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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox person Richard Lowenstein (born 1 March 1959) is an Australian filmmaker. He has written, produced and directed feature films such as Strikebound (1984), Dogs in Space (1986) and He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001); music videos for bands such as INXS and U2; concert performance films, Australian Made: The Movie (1987) and U2: LoveTown (1989); TV adverts, and the documentaries We're Livin' on Dog Food (2009), Autoluminescent (2011), Ecco Homo (2015) and Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019).

BiographyEdit

Richard Lowenstein was born on 1 March 1959 in Melbourne.<ref name="Long">Template:Cite journal</ref> His mother was the author, oral historian, and activist, Wendy Lowenstein (née Katherin Wendy Robertson, 1927–2006).<ref name="WendyNLA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His father is Werner Lowenstein, also an activist, who had fled Nazi Germany to United Kingdom and was relocated to Australia in 1940 as one of the Dunera boys.<ref name="WendyNLA"/> The couple married in July 1947;<ref name="NLA4">Template:Cite news</ref> and had three children, Peter, Martie and Richard.<ref name="WendyNLA"/> Lowenstein attended Brinsley Road Community School from 1973 to 1974; and graduated from Swinburne Institute of Technology, Film and Television Department in 1979.<ref name="NLA1"/>

His short film, Evictions (1979), which won the Erwin Rado Prize – for Best Short Film – at the Melbourne International Film Festival the following year, described Melbourne during the Great Depression.<ref name="NLA1"/><ref name="InnerBio"/> It was based on his mother's book, Weevils in the Flour (1978). The film detailed police evicting unemployed unionists.<ref name="Halliday">Template:Citation</ref> In 1980 Lowenstein directed a music video, "Leap for Lunch", for the debut single by art punk band, The Ears – he shared a house with their lead singer, Sam Sejavka.<ref name="McFarlaneTE">McFarlane, 'The Ears' entry. Archived from the original on 19 April 2004. Retrieved 15 May 2013.</ref> In 1982 he directed one for "Talking to a Stranger", a single by rock band, Hunters & Collectors.<ref name="Hutchence"/><ref name="Rowe">Template:Citation</ref> He followed with "Lumps of Lead" for the same group and "Fraction Too Much Friction" for Tim Finn as his first solo single in 1983.<ref name="Hutchence"/><ref name="Rowe"/> At the Countdown Music and Video Awards for 1983, he won Best Promotional Video for "Fraction Too Much Friction".<ref name="CountdownMarch1987">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="AusAlm">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Count1983">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1984 he directed his first feature film, Strikebound, a dramatisation of a 1930s coal miners strike, which he wrote based on his mother's book, Dead Men Don't Dig Coal (unpublished), and his own research into unionism in the industry.<ref name="WendyNLA"/><ref name="Murray">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="NLA2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In June that year he directed his first music videos for INXS with "Burn for You", and followed by "All the Voices" and "Dancing on the Jetty" (both in October).<ref name="Bonza">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At the Countdown Music and Video Awards for 1984 he won Best Promotional Video for "Burn for You".<ref name="Count1984">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He established a long term relationship with INXS and produced, edited or directed more of their music videos over subsequent years, including The Swing & Other Stories: Collection of Contemporary Classics from INXS (1985), a VHS-format video compilation with additional interviews and documentary.<ref name="NLA3">Template:Citation</ref><ref name="Swing1">Template:Cite AV media.</ref> At the Countdown Music and Video Awards for 1985 he shared the award for Best Video for "What You Need" by INXS with Lyn-Marie Milbourn.<ref name="Count1985">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Rage1985">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1985 he directed White City: The Music Movie, a 60-minute video, for former The Who guitarist, Pete Townshend.<ref name="InnerBio"/> Geoffrey Giuliano in his book, Behind Blues Eyes: The Life of Pete Townshend (2002), described "[T]he highlight of the video is the poolside staging of the electric 'Face the Face', in which director Richard Lowenstein effectively captures the excitement of a big-band performance and Townshend's joyous jitterbugging ... in a gold lamé, forties-style tuxedo Lowenstein reveals more story line in these five minutes than the entire video".<ref name="Giuliano">Template:Cite book</ref> It was released with Townshend's concept album, White City: A Novel, and included him discussing the music.<ref name="InnerBio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1986 he wrote and directed a feature film, Dogs in Space, which highlighted late-1970s Melbourne's little band scene with the lead character Sam (portrayed by INXS' lead singer, Michael Hutchence) based on Lowenstein's experiences with The Ear's Sejavka.<ref name="McFarlaneTE"/><ref name="Galvin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Tofts">Template:Cite journal</ref> At the time, Sejavka was a member of new wave band, Beargarden, and objected to Lowenstein and Hutchence's "noxious caricature" of his earlier personality.<ref name="Galvin"/> In 2009 SBS TV's Peter Galvin described the movie as a "cult classic" and "for its fans there's never really been anything quite like [it], before or since".<ref name="Galvin"/> Lowenstein recalled the "punk scene was an embarrassment to the Australian music industry back then. In a similar way, Dogs in Space was a total embarrassment to the Australian film industry because it preferred and knew how to handle innocuous candy-coated fare, like The Man from Snowy River".<ref name="Tofts"/>

