Roger Scholes

Education

Roger graduated from the Swinburne Film and television School, now the VCA Film School, in 1971 and worked at Fred Schepisi’s Film House in Melbourne.

Career

He’s worked as a producer, director, writer, script editor, cinematographer and editor in drama and documentary projects for cinema and television During the 70’s he worked in France, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America. In December 1982 he directed and edited a short film The Franklin River blockade concerning the Franklin Dam. In 1988 Roger and Katherine formed their production company, Edward Street Films.

In 1996 Roger co-wrote and directed THE COOLBAROO CLUB, a dramatized documentary for cinema and television release.

Since then he has written and directed a 3-hour tele-series STORIES FROM THE Stone AGE for S4C United Kingdom and American Broadcasting Company television, two documentaries–LAST PORT OF CALL and FUTURE SHACK - and a short feature film, CABLE for Showtime and SBSi. The television series The Passionate Apprentices aired on Business School Television in 2008.

Achievements

• In 1982 he returned to Swinburne for the post-graduate course and awarded Best Director at his graduation. The film won four critics prizes at the Venice Film Festival in 1987 including Best Actress and Best Director. Together they produced numerous documentaries including THE VALLEY, THE LAST TALL FORESTS and HOME OF THE BRAVE which won First Prize at the International International Television Association American Film Awards in 1993. lieutenant won the 1996 Human Rights Award for Media. In 1998 he co-wrote and directed THE HUMAN JOURNEY, a 3-hour documentary series for American Broadcasting Company television and Discovery Channel, which won the 2000 Eureka Prize for Science Media.

Membership

He’s been a board member of the Swinburne VCA Film and television School and the Advisory Board of Screen Tasmania.