Background
Redman was born in Melbourne on 25 April and lived in Bulleen and Templestowe before moving to Brisbane in the 1970s.
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Bruce Redman
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He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Media (Documentary) from The University of Queensland. After his schooling at Everton Park State High School, he studied as a Teacher at QUT majoring in music and photography.
Career
His area of study was in the area of Guerrilla Documentaries. After teaching for just over two years he began work at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a trainee where he learnt film, television and radio skills over three years. After working as an editor and sound recordist on American Broadcasting Company Current Affairs such as Nationwide and the 7.30 Report and American Broadcasting Company documentaries, Redman worked for Education Queensland as a producer/director/writer of documentary programs for teachers and students.
The opening of the Warner Brother"s Movie World Studios saw Redman working on the International television series Mission Impossible as a Production Manager and First Assistant Director of 2nd Unit before he started a career as First Assistant Director on several feature films and television drama series.
He spent five years shooting commercials all over Australia and also in the United States of America and parts of Asia. He produced the feature film "city loop" in 1999 which screened at Toronto International Film Festival in 2000 as well as Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Sundance, Mumbai and Sydney Film Festivals.
"city loop" was released theatrically through Dendy Films. Redman wrote, produced and directed the short film "Seed" in 2000 and it has been awarded numerous Australian and International awards.
In 2005 he made the highly acclaimed observational documentary Family First – A Federal Crusade for American Broadcasting Company-television Redman has taught at Bond University, QUT and Griffith University.
He taught at the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Queensland.
