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Best Actress | 1981 | Judy
Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | 1981 | Judy
Best Foreign Film | 1980
Best Film | 1979 | Margaret
Best Director | 1979 | Gillian
Best Screenplay Adapted | 1979 | Eleanor
Best Achievement in Production Design | 1979 | Luciana
Best Achievement in Cinematography | 1979 | Donald
Best Achievement in Costume Design | 1979 | Anna
1981 | Gillian
1981 | Donald
Best Costume Design | 1981 | Anna
Best Foreign Film | 1981
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1979 | Robert
Best Actress in a Lead Role | 1979 | Judy
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1979 | Patricia
This film's director, producers, scriptwriter, first billed actor, production designer, costume designer, production supervisor, bookkeeper and accountant were all women.
Miles Franklin was apparently only sixteen years of age when she wrote her novel 'My Brilliant Career.' However, Franklin was about twenty-one years of age when the novel was first published in 1901.
This film is considered one of the key films of the Australian New Wave cinema of the 1970s.
Judy Davis learned the piano for her role in this film and played her own piano solos. Davis is credited for piano playing in the closing credits.
Director Gillian Armstrong once said of this film's source novel and the film: "I thought it was a pretty amazing book, especially for its time. At that time [in the mid 1970s], I was ready to work on the film version in any capacity. I never thought I would be asked to direct."
"[first lines] Sybylla: Possum Gully, Australia. 1897. Dear fellow countrymen, just a few lines to let you know that this story is going to be all about me. So, in answer to many requests, here is the story of my career... here is the story, of my career... my *brilliant* career. I make no apology for being egotistical... because I am!"
"Sybylla: I think ugly girls should be strangled at birth by their parents. It's bad enough being born a girl... but being born ugly and clever... Aunt Gussie: Aw, clever, are you? Sybylla: Well, I hope so. I'm done for if I'm not! There has to be something I'm good at. Aunt Gussie: There's sure to be."
