Jeni Thornley

Jeni Thornley is a documentary filmmaker, writer and film valuer. Her poetic essay documentaries: Maidens (1978), collaborative feature film and Penguin book, For Love or Money: a history of women and work in Australia (1983), To the Other Shore (1996) and Island Home Country (2008) are landmark films in Australian independent and feminist cinema, widely distributed and also broadcast on ABC TV and SBS. Her films are available online and DVD via beamafilm, Ronin Films and Anandi Films.

• Apartments

  Cinematography

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  Maidens

  Producer

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  For Love or Money

  Director

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  To The Other Shore

  Director

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  Breathing Under Water

  Script Editor

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  Thanks Girls and Goodbye

  Script Consultant

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  Senses of Cinema

  Self

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  Island Home Country

  Narrator

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  A Film for Discussion

  1973

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  Memory Film: A Filmmaker's Diary

  Self

• 2023Memory Film: A Filmmaker's DiarySelf
• 2022Senses of CinemaSelf
• 2008Island Home CountryNarrator
• 1996To The Other ShoreDirector
• 1993Breathing Under WaterScript Editor
• 1988Thanks Girls and GoodbyeScript Consultant
• 1983For Love or MoneyDirector
• 1978MaidensProducer
• 1977ApartmentsCinematography
• 1974Still LifeDirector
• 1973A Film for Discussion