Bob Ellis
Australian writer (1942-2016) · Australia · On the map · Writers · Died at 73
Robert James Ellis was an Australian journalist, screenwriter, playwright, filmmaker, and political commentator. He lived in Sydney with author and screenwriter Anne Brooksbank; they had three children.
Bob Ellis is read about 17 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 25 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Close ties
Paul Cox Directed Man of Flowers and My First Wife- Norman Kaye Also in Man of Flowers (1983)
Colin Friels Bob directed Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1988)- Wendy Hughes Bob directed Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1988)
Julia Blake Also in Man of Flowers, My First Wife and Cactus- Bill Hunter Bob wrote Maybe This Time (1980)
Werner Herzog Directed Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Peter Weir Directed Three to Go (1971)
Miranda Otto Bob directed The Nostradamus Kid (1992)
Noah Taylor Bob directed The Nostradamus Kid (1992)- Ray Barrett Also in Goodbye Paradise (1983)
Chris Haywood Bob wrote Maybe This Time (1980)- Jonathan Hardy Also in The Nostradamus Kid and Down Rusty Down
Carl Schultz Directed Goodbye Paradise (1983)
Kate Fitzpatrick Also in Goodbye Paradise and The Nostradamus Kid
Susan Lyons Also in The Winds of Jarrah and Ebbtide
About this person
Country
Australia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1942 to 2016 · aged 73
