Al Clark has produced films for the past four decades, first in the UK – where his credits include Nineteen Eighty-Four, Absolute Beginners and Gothic – then in Australia. His Australian films – which have been selected for most major film festivals and distributed worldwide – include The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Chopper, Siam Sunset, The Hard Word, Razzle Dazzle, Blessed, Red Hill, and Swinging Safari. The recipient of the 2013 AACTA Raymond Longford Award for lifetime achievement, he has also served on the board of Screen Australia, and is the author of the books Raymond Chandler in Hollywood, The Lavender Bus, Time Flies and Time Flies Too.