For Irish group, U2, he has provided music videos – "Desire" and "Angel of Harlem" (both 1988) and a concert performance film, U2: LoveTown (1989).<ref name="ArtsFF"/><ref name="EADb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="SpencerNickC">Spencer et al, (2007) Lowenstein, RichardTemplate:Dead link entry. Retrieved 3 February 2010.</ref> In 1991 he applied for funding from Film Finance Corporation Australia to adapt Robin Klein's novel, Came Back to Show You I Could Fly, into the children's film, Say a Little Prayer, which he directed in 1993.<ref name="Long"/><ref name="Friedman">Template:Citation</ref> In 1999 he contributed a chapter, "Telexes in Space: A Tale of Two Films", to the collection, Second Take: Australian Film-makers Talk, edited by Geoff Burton and Raffaele Caputo, which provides an explanation of his film-making style.<ref name="Burton">Template:Citation</ref> Lowenstein co-produced the satirical music series John Safran's Music Jamboree (2002) as well as John Safran vs God (2004) for SBS independent.

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He is a partner in the Melbourne-based production company, Ghost Pictures.<ref name="InnerBio"/><ref name="Ghost">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is also a partner in the feature film production company, Fandango Australia Pty Ltd, along with Italian producer – Domenico Procacci, producer – Sue Murray, lawyer – Bryce Menzies and director – Rolf de Heer.<ref name="InnerBio"/> He filmed the 2006 U2 concert at Melbourne's Telstra Dome. In October 2009 Lowenstein was guest programmer on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's TV music video show, rage.<ref name="rage2009">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FilmographyEdit

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  • U2: The Best of 1980–1990 (music video compilation, 2002)
  • I'm Only Looking – The Best of INXS (music video compilation, 2004)
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Music videosEdit

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Awards and nominationsEdit

Erwin Rado PrizeEdit

Countdown Australian Music AwardsEdit

Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974–1987, it presented music awards from 1979–1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.<ref name="CountdownMarch1987"/> Template:Awards table ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Template:Abbr |- | 1983 | Tim Finn - "Fraction Too Much Friction" | Best Video | Template:Won | <ref name="CountdownMarch1987"/><ref name="AusAlm"/><ref name="Count1983"/> |- | 1984 | INXS - "Burn for You" | Best Video | Template:Won | <ref name="Count1984"/> |- | 1985 | INXS - "What You Need" (with Lyn-Marie Milbourn) | Best Video | Template:Won | <ref name="Count1985"/><ref name="Rage1985"/> |-

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MTV Video Music AwardsEdit

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ARIA Music AwardsEdit

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

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