogan has made documentaries in remote Aboriginal communities, exposing the challenges they face.
Her first documentary, Kanyini (2006), was distributed in Australia by Hopscotch Films. It won the 2006 Discovery Channel Best Documentary Award, the Independent Spirit Inside Film Award, and the Best Documentary Award at the London Australian Film Festival (2007).
Hogan's other documentary films, Yajilarra (2008) and Tristan (2011), both premiered at the United Nations in New York and Government House, Canberra with Melanie hogan biography images.