Ian Pringle (director)
Ian Pringle is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter.[1][2]
Career[edit]
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.[3]
His film The Prisoner of St. Petersburg was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
Pringle's first feature film was The Plains of Heaven (1982).[5] In 1991 he directed the French-Australian co-production Isabelle Eberhardt, starring Peter O'Toole and Mathilda May.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]