Ian Gilmour is a New Zealand-born actor and director who has worked mostly in Australia.
Career
Acting Gilmour has acted in several Australian television series, most notably as Kevin Burns in Prisoner in 1980. Other credits include The Box, Chopper Squad, Kingswood Country, Waterloo Station, A Country Practice and The Flying Doctors.Albert Moran and Chris Keating
Gilmour's early film credits include Fred Schepisi’s The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), John Duigan’s Mouth to Mouth (1978) and The Odd Angry Shot (1979). His film work continued in the 1980s with Silver City (1984), The Coca-Cola Kid (1985) alongside American actor Eric Roberts and Malpractice (1989). He also appeared in the 1988 Fred Schepisi drama Evil Angels ( A Cry in the Dark), which documented the true story of Lindy Chamberlain and the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain, opposite Meryl Streep and Sam Neill.
Directing Gilmour subsequently moved away from acting to become a director. He was selected from over a thousand applicants to study at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School specialising in Screen Direction. After completing his diploma, he went into pre-production on the 1985 TV movie Double Sculls, starring Chris Haywood.
In 1992, Gilmour was the set up director on Black Beauty, which received the International TV Programmers' Award at the 1994 New York Festival. He next directed the 1993 pilot for the series Newlyweds. His subsequent work included Tales of the South Seas, TV movie Code Red (2001) and fantasy series BeastMaster (1999) and The Lost World (1999). He directed the 2002 award-winning miniseries Bootleg, three episodes of multi-award winning children's series Mortified and two 'Movies of the Week' for the Sci Fi Network. He also created and directed the 2006 film Magma: Volcanic Disaster, about a volcanic disaster.
Other directorial credits in television include: The Flying Doctors, Heartbreak High, Water Rats, McLeod's Daughters, Flipper, Phoenix and Home and Away, as well as the miniseries Snowy and Bordertown.
Filmography
Film Year Title RoleNotes1978 The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Eddie Feature film Mouth to Mouth Tim Feature film 1979 The Odd Angry Shot Scott Feature film Now and Then Garry Film Just Out of Reach Steve Feature film 1982 Going Down Shadow Feature film A Dangerous Summer Steve Adams Feature film 1983 Undercover Simmo Feature film 1984 One Night Stand Sharon's Ex-boyfriend Feature film Silver City Barman Feature film 1985 The Coca-Cola Kid Marjorie Feature film The Boy Who Had Everything Pollock Feature film 1988 The First Kangaroos Steamship Official Feature film Evil Angels (a.k.a. A Cry in the Dark) John Buckland Feature film 1989 Malpractice Dr Frank Harrison Feature film 2012 Careless Love Detective Feature film
Television Year Title RoleNotes 1975 Close to Home Alan Hearte 782 episodes 1977 The Sullivans Young German 4 episodes 1978 Chopper Squad Jeff 1 episode 1979 Ride on Stranger Freddy Miniseries, 1 episode A Place in the World Miniseries 1979–1980 Cop Shop Brett Summers / Russell Hewitt / David Griffin 6 episodes1980 Lawson's Mates Jim 1 episode Spring & Fall Phil O'Donohue 1 episode Prisoner Kevin Burns 22 episodes 1982 Kingswood Country Troy Bridges 1 episode 1983 Waterloo Station 1982–1987 A Country Practice Commercial Director / Donald Cook / Spike 6 episodes 1987 Room to Move Second Policeman TV movie The Flying Doctors Colin Neilson 1 episode 1989 E Street Terry O'Brien 1 episode
Personal life Gilmour lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and son.
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