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Rachel Perkins was born on 1970 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, is an Australian filmmaker. Discover Rachel Perkins's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?
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Rachel Perkins Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Rachel Perkins's Husband?
Her husband is Richard McGrath (divorced)
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Rachel Perkins Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Rachel Perkins worth at the age of 54 years old? Rachel Perkins’s income source is mostly from being a successful Producer. She is from Australia. We have estimated Rachel Perkins's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
Rachel Perkins (born 1970) is an Australian film and television director, producer, and screenwriter.
Perkins was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory in 1970.
She is the daughter of Charlie Perkins, granddaughter of Hetty Perkins, and has Arrernte, Kalkadoon, Irish, and German ancestry.
She and her sister attended Melrose High School.
At the age of 18, Perkins moved to Alice Springs and entered into a traineeship at the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association.
In 1992, Perkins founded Blackfella Films, a documentary and narrative production company creating distinctive Australian content for television, live theatre, and online platforms, with a particular focus on Indigenous Australian stories.
Its productions have included multi-award winning seven-part documentary series First Australians, television film Mabo, and TV series Redfern Now.
She directed the films Radiance (1998), One Night the Moon (2001), Bran Nue Dae (2010), and Jasper Jones (2017).
Perkins is an Arrernte and Kalkadoon woman from Central Australia, who was raised in Canberra by Aboriginal activist Charles Perkins and his wife Eileen.
She served as Commissioner with the Australian Film Commission from 2004 to 2008, and since 2009 has been on the board of Screen Australia.
She was also curator for the 2009 Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival.
This tenth anniversary of the festival held at the Sydney Opera House featured the premiere of Fire Talker, a documentary film about her father Charlie Perkins by Australian filmmaker Ivan Sen.
Since 2015, Perkins has been the president of the AIATSIS Foundation, which is part of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
She has continued to make award-winning films and TV series (see below).
In 2019, she was invited to give the ABC's annual Boyer Lecture, which she titled The End of Silence, and broadcast on ABC RN in November and available as a podcast.
Perkins has a son with her ex-husband, filmmaker Richard McGrath.
Australian Film Institute
Australian Writers' Guild
Canberra International Film Festival
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Melbourne International Film Festival
New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
Australian Directors' Guild Awards
Tudawali Film and Video Awards
New South Wales Premier's History Awards