Fred Schepisi

Fred Schepisi
Country: Australia
Total Credits at Criticker: 3 (Actor), 19 (Director), 3 (Writer)
Biography submitted by Sleepy Dogs and picture by jeff_v
Titles you haven't rated - Actor (3) | Director (19) | Writer (3)
Fierce Creatures
A quaint English zoo is the setting for a riotous revolt after the zoo director attempts to rid the park of its cute, cuddly animals and display only "fierce creatures." (Universal)
It Runs in the Family
A story about the loving, frustrating, reassuring, insane, and ultimately inescapable bonds of family. (MGM)
Last Orders
Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final request, 'Last Orders', that his ashes be scattered in the sea at Margate. The movie follows his mates, Ray, Lenny and Vic and his foster son Vince as they journey to the sea with the ashes. Along the way, the threads of their lives, their loves and their disappointments are woven together in their memories of Jack and his wife Amy (imdb)
A Cry in the Dark
The story of a mother whose child was killed in an animal attack, only to have herself accused of the infant's murder (imdb)
Six Degrees of Separation
Flan and Ouisa Kittredge, rich NYC art dealers, are called on one night by a young man, Paul, who professes to be a friend of their kids' from Harvard... (imdb)
I.Q.
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist. (imdb)
Plenty
A young Englishwoman spends 20 years to make whatever kind of life for herself at the expense of others around her in post-World War 2 England. (imdb)
Roxanne
Based on the play "Cyrano de Bergerac", large nosed C.D. Bales falls for the beautiful Roxanne while she falls for his personality but another man's looks. (imdb)
The Russia House
An expatriate British publisher unexpectedly finds himself working for British intelligence to investigate people in Russia. (imdb)
Mr. Baseball
A fading baseball player is traded to a Japanese team and has trouble fitting into the society. (imdb)
Empire Falls
Empire Falls (2005) - TV Mini-Series
A decaying New England town is the backdrop for its unique citizens, lead by unassuming restaurant manager Miles Roby. (imdb)
Barbarosa
A young cowboy hooks up with a legendary outlaw, and before long both are on the run from the law. (imdb)
Iceman
An anthropologist who is part of an arctic exploration team discovers the body of a prehistoric man who is still alive. He must then decide what to do with the prehistoric man and he finds himself defending the creature from those that want to dissect it in the name of science. (imdb)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner. (imdb)
The Devil\
Young men are torn between physical desire and religious discipline in a Catholic seminary where students and priests alike struggle to resist the temptations of the flesh.
Libido
Four Australian short films in one, each a tale exploring the nature of our sexual libido and its impact on us.
The Eye of the Storm
Elizabeth Hunter controls all in her life - society, her staff, her children; but the once great beauty will now determine her most defiant act as she chooses her time to die. (imdb)
Words and Pictures
Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche star in this playful comic drama about an English teacher who challenges the school's art teacher to a "war" between words and pictures -- and, in the process, sparks an unlikely romance. (tiff.net)
A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
An odd commercial for Australian dried fruit.