Ian Pringle (director)

Ian Pringle is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter.

Career

Pringle wrote and directed the Australian feature film, Wrong World, which was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival in 1985.

His film The Prisoner of St. Petersburg was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.

Pringle's first feature film was The Plains of Heaven in 1992. In 1991 he directed the French-Australian co-production Isabelle Eberhardt, starring Peter O'Toole and Mathilda May. Other film work includes co-producing the controversial neo-Nazi drama Romper Stomper.

As of 2012 Pringle continues to work as a script consultant, lecturer and writer. After a 22 year absence he returned to writing and directing with his 2014 Australian feature film "The Legend Maker", which premiered at the 2014 Melbourne International Film Festival.

Select credits

Features

• The Plains of Heaven (1982) - director, writer
• Wrong World (1985) - director, writer
• The Tale of Ruby Rose (1989) - associate producer
• Celia (1989) - associate producer
• The Prisoner of St Petersburg (1989) - director, writer
• Isabelle Eberhardt (1991) - director, producer
• Romper Stomper (1992) - producer
• The Legend Maker (2014) - director, writer, producer

Shorts

• Flights (1977) - director, writer
• The Cartographer and the Waiter (1977) - director, writer
• Wronsky (1979) - director, producer, writer
• Songlines - Segment: "Romeos" (1989) - director
• Lover Boy (1989) - associate producer - short feature

Documentaries

• Bare Is His Back Who Has No Brother (1979) - director
• Desiderius Orban (1981) - director
• Islomania - (1985) - director, writer