Richard Flanagan - Australia Co-Writer
July 29th, 2007
Australian author Richard Flanagan, is a historian, novelist and film director from Tasmania, Australia. The 1998 film The Sound of One Hand Clapping, directed by Flanagan, was nominated for best film at the Berlin Film Festival and his latest work is a novel entitled The Unknown Terrorist.
Past accreditations aside, he is also Baz Luhrmann’s co-writer for the screenplay of Australia. Recently during a promotional interview for The Unknown Terrorist Flanagan discussed the task of working with Luhrmann and describes how he met Nicole Kidman during costuming screen tests. Visit our multimedia section and listen to a snippet of his interview with ABC North Coast radio.
Additionally, with thanks to curious_cookie and Project Mugetsu we’ve got a batch of new scans in the gallery. Be sure to check in all the time for the latest additions.
If you have any pictures of the cast, crew, set or scans from local newspapers regarding the filming of Australia, please feel free to send them in to 
source: abc.net.au
image: (top left) Jane Munro