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Fifty Years On The Frontlines

The Extraordinary Life of Cinematographer David Brill
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An autobiography of David Brill, as as recoprded and edited by Tim Bowden.

Tim Bowden AM (born Hobart 2 August 1937), is an Australian author, radio and television broadcaster and producer, and oral historian. Bowdens work has included hosting the Australian Broadcasting Corporation program Backchat (1986–1994), producing This Day Tonight during the 1970s, and founding the ABCs Social History Unit. His other productions include Prisoners of War – Australians Under Nippon and the 24-part series Taim Bilong Masta – The Australian Involvement with Papua New Guinea. During the 1990s he produced several notable documentaries on Australian research in the Antarctic. His books include the best-seller One Crowded Hour – a biography of Neil Davis, Combat cameraman – soon to be a feature film. He has written 20 books, including Ion Idriess: The Last Interview, and No Plucking (both ETT Imprint). David Brill AM (1944– ) is an Australian cinematographer and journalist. He joined the ABC in Hobart as a cameraman in 1966 and the following year was sent to cover the 1967 Tasmanian fires. He accompanied Mike Willesee on an assignment to Vietnam and Cambodia for Four Corners in the early 1970s. He returned to Saigon for the evacuation of Australian personnel and was one of the last passengers on the last RAAF plane out of South Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon. He returned to Asia as a freelancer in the 1990s, based in Hong Kong. He worked for the SBS program Dateline in the period 2006–2016. He was twice awarded a United Nations Media Peace Award — for his work on SBS documentaries Good Morning Vietnam and Chad – Crisis in The Desert.

* New Tim Bowden book on Brill, famous for his action photography. * Both author and subject have had over 40 years experience at the ABC. * Bowden a much loved and successful author. * ABC will run a documentary on Brill in October 2023. Media interviews with Bowden and Brill across media.

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