AACTA award-WINNING documentary about the private life and creative legacy of Australia's iconic artist, Brett Whiteley.

Jan 8 5.30pm 2023 | Kingborough Community Hub Kingston

Screening followed by Q&A with the films producer SUE CLOTHIER

WHITELEY is a visual journey into the private life and creative legacy of Australia’s most iconic artist, Brett Whiteley, told “in his own words” using personal letters, notebooks and photographs, interwoven with reconstructions, animations, archival interviews and rare footage. The documentary is directed by James Bogle and produced by Sue Clothier. 

25 years after his untimely death, there has never been anyone like Brett Whiteley in the history of Australian art. A talented self-taught illustrator and painter, he was catapulted out of Sydney at 20 when he won a travelling art scholarship to Italy. So began a stellar career which saw him budding in Europe, flourishing in London, and almost disintegrating in New York.

Returning to Australia in 1969, Whiteley helped to define the young nation’s unique creative voice, as it emerged from colonial conservatism and independently entered an ambitious, cosmopolitan era. Whiteley combined the influence of Lloyd Rees (his own Australian role model) with eclectic inspirations gathered overseas, forming an illuminating personal style that propelled him into the global limelight..

Part of the SUMMER OF CINEMA Festival in January

Sue Clothier is recognised as one of Australia’s leading production executives. Sue has produced or overseen the production of more than 600 hours of original broadcast and theatrical programming.

In 2010, Sue founded Northern Pictures, a specialist production company based in Sydney, Australia.  

Previously, Sue was General Manager Screen World and Head of TV Factual Production at Becker Entertainment and worked on establishing the company as a leading global producer of high-end documentary programs.

Before joining Becker Entertainment, Sue was the Production Supervisor of the Indigenous Unit at public broadcaster SBS.

In 2018, Sue made the decision to relocate to Tasmania where she established Polaris Pictures.  Sue is a member of the Screen Tasmania Expert Advisory Group.  In 2021/22 she supervised the production of the global Netflix series Mind Your Manners.

Sue’s career highlights include Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst, the acclaimed feature docu-drama directed by Gillian Armstrong; Australia’s only official selection at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.   The 2 times AACTA awarded Employable Me, Life on the Reef and Emmy nominated Kakadu, Walkley awarded 10 Days That Shocked the Nation: Cronulla Riots, AACTA and Film Critics Award winning theatrical documentary Whiteley and environmental impact film BLUE, invited by the United Nations to screen in New York as part of the inaugural 2017 World Oceans conference.