Other filmed programs

by Philippe Charluet

INCREDIBLE LIVING SPACE
Architecture series (4 x 26min) looking at how modern man interpret his living space and how lifestyle influence design in Singapore. Central Channel (Singapore)

MAKANSUTRA
A quircky look at cultural feast of food around Singapore.
Channel 5 – Asian Food Channel – Singapore (1/2 h series)

MARY FONDEN KRONPRINSESSENS LIVSOPGAVE – Link to video
TV2 (Denmark) special on Princess Mary of Denmark and her charitable work around the world against cyber bullying, visiting the Alannah and Madeleine Foundation in Melbourne of which she is a Patron. (also field producer) – Australian shoot
See excerpt in Videos Tab above
 

BOARDROOM LEADERSHIP SERIES
Exploring the global financial system and issues of business governance; looking at key corporate players in UK (incl. Dame Pauline Neville Jones, Sir Nigel Mobbs, Sir Adrian Cadbury, Mary Keenan…). Filmed in HD in and around London, incl. Hampton Court Palace. For Carnegie Enterprises

PORTRAITS DE FEMMES DU MONDE (‘Portraits of Women of the World’)
Unesco series of short portraits on women who transmits their knowledge in some interesting ways or who launched a variety of initiatives for women. They come from Spain, Poland, Morocco, Canada, France; Broadcast on Women’s Day on TV5 Monde (France)
See 2 x sample in Videos Tab above (low res)

CATE BLANCHETT DOCUMENTARY
Profile of the famous actor with a warm testimony from her Oscar winning colleague’s Geoffrey Rush.
Bravo – USA (52 min) – Australian shoot

POSTCARDS FROM THE 2000 SYDNEY OLYMPICS - Link to video
A Series of TV postcards with the many French athletes, trainers, supporters, volunteers, during the Sydney Olympic Games as well as Sydney itself.
TV5 Monde (France) – 42 x 2 min + 2 x 10 min – (also producer/ director)

KILLER INSTINCT
17 min documentary pilot taking a close up and personal look at the raw and controversial underworld of women´s competitive kickboxing and their relationship with their trainers/partners. For ABC TV (also producer/ director)
See excerpt in Videos Tab above

WIN SOME LOSE SOME - Link to clips
A 55 min documentary on three migrant families who came to Australia with nothing and went on to build empires beyond their dreams. In the 1980´s they suffered many losses, but all managed to fight back in different ways. For ABC TV

THE TRUE STORY OF THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
HISTORY CHANNEL USA – Australian shoot
55 min Documentary on the last POW survivors of the Thai Burma railway and their very last reunion in Melbourne. Candid interviews with men who lived through the atrocity – including Dutch, Australian, British, and American POWs – illuminate the violence and horror of their three-and-a-half-year internment. Available on Binge

YOUTH EXPRESS: ‘ABUSE’ & ‘MANLY DESIRES’
Two of a powerful documentary series on child abuse and a group of men bi-sexuality and their risky behaviour for spreading AIDS.

IN COLD BLOOD
On the East-Timor situation before its independence …
Yorkshire TV (45 min), also screened on ABC Four Corners – Australian shoot

C.S.I.R.O. MEDALS -  3 x 21 min
A series of portraits on acclaimed Australian scientists. Producer: CSIRO

USHUAIA – AUSTRALIA SPECIAL
3 x 9 min magazine stories shot around Australia for the French adventure TV series. TF1 (France)

FOR THE DEFENSE
Observes criminal defence work through the eyes of three leading criminal defence lawyers, witnessing them at work and home. ABC TV (55 min)
Additional Cinematography

THE ARTCLUB: MELBOURNE SPECIAL
26 min pecial featuring the newly opened Melbourne Museum and the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts. CNN Worldwide – (also field producer)

SECOND OPINION, TUTTI FRUTTI, NOMAD and STREETON ON SATURDAY
Various magazines stories for SBS (Australia) - (also field producer/director)

LYCEE CONDORCET, LA SEMAINE DU LIVRE FRANCAIS
Various magazines stories for RFO (France)

FROM FAMINE TO FEAST
A selection of the most effective and innovative Australia and New Zealand TV commercials as seen at Commercial Film Festivals in Cannes and Sydney. Features interviews with those responsible for sponsoring, commissioning, creating and producing them. Producer: Broadcast Commercial News (Sweden)

HERE’S MY HAND: a testimony to an Aboriginal memorial
Part of Aspects of a Life DVD series, this 26 min documentary tells the story behind the real meaning of an Aboriginal memorial poles’ exhibition at the Sydney Bienniale - two hundred bone burial poles were carved and painted by Arnhem land artists to honour the deceased of the past – lost people, lost tribes, lost languages…
DVD Link. See sample in Videos Tab above

JUST FOR THE RECORD
An action-adventure series (20 x 44 min), shot in a magazine format around Australia and the USA. Stories include: ‘Landsailing’ , ‘World’s Records: LandSpeed (bike/car), ‘Sailboarding’, ‘Boogie-board’, ‘LA Stunts’, ‘Indy car racing’, Ninja’, etc… Beyond Productions for Channel 10 Australia (also field Director [USA])

BASE JUMP
26 min documentary on dare devil parachutists, jumping off inner city structures in Sydney, including the Harbour Bridge (TF1 France)