Jan Sharp

Jan Sharp (16 May 1946 – 24 July 2012) was an Australian film producer, director and cinematographer.

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Jan Sharp was born on 16 May 1946 in Cobram, Australia.^[1][2] She attended Catholic boarding schools in Australia.^[1][2] She graduated from the University of Melbourne, where she studied Fine Arts.^[1][2]

Career[edit]

She started her career at Film Australia and later worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.^[1][2] She then worked again at Film Australia, this time as an Associate Producer and Director.^[1] Later, she had a weekly column in The Australian and a cultural program on Radio Australia.^[1] She continued to work as a film producer in Los Angeles, California.^[1]

Personal life[edit]

She was married to Australian film producer Phillip Noyce from 1979 to 2004.^[1] They had one daughter, Lucia, and Sharp had a daughter, Alice, by a previous relationship with the well-known Sydney-based artist and cartoonist Michael Lodge.^[1][2] She resided in the former private residence of actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990).^[2] She died on 24 July 2012 in Los Angeles, California.^[1]

Legacy[edit]

The 39th Telluride Film Festival in 2013 was dedicated to her.^[2][3]

Filmography[edit]

As a producer[edit]

• Sue and Mario: The Italian Australians (1979).^[1]
• Peter Kenna's The Good Wife (1987).^[1]
• Wide Sargasso Sea (1993).^[1]
• Damage Control (2008).^[1]
• Beard: Pecking Order (2010).^[1]

As an executive producer[edit]

• Echoes of Paradise (1987).^[1]
• Rick Michele and Scarlett (2010).^[1]

As a director[edit]

• Jenny (1978).^[1]
• Damage Control (2008).^[1]
• Beard: Pecking Order (2010).^[1]
• Rick Michele and Scarlett (2010).^[1]

As a cinematographer[edit]

• Damage Control (2008).^[1]

As an editor[edit]

• Damage Control (2008).^[1]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Sharp, Jan at The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia